Define
Central nervous system (CNS)
Includes the brain and the spinal cord
Essential for sleeping, walking, pain
Reticular Activating System
Frontal Lobe
What famous political family had a member who had a lobotomy?
Kennedy - Rosemary Kennedy
Procedure used to "cure" mental issues.
Lobotomy
Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
The smaller branches of nerves that reach the other parts of the body
Controls how we react to stimuli
Amygdala
Fear
If the right side gets injured it causes impaired memory of non-verbal material.
Temporal
In charge of involuntary functions like breathing of the heart and breathing.
Medulla Oblongata
Name a disorder common to the forbrain
Alzheimer's Stroke
Depression Mania
Huntington's Disease
Epilepsy
Lobotomy
Split brain procedure - cut the corpus callosum. Connection between the left and right hemispheres.
Responsible for memory and Central to learning
Hippocampus
Location will cause word blindness and illusions if injured.
Occipital
Parts of a neuron
Dendrite, Axons, and Synapses
Function of the Midbrain
Connects the spinal cord and forebrain
Endocrine System
Controls the way the body functions. Produces hormones that travel to all part of your body to maintain your tissues and organs.
Produces enzymes that help digestions and regular sugars
Pancreas
Parietal
Found the study of Phrenology
Franz Gall in 1808
Located in the center of the brain and receives information about the day night schedule and works with melatonin for sleep.
Pineal Gland
Thymus Gland
Operates till puberty hits. Makes and trains T-Cells which are part of the white blood cells.
Role in sleep and dreaming - message station between areas in the brain.
Give two ways the brain reacts to a brain injury.
Brain Swells
Pressure Builds
Lack of circulation shuts brain down
Oxygen deprivation leads to death or permanent damage.
What founding father secretly taught anatomy out of his home including brain information.
Benjamin Franklin
Above the kidneys
Adrenal Gland