Intro and Miscellaneous
This is sometimes referred to as the "emotional brain"
What is the limbic system?
The primary visual area is located in this lobe
The brain needs a constant supply of these two things:
What is oxygen and glucose
Sensory, motor or both: olfactory
What is sensory
Inflammation of the meninges
What is menigitis?
The choroid plexus create this liquid
This section of the brain contains the cardiovascular center, which controls the rate and force of the heartbeat and the diameter of blood vessels
What is the brain stem? (medulla oblongata)
The barrier between the blood and CNS neurons is called the
What is blood brain barrier?
Sensory, motor or mixed/both:vagus
What is mixed?
What is pain relief?
What is almost 100 billion
The portion of the brainstem which is continuous with the spinal cord is the
What is the medulla oblongata?
The meninges that is closest to the skull bone
What is dura matter?
The process by which information acquired through learning is stored and retrieved is called
What is memory?
Parkinson's disease is due to the degeneration of neurons that produce this neurotransmitter
What is dopamine?
The right and left cerebral hemispheres are connected by a broad band of white matter called the
The location of the auditory association area.
What is the temporal lobe?
The CSF is gradually reabsorbed back into the blood at finger-like structures found at the top of the brain called
What is arachnoid villi?
An injection of an anesthetic into the space between the dura matter and vertebral column is called an
What is an epidural (epidural block)?
Lou Gehrig's disease is the common name for neurodegenerative disease called
ALS
This separates the temporal and parietal lobes
What is the central sulcus?
The location of the primary olfactory area (lobe)
What is the temporal lobe?
The part that controls what substances cross into the brain tissue is called:
What is blood brain barrier?
The cranial nerve that innervates the gastrointestinal tract is the
What is vagus?
Describe Alzheimers
What is a progressive neurological disease of the brain leading to loss of neurons and the loss of intellectual abilities