Pinky and the Brain
This part of the brain handles planning and decision-making
What is the frontal lobe?
They process color
This requires you to take more of a drug in order to get the same effect as before
What is tolerance?
They receive excitatory and inhibitory signals from other neurons
What are dendrites?
Basic life functions are controlled by this part of the brainstem
What is the medulla?
This part of the brain is responsible for emotion
This theory of hearing says little hairs in our ear vibrate to match sound waves
What is frequency theory?
What are depressants?
This fatty substance insulates the axon of a neuron
What is myelin sheath?
This part of the brainstem helps you wake up in the morning
What is the reticular formation?
Hearing is processed by this part of the brain
What is the temporal lobe?
It's a snail shaped part of the ear that's filled with liquid
What is the cochlea? (Or basilar membrane)
Pain relief drugs try to imitate the effect of these neurotransmitters
What are endorphins?
This is the gap between neurons where neurotransmitters pass from one to another
What is the synapse?
This type of brain scan will show both brain structure and brain activity
What is an fMRI?
It means "little brain" and is responsible for balance and motor coordination
What is the cerebellum?
Double Jeopardy! Answer right you get 800pts. Answer wrong you lose 400pts.
This is Young-Hemholtz's explanation of how we see colors
What is trichromatic theory?
These drugs imitate neurotransmitters
What are agonists?
Too much of this neurotransmitter is associated with schizophrenia
What is dopamine?
This "system" coordinates our fight or flight arousal
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
It's just a bunch of axons that connect the two hemispheres of the brain
What is the corpus callosum?
It's the spot of the retina where light focuses
What is the fovea?
SSRI's increase the flow of serotonin in the brain by blocking this process
What is reuptake?
This neurotransmitter plays a key role in motor control
What is Acetylcholine?
This is the slice of the parietal lobe that processes the feeling of touch
What is the somatosensory cortex?