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Neural Communication
The Nervous System
The Brain
Endocrine System
Miscellaneous
100
The basic building block of the nervous system is called the...
Neuron.
100
The brain and spinal cord are located in the...
Central Nervous System (CNS)
100
What controls heartbeat and breathing?
What is the medulla
100
What is secreted from glands of the Endocrine System?
Hormones
100

Cells that nourish, protect, and support neurons; similar to how glue keeps objects stuck in place.

Glial Cells

200

A neurotransmitter that assists in memory creation is...

Acetylcholine (ACh).

200
The Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) consists of of the...
Somatic and Autonomic nervous systems.
200
Jason was a very patient and kind person until he got into a car accident. Now he is extremely angry all the time and has no patience. What area of the brain was most likely damaged?
What is frontal lobe
200

What is the most influential part of the brain on the Endocrine System? 

Hypothalamus

200

An early brain scan that didn't show structure but only function by measuring electrical waves released by the brain during activity

EEG

300
A brief electrical charge that travels down the axon is called...
Action Potential.
300

This system of the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) would control such actions as digestion, heart rate, and breathing

Autonomic System

300

Impairment of language, typically occurs in Broca's or Wernicke's area.

Aphasia

300

What hormones increases heart rate and activates the fight-or-flight stress response?

What is adrenaline

300

A split brain patient has the letters UN flashed to the left eye and the letters DO flashed to the right eye.  What word would the patient indicate they saw? 

"Do"

Left Hand

400

Process of creating an electrical charge in the axon to carry the action potential

Depolarization

400

Part of the nervous system that controls voluntary movements of skeletal muscles

Somatic Nervous System

400
What is the oldest and innermost region of the brain?
What is the brainstem
400
Released when it is dark and limited when it is light.

Melatonin

400
________ influences movement, learning, attention and emotion
What is dopamine
500

Morphine, which mimics the natural painkiller of endorphins, would be considered a _________

Agonist

500

These neurons connect sensory neurons directly to motor neurons in the spinal cord and allow for the completion of the reflex arc/spinal reflex.

Interneurons
500
True or False: If a picture of a spoon is flashed to the right hemisphere of a split brain patient, they will be able to say what they have just viewed.
False
500

What is the major difference between hormones released by the endocrine system and neurotransmitters released by the nervous system?

Speed of release and removal.  Endocrine is slow, nervous system is fast.

500

Identify the 4 major lobes of the brain and their major functions

Frontal - Judgement, movement, executive functioning

Parietal - pain/sensation

Temporal - Hearing

Occipital - Vision