Brain Basics
What part of a neuron is responsible for receiving information?
What is dendrite?
Which lobe is most closely associated with visual processing?
What is the Occipital Lobe?
Neural system which sits between the brains older parts and cerebral hemispheres.
What is the limbic system?
Involved in speaking, motor movements, judgment, and decision making.
What is the frontal lobe?
Which is the oldest part of the brain?
What is the Brain Stem?
Base of brainstem; controls heartbeat and breathing.
What is the medulla?
Two lima-bean sized neural clusters linked to emotion, fear, and aggression.
What is the amygdala?
Each lobe receives auditory information, primarily from opposite ear.
What is the temporal lobe?
X-ray photographs taken from different angles and combined by computer to show a slice of the brain’s structure; shows structural damage.
What is CT/CAT scan?
Top of the brainstem, relay station for incoming and outgoing sensory information.
What is the thalamus?
Directs eating, drinking, body temperature, and helps govern endocrine system.
What is the hypothalamus?
Name the four lobes of the brain.
What is front lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, and temporal lobe?
A recording of the waves of electrical activity across the brain’s surface measured by electrodes placed on the scalp.
What is EEG scan?
Consists of glands that secrete hormones
What is the Endocrine system?
Small structure with two arms that wrap around the thalamus. Helps process conscious memories, facts, and events.
What is the hippocampus?
Each lobe receives visual information primarily from opposite visual field.
What is the occipital lobe?
The effect of neurotransmitters may be:
What is excitatory or inhibitory?
What is Medulla and Thalamus?
Name each type of structure in the limbic system.
What is hypothalamus, amygdala, and hippocampus?
Receives and processes sensory input for touch and body position.
What is parietal lobe?