Brain structure
What area of the brain does visual processing take place?
A) Brain stem
B) Corpus callosum
C) Occipital cortex
Occipital lobe/cortex
Which animal can't taste sweetness?
A) Giraffes
B) Cows
C) Cats
Cats
What is the outer part of the ear called?
A) Pinnea
B) Eardrum
C) basilar membrane
D) Ghrelin
Pinnea
What causes bad eyesight?
A) damage to the primary visual cortex
B) shape of the cornea changes
C) damage to fovea
Shape of cornea changes
Who is the teacher for "Brain and Behavior" at CRLS?
Tanya Jerome/Augustine
What part of the brain is responsible for fear (and emotions in general?)
A) Temporal lobe
B) Amygdala
C) Pituitary gland
The Amygdala
How often do olfactory sensory neurons regenerate?
A) 60 days
B) 90 days
C) 120 days
Every 60 days
Do hair cells regenerate/heal (true/false)?
NO :'(
Which hemisphere correlates with the left eye?
Right hemisphere
What is one of the consequences of malnutrition?
A) Brain structure changes
B) the brain-blood barrier disintegrates
C) The brain stops receiving oxygen
The brain structure changes
What part of the brain is responsible for initial short-term memory processing?
A) Hippocampus
B) Parietal lobe
C) Wernicke's area
The hippocampus
Which substance makes sour foods taste sweet?
Miraculin Berry
Where is hearing processed in the brain?
A) Medulla oblongata
B) Temporal lobe
C) Grey area
Temporal lobe
What cortical area of the brain initially processes visual information?
A) Primary seeing cortex
B) Primary occipital cortex
C) Primary visual cortex
V1/primary visual cortex
Who was the first brain surgeon to successfully separate conjoined twins in 1987?
A) B.F. Skinner
B) Bob Vlann
C) Ben Carson
Ben Carson
Which lobe processes sensory information, spatial awareness, and math?
A) Frontal lobe
B) Temporal
C) Parietal
Parietal lobe
Does the olfactory system have a relay station (true/false)?
False
What is the structure that converts sound waves into an electrochemical signal?
A) Tympanic membrane
B) Hair cells
C) Cochlea
Cochlea
What is the X-shaped structure?
A) Visual relay station
B) Optic nerve cells
C) Optic Chiasm
Optic Chiasm
Which famous patient had severe retrograde and anterograde amnesia following a viral infection?
A) Clive Wearing
B) Mona Lisa
C) Henry Smith
Clive Wearing
What part of the brain produces the hormone melatonin?
A) Pituitary gland
B) Adrenal gland
C) Pineal gland
Pineal gland
What molecular properties stimulate smell?
A) Odor molecules
B) Carboxyl groups
C) Methylation
Odor molecules
Name the three ossicle bones
A) humerus, ulna, radius
B) mallus, incus, stapes
C) fibula, tibia, talus
mallus, incus, stapes
What disorder prevents a person from processing one half of their visual field
A) hemispatial neglect
B) aphasia
C) myopia
Hemispatial neglect
Which famous patient was unable to form new memories after doctors removed his hippocampus?
A) S.M.
B) Henry Patil
C) H.M.
Patient H.M (Henry Molaison)