anatomy
where is the brainstem located relative to the rest of the brain? (bonus points for using medical terminology to answer!)
below
(inferior)
what are the functions of the frontal lobe?
executive functioning, movement, higher thinking, personality
what neurotransmitter helps you raise your middle finger?
Ach
what types of memory are long-term?
semantic and episodic
what brain part does Kanye West repeatedly mention in his music?
medulla oblongata
describe the location of the occipital lobe
lower back of the brain
what does the thalamus do?
what are the VARK learning styles?
visual, auditory, reading, kinesthetic
if all the lights were off in your house, and you have to get from one room to another, what type of memory do you use to not walk into a wall?
spatial
T/F: the CNS consists of the forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain, and spinal cord
true!
what is the corpus callosum?
what is the purpose of a flexor and extensor?
what sense does not go through the thalamus?
olfactory (smell)
in classical conditioning, think Pavlov’s dog, what part of the brain is used?
amygdala/reward system
huntington’s disease is passed down by what kind of gene - dominant or recessive?
dominant
name five parts of a neuron
dendrites, axon, soma/cell body, nodes of ranvier, myelin, axon terminal, neurotransmitter, vesicles
what lobe are memories integrated in?
medial temporal
around what age does reaction time peak?
24
what two parts of the brain affect motivation and reward?
striatum and prefrontal cortex
what is the chief inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain
GABA
describe the pathway of light through the eye
cornea, aqueous humor, lens, vitreous humor, retina, rods/cones, optic nerve, thalamus, occipital lobe
describe the emotion associated with each organ:
amygdala, insula, periaqueductal gray
amygdala - fear
insula - disgust
periaqueductal gray - stress/pain reception
what is prosopagnosia?
face blindness
what kinds of disorders are caused by a dysfunction of the lateral habenula?
inappropriate aggression
long-term depression has what change in levels of calcium?
none or SLIGHT decrease