This ancient civilization believed that the brain received vital spirit from the heart, mixed into the 'sanguine' humour (blood).
Who are the Ancient Greeks.
100
These are the five lobes of the brain. They are located in the ____________.
What are the temporal, parietal, frontal, occipital, and limbic lobes.
What is the cerebral cortex (or telencephalon)
100
The structure that conducts the action potential away from the stoma.
What is the axon.
100
90% of cerebrospinal disorders consist of this type of failure.
What is failure of neural tube closure.
100
The two internal structures that serve as anatomical markers when looking at an image of the brain.
What are the shape of corticospinal fibers and the shape of the ventricular cavity
200
This man gave us the first well documented case of frontal lobe injury.
Who is Phineas Gage
200
The ________ separates the right and left hemispheres of the brain.
What is the corpus callosum.
200
There are approximately this many nerve cells in the CNS.
What is 15-20 billion cells.
200
Synapses are most dense at this approximate age.
What is 6-8 (peaks at puberty)?
200
The corona radiata is primarily made up of this.
What is white matter (axons).
300
Phrenology (the study of the bumps on the skulls) was developed by this man.
Who is Gall?
300
This structure is located "within the depth of the lateral fissure and seems to be involved in intestine, vestibular, and gustatory functions (e.g. sensorimotor).
What is the insular cortex.
300
These cells provide support and protection in the nervous system.
What are glial cells.
300
This phenomenon means that if synaptic connections are not strengthened they are lost.
What is "use it or lose it."
300
The point of decussation is located in this structure of the brain.
What is the medulla.
400
This man was wrong when he posited that neurons are one continuous network in the body.
Who is Golgi?
400
Presence of chorea or tremor suggests damage to this area of the brain.
What is the basal ganglia.
400
The site where the axon potential is initiated.
What is the axon hillock.
400
This disorder presents with a small brain/ skull cap, a large face, and mental retardation.
What is microcephaly.
400
This structure serves as the "relay station" of the brain.
What is the thalamus.
500
Henry Head and this group termed scientists like Wernicke as "the diagram makers."
Who are the anti-localizationists.
500
This structure is responsible for homeostasis or the brain as well as regulation of consciousness and arousal and is located in the ____________.
What is the reticular formation in the brainstem.
500
These cells myelinate the CNS while these cells myelinate the PNS.
What are the Oligodendrocytes (CNS) and Schwann cells (PNS)?
500
Around this day of gestation bilateral folding of the neural tube begins to take place.
What is day 22?
500
Cranial nerves originate in the _____________ and then travel out to provide motor innervation to the _______________ . This makes them ______________ (UMN or LMN).
What is the brainstem, muscles of face. This makes them LMN.