Neuroimaging
What is the 'M' in MRI?
Magnetic
Myelin
This lobe of the brain is responsible for receiving and processing visual stimuli.
Occipital lobe
What makes up the central nervous system?
Brain and spinal cord
What type of material is the myelin?
Fatty substances
Bones
Which part of the neuron is responsible for receiving information?
Dendrites
What is the pituitary gland responsible for?
Hormone secretion and developmental growth
What makes up the peripheral nervous system?
Peripheral nerves
How are wavelengths measured?
Crest-to-crest or trough-to-trough
EEG or encephalography charts pick up on what kind of signal?
electrochemical
What is the gap between myelins called?
Node of Ranvier
What are the grooves of the brain called?
Sulci
What is the autonomic nervous system triggered by fight-or-flight?
What is the term used to refer to the middle of the brain?
Medial
Cerobrospinal fluid
Saltatory conduction
What is the leather-like membrane on the outermost of the brain's protective layers called?
Dura mater
What is the pathway in which impulses travel from the brain to muscles?
Motor pathway
What is the glial cell named for its star shape and provides nutrition to neurons?
MRIs use what two invisible frequencies to create the images?
Radio waves and magnetic field
What are afferent neurons responsible for?
Send information from sensory receptors to nervous system
What is the cerebellum's main function?
Motor, muscle coordination
What is a common sympathetic nervous system response that organs have when under stress?
Contract
What is the name of the brainwave experienced when in REM sleep?
Theta