Neuron
Brain
Nervous system
Brain Pt 2
100

Part of the neuron that receives information.

Dendrites

100

Logic, personality.

Frontal

100

Voluntary movement

Somatic NS

100

Probing the left somatosensory cortex

Sensation in right side of the body

200

Fatty covering on the axon.

Myelin sheath

200

Hearing, memory.

Temporal

200

Fight/flight reaction

Sympathetic

200

True/false

The parasympathetic NS works faster than the sympathetic.

False, it is slower to calm down.

300

What is sent across to the next neuron?

Neurotransmitters

300

Processing visual information

Occipital or primary visual cortex

300

Everything outside the brain and spinal cord

Peripheral NS

300

Planning a party a week in advance uses which lobe?

Frontal

400

True/false

Neurons can send messages in either direction

False

400

Producing articulate speech

Broca's area

400
Returns body to homeostasis

Parasympathetic

400

True/false

The brain is a set shape forever.

False

The brain increases its wrinkles as it grows.

500

Neurons end in axon ________.

Terminals

500

Comprehending language

Wernicke's area

500

Increases digestion

Parasympathetic NS

500

A 100m runner would potentially have what physiological changes as they start the event?

Increased heart rate, sweating, respiration.

Other examples are acceptable.