Parts of the Brain
Sleep
Senses pt. 1
Senses pt. 2
Application
100

This part of the brain is responsible for movement of the right leg.

What is the left motor cortex/ left frontal lobe?

100

This is the name of the sleep period in which dreams occur. 

What is REM?

100

This is the minimum amount of information required for perception. 

What is the absolute threshold?

100

This is the process of converting a stimulus into neural information.

What is transduction?

100
Travis cannot sleep more than once every 48 hours. He regularly is exhausted and takes prescription sleep medication. What is the diagnosis?

Insomnia.

200

This area of the brain is responsible for listening(Also explain what lobe it is in).

What is the Wernicke's Area in the Temporal Lobe?
200

This period of the sleep cycle is known for sleep spindles occurring.

What is NREM-2?

200

These two receptors are responsible for both visual color and motion processing.

What are rods and cones?

200

This phenomenon occurs when the brain processes a sensation for a long time, dampening the mental information.

What is sensory adaptation?

200

Bill, a former college football offensive linemen, regularly wakes up in the middle of the night gasping. What is your diagnosis?

Sleep apnea.

300

This part of the brain is responsible for hormonal regulation.

What is the pituitary gland?

300

This sleep disorder is diagnosed as patients who enter REM sleep, seemingly at random occurrences.

What is Narcolepsy?

300

This part of the ear with fluid is responsible for vibrating the hair cells inside to process aural information.

What is the cochlea?

300

This part of the eye contains no rods.

What is the fovea?

300

Greg suffered a stroke and now struggles to put words together. He can answer yes or no questions with regular proficiency, but needs help with open-ended questions. What is your diagnosis?

Non-Fluent/Broca's Aphasia

400

This part of the brain is responsible for sensory information.

What is the Thalamus?

400

this is the 25 hour rhythmic period in which the human body uses to fall asleep to.

What is the circadian rhythm?

400

A light wave in the color spectrum with a large wavelength will portray this color.

What is red or orange?

400

These are the 6 main taste receptors.

What are Sweet, Sour, Bitter, Umami, Oleogustus, and Salt?

400

As Paul gets older, he regularly notices that his eyes have trouble focusing. What process is slowing down?

Accomodation.

500
This is the part of the brain responsible for processing visual sensation.
What is the occipital lobe?
500

This theory explains that dreams are used to transfer information from the hippocampus to its corresponding storage area in the brain.

What is Memory Consolidation theory?

500

This part of the nervous system is responsible for processing pain information first.

What is the spinal cord?

500

The semicircular canals are responsible for this sense.

What is the vestibular sense?

500

Jen was involved in a terror attack in which a bomb went off very close to her. She avoided much of the shrapnel, but the EMTs noticed non-blood fluid exiting her ear. What part of her ear was injured?

What is the cochlea?