Nervous system basics
This part of the nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord.
What is the Central Nervous System?
This lobe controls planning, judgement, and voluntary movement.
What is the Frontal Lobe?
This area in the left frontal lobe controls speech production.
What is Broca’s area?
This area in the frontal lobe controls voluntary movement.
What is the Primary Motor Cortex?
This brain system, including the hippocampus, hypothalamus, and amygdala, is responsible for emotion.
What is the Limbic System?
This subdivision of the PNS controls voluntary movement of skeletal muscles.
What is the Somatic Nervous System?
The primary visual cortex is located in this lobe.
What is the Occipital Lobe?
This area in the left temporal lobe is responsible for understanding speech.
What is Wernicke’s area?
This brain structure stores sequences of learned movements.
What is the Basal Ganglia?
The short pathway of emotion goes from the thalamus to this structure.
What is the Amygdala?
This system prepares the body for action in the ‘fight or flight’ response.
What is the Sympathetic Nervous System?
This lobe processes touch, pressure, pain, and temperature.
What is the Parietal Lobe?
Damage to this area causes fluent but nonsensical speech.
What is Wernicke’s Aphasia?
This structure helps make movements smooth, well-sequenced, and coordinated.
What is the Cerebellum?
The major excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain.
What is Glutamate?
The neural pathway followed by a reflex action is called this.
What is the reflex arc?
The location of the primary auditory cortex.
What is the Temporal Lobe?
This region connects Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas and helps with multimodal language processing.
What is Geschwind’s Territory?
The basal ganglia can block movements that may not suit the end goal. This helps in what type of control?
What is movement inhibition or regulation?
Malfunction of dopamine-producing neurons can cause this neurodegenerative disease.
What is Parkinson’s Disease?
This type of reflex arc involves interneurons and at least two synapses.
What is a polysynaptic reflex arc?
The valleys and folds of the cerebral cortex are called these.
What are sulci and gyri?
This type of aphasia results in slow, broken speech but intact comprehension.
What is Broca’s Aphasia?
The planning of voluntary movement involves this lobe, while position awareness comes from this lobe.
What are the Frontal and Parietal Lobes?
This inhibitory neurotransmitter has a calming effect and reduces anxiety.
What is GABA — gamma-aminobutyric acid?