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What Structure of the Brain is What Structure of the Brain is responsible for arousal from sleep?responsible for arousal from sleep?

A. Hypothalamus

B. Reticular Formation

C. Thalamus D. Pituitary Gland

Reticular Formation

The impulse that travels down the The impulse that travels down the axon is known as this:axon is known as this:

a. Terminal Potential

b. Action Stimulus

c. Threshold

d. Action Potential

Action Potential

This is made up of fatty cells and This is made up of fatty cells and protects the impulse as it travels protects the impulse as it travels

through the axon: through the axon:

a. Neural Coating

b. Axon Protector

c. Myelin Sheath

d. Myelin Coat

Myelin Sheath

This portion of the cerebral This portion of the cerebral cortex includes the processing cortex includes the processing

of auditory informationof auditory information

a. The Frontal Lobes

b. The Temporal Lobes

c. The Occipital Lobes

d. The Auditory Cortex

The Temporal Lobes

..The Brain fences out unwanted The Brain fences out unwanted chemicals circulating through the chemicals circulating through the

blood with thisblood with this

a. Blood Brain Wall

b. Brain Barrier

c. Blood Brain Barrier

d. Neurotransmitter Filter

Blood Brain Barrier

When this neurotransmitter is When this neurotransmitter is released into muscles, the muscles released into muscles, the muscles

contract:contract:

b. Endorphins

a. Dopamine c. Serotonin

d. Acetycholine

AcH (acetycholine)

The skeletal and the autonomic The skeletal and the autonomic nervous systems are part of this nervous systems are part of this

larger nervous system:larger nervous system:

a. Central Nervous system

b. Peripheral Nervous System

c. Sympathetic Nervous system

d. Carbonara System

Peripheral Nervous System

This is the minimum amount This is the minimum amount of stimulus, either neural or of stimulus, either neural or sensory, a neuron needs to sensory, a neuron needs to

fire. fire.

a. The all or none principle

b. The minimum action potential

c. The Threshold

d. The Stimulus Satiation Point

The Threshold!!

Hormones that spark our interest in Hormones that spark our interest in sex, hunger and aggression are sex, hunger and aggression are

sent out through this systemsent out through this system

a. Limbic system

b. Endocrine System

c. Neural System

d. Central Nervous system

The Endocrine System

The principle that states a The principle that states a neuron will either fire or it will neuron will either fire or it will

notnot

a. Threshold Principle

b. All or none Response

c. Activating Principle

d. Activating Impulse Requirement

All or None Response

The time it takes between neural The time it takes between neural firings is known as this.firings is known as this.

a. Threshold

b. Refractory Period

c. Myelin Period

d. Period of Justification

Refractory Period

Surgically destroying brain Surgically destroying brain tissue is known as this tissue is known as this

method of brain manipulation method of brain manipulation for researchfor research

a. Brain Imaging

b. Brain Lesioning

c. PET Scanning

d. Lobotomies

Brain Lesioning

This is the most primitive part This is the most primitive part of our brain and the most of our brain and the most

common to our mammalian common to our mammalian ancestors:ancestors:

a. The cerebellum

b. The cerebrum

c. The brainstem

d. The thalamus

The Brainstem

All of the following are parts of All of the following are parts of the lower level brain structures the lower level brain structures

EXCEPT:EXCEPT:

a. The medulla

b. The hypothalamus

c. The cerebral cortex

d. The Amygdala

The Cerebral Cortex

This brain imaging technique This brain imaging technique shows us the structure not the shows us the structure not the

functionfunction

a. A PET Scan

b. f MRI

c. CAT scan

d. EEG

CAT Scan

This part of the brain is This part of the brain is associated with memories associated with memories

regarding smell and also helps us regarding smell and also helps us respond with appropriate respond with appropriate

emotions regarding fear and emotions regarding fear and aggressionaggression

a. The limbic system

b. The hippocampus

c. The amygdala

d. The hypothalamus

The Amygdala

This is also called the little This is also called the little police man of the brain, police man of the brain,

sending sensory input where it sending sensory input where it needs to go.needs to go.

a. The Thalamus

b. The hypothalamus

c. The Reticular Formation

d. The sensory cortex

The sensory cortex

This “emotional center” is This “emotional center” is larger in women than in menlarger in women than in men

a. The endocrine system

b. The limbic system

c. The hypothalamus

d. The hippocampus

The Limbic System

This “Little Brain” is involved This “Little Brain” is involved in coordinating movement and in coordinating movement and

one of the first areas of the one of the first areas of the brain affected by alcohol.brain affected by alcohol.

a. The cerebrum

b. The frontal lobe

c. The cerebellum

d. The prefrontal lobe

The Cerebellum

By lesioning this area of the By lesioning this area of the brain you could get a cat to brain you could get a cat to

starve itself to death. starve itself to death.

a. The hippocampus

b. The limbic system

c. The hypothalamus

d. The thalamus

The Hypothalamus

These lobes are associated These lobes are associated with judgment and reasoning with judgment and reasoning skills as well as goal oriented skills as well as goal oriented

behaviorbehavior

a. Parietal Lobes

b. Temporal Lobes

c. Occipital Lobes

d. Frontal Lobes

The Frontal Lobes

This occupies the largest This occupies the largest amount of space on our amount of space on our

Sensorimotor CortexSensorimotor Cortex

a. The ankle

b. The face

c. The hand

d. The toes

The Face

These lobes are concerned These lobes are concerned with receiving visual inputwith receiving visual input

a. Frontal lobes

b. The occipital lobes

c. The parietal lobes

d. The temporal lobes

The Occipital Lobes

This lobe is considered the This lobe is considered the emotional lobe and houses emotional lobe and houses

the sensory cortex.the sensory cortex.

a. The occipital lobes

b. The parietal lobes

c. The temporal lobes

d. The Frontal Lobes

The Parietal Lobes

This structure encodes visual This structure encodes visual information and recodes it so information and recodes it so that it can be processed by that it can be processed by

Wernicke’s Area for Wernicke’s Area for comprehension:comprehension:

a. Broca’s Area

b. Angular Gyrus

c. Occipital Region

d. Cingulate Gyrate

Angular Gyrus

The information from all the The information from all the different lobes is put together different lobes is put together

into something that makes into something that makes sense by this (these)sense by this (these)

a. Association areas

b. Neural pathways

c. Axon terminals

d. Dendrites

The Association Areas

This language region is in This language region is in charge of language charge of language

comprehensioncomprehension

a. Wernicke’s Area

b. Broca’s Area

c. Pavlov’s Area

d. Skinner’s Box

A. Wernicke’s Area

When a person speaks or When a person speaks or calculates this hemisphere calculates this hemisphere lights up on PET scans. lights up on PET scans.

a. Right Hemisphere

b. Left Hemisphere

c. North Hemisphere

d. South Hemisphere

B. Left Hemisphere

This controls heartbeat and This controls heartbeat and breathingbreathing

The Cerebellum

a. Thalamus

b. The Medulla Oblongata

c. The Pituitary Gland

The Medulla Oblongata

This is said to be the memory This is said to be the memory “center” of our brain. “center” of our brain.

a. The hypothalamus

b. The Amygdala

c. The hippocampus

d. The Thalamus

The Hippocampus

These glands are located These glands are located above the kidneys and above the kidneys and

secrete norepinephine and secrete norepinephine and adrenaline. adrenaline.

a. The testes

b. The ovaries

c. The mammaries

d. The adrenal glands

The Adrenal Glands

This is the impairment of This is the impairment of language. language.

a. A stroke

b. Aphasia

c. Amnesia

d. aplasia

Aphasia

Central nervous system Central nervous system neurons that intervene directly neurons that intervene directly

between the sensory inputs between the sensory inputs and motor inputs. and motor inputs.

a. Connector Neurons

b. Communicator Neurons

c. Interneurons

d. System Bypass Neurons

Interneurons

This is the endocrine system’s This is the endocrine system’s most important gland. Some most important gland. Some might even call it the “master might even call it the “master

gland.”gland.”

a. The Hypothalamus

b. The pituitary gland

c. The endocrine gland

d. The hypocampus Gland

The Pituitary Gland

This nervous system calms us This nervous system calms us down after our body has been down after our body has been “activated” by the fight or flight “activated” by the fight or flight

response. response.

a. Autonomic Nervous System

b. Parasympathetic Nervous System

c. The Skeletal Nervous System

d. Sympathetic Nervous System

The Parasympathetic Nervous System

This body movement is not This body movement is not processed through the processed through the

sensorimotor cortexsensorimotor cortex

a. A knee jerk

b. Throwing a baseball

c. Slapping someone

d. Taking a bite our of the “gum brain”

A Knee Jerk (Reflex)

Complete this chartComplete this chart

The Nervous System

Peripheral Central

Skeletal

a. Autonomic

b. Parasympathetic

c. Sympathetic

d. Antisympathetic

Autonomic

The part of the neuron that The part of the neuron that transmits the action potential transmits the action potential

a. Synapse

b. Association areas

c. dendrite

d. axon

Axon

Phineas Gage’s personality Phineas Gage’s personality dramatically changed after he dramatically changed after he suffered damage to this lobe. suffered damage to this lobe.

a. Frontal

b. Temporal

c. Occipital

d. Parietal

Frontal Lobe

If you lay one of these out it If you lay one of these out it would be the size of a would be the size of a

newspaper. (In humans that is.)newspaper. (In humans that is.)

a. Cerebellum

b. Cerebrum

c. Cerebral Cortex

d. Left Hemisphere

Cerebral Cortex