Central Nervous System

Question 1

are centers for the sense of smell, hearing, memory, and expression of emotions.

Answer 1

Temporal lobes

Question 2

assist in coordinating language generation and visual interpretation, such as depth perception.

Answer 2

Occipital lobes

Question 3

Neurotransmitters

Answer 3

1. Dopamine
2. Serotonin
3. Acetylcholine
4. GABA
5. Norepinephrine/ Epinephrine
6. Histamine

Question 4

-controls complex movements, motivation, cognition, regulates emotional responses

Answer 4

Dopamine

Question 5

regulation of emotions, controls food intake, sleep and wakefulness, pain control, sexual behaviors

Answer 5

Serotonin

Question 6

controls sleep and wakefulness cycle (decreased in Alzheimer’s)

Answer 6

Acetylcholine

Question 7

-controls alertness,peripheral allergic reactions, cardiac stimulations

Answer 7

Histamine

Question 8

-modulates other neurotransmitters

Answer 8

GABA

Question 9

-causes changes in inattention, learning and memory, mood

Answer 9

Norepinephrine / Epinephrine

Question 10

Sympathetic or Parasympathetic

Increase vs
Increase GI motility
Increase GU function
Moist mouth

Answer 10

Sympathetic

Question 11

Sympathetic or Parasympathetic

Decrease vs
Decrease GI motility
Decrease GU function
Dry mouth

Answer 11

Parasympathetic

Question 12

Mental illnesses that are hereditary

Answer 12

Alzheimer’s disease
Schizophrenia
Mood disorders (depression)
Autism and AD/HD

Question 13

A genetically or hereditary mental illness that is linked with defects in chromosomes 14 and 21

Answer 13

Alzheimer’s disease

Question 14

control organization of thought, body movement, memories, emotions and moral behavior. Associated with schizophrenia, attention deficit / hyperactive disorder and dementia

Answer 14

Frontal lobe

Question 15

interpret sensations of taste and touch and assist is spatial orientation.

Answer 15

Parietal lobe