Bio of Mind

Question 1

Dendrites

Answer 1

Where information comes in, parts of the Neuron

Question 2

Cell body & nucleus

Answer 2

Life center

Question 3

Axon

Answer 3

Messages pass down

Question 4

Myelin sheath

Answer 4

Protects axon and speeds up messages

Question 5

Terminal branches

Answer 5

Infomation goes out

Question 6

Serotonin

Answer 6

Affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal

Question 7

Dopamine

Answer 7

influences movement

Question 8

Low levels of Serotonin in CNS

Answer 8

Depression

Question 9

High levels of Serotonin in CNS

Answer 9

Mania behaviors

Question 10

Acetylcholine

Answer 10

Affects muscle action

Question 11

Agonist

Answer 11

When the body is NOT producing enough neurotransmitters. It mimics

Question 12

Antagonist

Answer 12

When the body is producing TOO MUCH of a neurotransmitter.

Question 13

Sensory Neurons

Answer 13

The message travels up

Question 13

Motor Neurons

Answer 13

The message travels down

Question 14

Parasympathetic nervous system

Answer 14

Calms down

Question 15

Sympathetic nervous system

Answer 15

Arouses

Question 16

Phrenology

Answer 16

Joseph Gall, 1796.

Belief that the shape of the head shows a person’s personality and mental traits.

Question 17

Cerebral cortex

Answer 17

The outermost layer of the brain, made up primarily of folded grey matter.

Question 18

Corpus callosum (exam)

Answer 18

• The two hemispheres are connected by the corpus callosum.
• A large band of neural axon fiber.

Question 19

Split-brain surgery

Answer 19

• When people have severe epilepsy.
• Isolates the brain’s two hemispheres by cutting the fibers of the corpus callosum.

Question 20

Frontal lobe

Answer 20

Ability to reason, emotion, and language. Largest in brain

Question 21

The ______ has two hemispheres.

Answer 21

cerebral cortex

Question 23

Low level of dopamine

Answer 23

Parkinson’s disease

Question 24

Alzheimer’s disease happens when…

Answer 24

Acetylcholine is in low level

Question 25

Which side of hemisphere is more creative?

Answer 25

Right

Question 26

What happens when you damage frontal lobe?

Answer 26

Personality disorders Concentration problems Language / memory problems

Question 27

If you damage ______ it will disoriented from space and inability to recognize self.

Answer 27

Parietal lobe

Question 28

Temporal lobe

Answer 28

- located side of head, near the ears - hearing

Question 29

Prefrontal cortex

Answer 29

High level of cognitive function

Question 30

What will happen if you damage Wernicke’s area?

Answer 30

Fluent