Chapter 2

Question 0

Axon

Answer 0

Passes messages away from cell body to other neurons, muscles, or glands.

Question 1

Who is Franz Gall

Answer 1

Studied phrenology in the early 1800’s

Question 2

Dendrite

Answer 2

Branches of cell body that receive messages from other cells

Question 3

Neurotransmitters

Answer 3

Chemicals used to send a signal across the synaptic gap

Question 4

Synapse

Answer 4

A gap between cells (axon tip to cell body dendrites)

Question 5

Threshold

Answer 5

When excitatory signals outweigh the inhibitory signals by a certain amount

Question 6

Cause of multiple sclerosis

Answer 6

Damage to the myelin sheath

Question 7

Reuptake

Answer 7

Recycling neurotransmitters

Question 8

Central Nervous system parts

Answer 8

Brain and spinal cord

Question 9

“Neurons that fire together, wire together”

Answer 9

Neural networks, complex webs of interconnected neurons form with experience.

Question 10

Slow but sure chemical communication system

Answer 10

Endocrine system. It sends messages through the blood stream.

Question 11

Master gland of the endocrine system

Answer 11

Pituitary gland

Question 12

EEG

Answer 12

Activity/function

Question 13

CT/CAT

Answer 13

Structure

Question 14

MRI

Answer 14

Structure

Question 15

PET

Answer 15

Activity

Question 16

FMRI

Answer 16

Activity and structure

Question 17

MEG

Answer 17

Activity

Question 18

DTI

Answer 18

Structure

Question 19

Brain stem and cerebellum

Answer 19

Coordinates the body

Question 20

Limbic system

Answer 20

Manages emotions, and connects thoughts to the body.

Question 21

Cortex (outer covering)

Answer 21

Integrates info

Question 22

Frontal lobes

Answer 22

Involved in speaking and muscle movements. Also for making plans and judgments

Question 23

Parietal lobes

Answer 23

Sensory cortex

Question 24

Occipital lobes

Answer 24

Includes visual areas

Question 25

Temporal lobes

Answer 25

Auditory processing areas

Question 26

Cortical space and complexity

Answer 26

More complex animals have more cortical space for integrating and associating information

Question 27

Phineas Gage

Answer 27

Case study of pole through head. Restore many functions but his personality changes

Question 28

Lateralization

Answer 28

Going to one side. The two hemispheres serve dif functions

Question 29

Localization of function

Answer 29

Phrenology. Different areas of the brain do different actions

Question 30

Brain plasticity

Answer 30

The brain is flexible

Question 31

Split brain.

Answer 31

Corpus collosum is cut. And the brains hemispheres no longer work together

Question 32

``` The hand image of the brain. Wrist Palm Thumb Fingers Knuckles ```

Answer 32

``` Wrist- spinal cord Palm- brain stem Thumb- limbic region, amygdala (base) and hippocampus (knuckle) Fingers- middle prefontal cortex, Fingers knuckles- cerebral cortex ```