Chapter 3.2

Question 1

Nerves 95

Answer 1

Nerves — bundles of neuron fibers (axons) that are touted together in the peripheral nervous system.

Question 2

Peripheral nervous system 95

Answer 2

Peripheral nervous system— all the nerves that lie outside the brain and the spinal cord.

Question 3

Afferent Nerve Fibers 96

Answer 3

Afferent Nerve Fibers — nerve fibers that carry information inward toward e central nervous system away from the peripheral nervous system.

Question 4

Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) 96

Answer 4

Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) — made up of nerves that connect to the heart, blood vessels, smooth muscles and glands.

Question 5

Efferent nerve fibers 96

Answer 5

Efferent nerve fibers — nerve fibers that carry information away from the central nervous system.

Question 6

Somatic Nervous System 96

Answer 6

Somatic Nervous System — made up of nerves that connect to voluntary muscles and to sensory receptors.

Question 7

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) 97

Answer 7

Cerebrospinal (CSF) — Nourishes the brain and provides a protective cushion.

Question 8

Parasympathetic division 97

Answer 8

Parasympathetic Division — branch of the autonomic nervous system that generally so serves resources.

Question 9

Sympathetic Division 97

Answer 9

Sympathetic Division — branch of the Autonomic nervous system that mobilizes the bodies resources for emergencies.

Question 10

Donald Hebb 91

Answer 10

Donald Hebb 91
1949
Focus: The linkage of Neurons to form networks
Book: The Organization of Behavior 1649
Contains:
Neurons do not act alone in influencing behavior but that they are linked in Cell Assemblies 91
Hebbian Learning Rule: Specifies how
these linkages might operate and come about.

“When an axon of cell A is near enough to excite a cell B and repeatedly or persistently takes part in firing it, some growth process or metabolic change takes place.”

Ideas referred to as the:
Hebb Synapse 92

Question 11

Wilder Penfield 99, 101

Answer 11

Wilder Pennfield 99 -- 
1954
Focus: 
Neuroscience and the 
mapping of functions of the brain

Accomplishments:
Founded the world-famous Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital.

Specialized in the treatment of epilepsy
Penfield was able to stimulate portions of the brain with a mild electrical probe… systematically mapping out many of the fictions of the brain.

Electrical Stimulation of the Brain (ESB) 100