nervous 2

Question 1

medulla oblongata

Answer 1

ascending sensory tract
descending motor tracts
cardio & resp center

Question 2

pons

Answer 2

control breathing

Question 3

corpora quadrigemina

Answer 3

superior (visual) & inferior (auditory) colliculi

part of midbrain

Question 4

substantia nigra

Answer 4

cell bodies secrete dopamine

Question 5

red nucleus

Answer 5

in midbrain

rich in blood supply

Question 6

cerebellum

Answer 6

all movements
continuously receiving feedback
sense of equilibrium

Question 7

reticular information

Answer 7

scattered nuclei in brain stem, medulla, pons and midbrain

Question 8

reticular activating system

Answer 8

alerts cerebral cortex to sensory signals (i.e. alarm)

input from higher brain center to control SM

Question 9

diencephalon

Answer 9

thalamus and hypothalamus

Question 10

thalamus

Answer 10

relay station for sensory information on its way to the cortex
crude perception
filter out

Question 11

hypothalamus

Answer 11

regulator of homeostasis
relay station for olfactory reflexes
hormones that regulate pituitary
feeding, thirst & satiety 
body temp
sleep pattern

Question 12

cerebrum

Answer 12

largest part of brain

grey outside, white inside

Question 13

gyri

Answer 13

raised

Question 14

sulcus

Answer 14

dents

Question 15

longitudinal fissure

Answer 15

separate left & right hemisphere

Question 16

central sulcus

Answer 16

separate frontal & parietal lobe

Question 17

insula

Answer 17

doesn’t belong to either of the 4 lobes

believed to be associated w emotions

Question 18

association fibers

Answer 18

between gyri in same hemisphere

Question 19

commissural fibers

Answer 19

from one hemisphere to other

Question 20

projection fibers

Answer 20

form descending & ascending tracts

Question 21

basal ganglia

Answer 21

coordination of slow sustained mvmts

suppress unwanted mvmts

Question 22

limbic system

Answer 22

regulate emotional behavior

intense pleasure or pain

Question 23

hippocampus

Answer 23

retrieval of memories

converting short term into longterm

Question 24

precentral gyrus

Answer 24

primary motor cortex

motor mvmt

Question 25

postcentral gyurs

Answer 25

primary somatosensory cortex | damage=can recognize, don't know what for

Question 26

somatosensory area

Answer 26

receives sensory info from thalamus

Question 27

association areas

Answer 27

in relevance to what is happening now to past experience

Question 28

premotor association cortex

Answer 28

responsible for skilled mvmt | damage= won't be able to manipulate screw driver

Question 29

Wernicke's area

Answer 29

language comprehension | damage= can't understand meaning of words

Question 30

Broca's area

Answer 30

speech production | damage= can't form words

Question 31

left hemisphere

Answer 31

spoken and written language numbers and science reason

Question 32

right hemisphere

Answer 32

musical and artistic emotional language space perception

Question 33

alpha

Answer 33

awake & resting

Question 34

beta

Answer 34

mental activity

Question 35

theta

Answer 35

emotional stress

Question 36

delta

Answer 36

deep sleep