Neuroscience Quiz

Question 1

Order of neuron “zones”

Answer 1

Input (dendrites/soma), integration (axon-hillock), conduction (axon), transmission (terminal/synapses)

Question 2

one branch off main body

Answer 2

unipolar

Question 3

two branches off body

Answer 3

bipolar

Question 4

multiple branches from cell body

Answer 4

multipolar

Question 5

cell bodies (terms)

Answer 5

ganglion (PNS), nucleus (CNS)

Question 6

cell axons (terms)

Answer 6

nerve (PNS), tract (CNS)

Question 7

glial cells that myelinate cells in the CNS

Answer 7

oligodendrocytes

Question 8

glial cells that myelinate cells in the PNS

Answer 8

Schwann Cells

Question 9

glial cells that engulf debris, trigger inflammatory response

Answer 9

microglia (injury and disease)

Question 10

glial cells for structural support, dense scars upon injury, wrap around terminals, dilate blood vessels,

Answer 10

astrocytes

Question 11

BBB: keeps out__, lets in__

Answer 11

keeps out charged molecules viruses/bacterias, lets in small uncharged molecules, fat solubles, glucose.

Question 12

Central nervous system

Answer 12

Brain and Spinal Chord

Question 13

Peripheral Nervous System

Answer 13

Autonomic (internal) and Somatic (voluntary)

Question 14

PNS Somatic

Answer 14

Sensory and motor

Question 15

PNS Autonomic

Answer 15

Sympathetic (arousing), parasympathetic (calming)

Question 16

Forebrain is

Answer 16

mainly cortex

Question 17

Midbrain and hindbrain (cerebellum) are

Answer 17

brainstem

Question 18

Brainstem

Answer 18

midbrain, medulla, pons

Question 19

vital functions

Answer 19

medulla

Question 20

sleep/rem. norepinephrine

Answer 20

Pons

Question 21

reflections to auditory/visual, two sources of dopamine

Answer 21

midbrain

Question 22

movement, postural control, sensory timing

Answer 22

cerebellum (hindbrain)

Question 23

Diencephalon (3)

Answer 23

thalamus, hypothalamus, pineal gland

Question 24

thalamus

Answer 24

relay marble station for sense

Question 25

hypothalamus

Answer 25

homeostasis (four f's), sleep/wake rhythms, pituitary gland

Question 26

pineal gland

Answer 26

melatonin

Question 27

frontal and parietal lobes

Answer 27

central sulcus

Question 28

frontal/parietal and temporal

Answer 28

lateral fissure

Question 29

hemispheres

Answer 29

longitudinal fissure

Question 30

connects hemispheres (large bundles of axons)

Answer 30

corpus callosum

Question 31

primary visual cortex

Answer 31

occipital lobe

Question 32

executive functions, planning

Answer 32

prefrontal (frontal)

Question 33

voluntary movement

Answer 33

primary motor cortex (frontal)

Question 34

auditory cortex, wernike's area (language comprehension),

Answer 34

temporal lobe

Question 35

Limbic system

Answer 35

hippocampus (memory) and amygdala (motion)

Question 36

facilitation and movement, cognition and emotion

Answer 36

Basal ganglia

Question 37

Layers of meninges

Answer 37

dura mater, arachnoid, pia mater