Psych 3

Question 1

the brain and spinal cord

Answer 1

Central nervous system

Question 2

nerves branching beyond the spinal cord into the body

Answer 2

Peripheral Nervous System

Question 3

Messages travel to and from the brain along nerves. Nerves are made of strings of long thin cells

Answer 3

neurons

Question 4

travel across the synapse (a tiny gap) between neurons.

Answer 4

Neurotransmitters

Question 5

controls voluntary muscle movements

Answer 5

Somatic nervous system

Question 6

controls internal biological functions

Answer 6

Autonomic nervous system

Question 7

at rear base of skull; most basic processes of life

Answer 7

Hindbrain

Question 8

breathing, heart rate, reflexes

Answer 8

Medulla

Question 9

bridge between spinal cord and brain, chemicals for sleep

Answer 9

Pons

Question 10

Small part of brain above the pons

Answer 10

Midbrain

Question 11

covers the brain’s central core

Answer 11

Forebrain

Question 12

lobe - vision

Answer 12

Occipital lobe

Question 13

lobe - the senses

Answer 13

Parietal lobe

Question 14

lobe - hearing, memory, emotion and speaking

Answer 14

Temporal lobe

Question 15

lobe - organization, planning and creative thinking

Answer 15

Frontal lobe

Question 16

verbal, mathematical, analytical

Answer 16

left hemisphere

Question 17

nonverbal, spatial, holistic

Answer 17

Right hemisphere

Question 18

the body’s chemical communication system;
it works through hormones in the bloodstream

Answer 18

Endocrine system

Question 19

located in brain; center of endocrine system; affects organs and body structure

Answer 19

Pituitary gland

Question 20

controls the metabolic rate

Answer 20

Thyroid gland

Question 21

prepares the body for action

Answer 21

Adrenal medulla

Question 22

regulates sugar metabolism

Answer 22

Pancreas

Question 23

affect physical and sexual development

Answer 23

Ovaries (women) and testes (men)

Question 24

4 lobes of the brain

Answer 24

frontal, Temporal, Parietal, Occipital

Question 25

how many hemispheres of the brain are there

Answer 25

2, left and right

Question 26

movement, posture, balance

Answer 26

cerebrum

Question 27

undersupply of dopamine

Answer 27

parkinson disease

Question 28

prepares for emergencies and strenuous situations

Answer 28

sympathetic

Question 29

to conserve energy and recover

Answer 29

parasympathetic

Question 30

thirst, hunger, sexual behavior

Answer 30

Hypothalamus