The Limbic System

Question 1

functional anatomy of limbic system

Answer 1

Homeostasis
Olfaction
Memory
Emotion

Question 2

smell by what structure

Answer 2

olfactory cortex

Question 3

memory by what structure

Answer 3

hippocampal formation

Question 4

emotions and drives by what structure

Answer 4

amygdala

Question 5

homeostasis by what structure

Answer 5

hypothalamus

Question 6

pathway of olfaction

Answer 6

Olfactory receptor neurons
Olfactory Nerves
Olfactory Bulb
Mitral Cells/Tufted Cells
Olfactory Tract
Olfactory Cortex
Anterior Olfactory Nucleus

Question 7

limbic system forms a ring around what

Answer 7

corpus callosum

Question 8

5 anatomical structures of memory

Answer 8

prefrontal cortex
amygdala
medial temporal lobe
hippocampus
cerebellum

Question 9

memory involving the sequence of events, but not the events themselves

Answer 9

prefrontal cortex

Question 10

encodes emotional aspects of memories

Answer 10

amygdala

Question 11

encodes and transfers new explicit memories to long-term memory (2)

Answer 11

medial temporal lobe

hippocampus

Question 12

memories involving movement

Answer 12

cerebellum

Question 13

formed by infolding of temporal lobe into lateral ventricle

Answer 13

hippocampus

Question 14

hippocampus function

Answer 14

storage

Question 15

greek for “seahorse”

Answer 15

hippocampus

Question 16

how memory is formed: Papez circuit

Answer 16

fibers from hippocampal formation –> fornix –> synapse at mammillary bodies –> thalamus (anterior thalamic nucleus)

Question 17

Papez circuit structures and pathways

Answer 17

hippocampus –> fornix
mammillary body –> mammillothalamic tract
anterior thalamic nuclei –> thalamocingular tract, internal capsule
cingulate gyrus –> cingulohippocampal fibers
hippocampus

Question 18

Establishes a connection between information stored in the unconscious and conscious behavior.

Answer 18

Papez circuit

Question 19

3 types of memory

Answer 19

declarative
procedural (non-declarative)
emotional

Question 20

facts, events, concepts, locations

Answer 20

declarative

Question 21

how to memory

Answer 21

non-declarative (procedural)

Question 22

feelings memory

Answer 22

emotional

Question 23

conscious, explicit and cognitive memory is what type?

Answer 23

declarative

Question 24

3 stages of declarative memory

Answer 24

immediate
short term
long term

Question 25

Procedural memory • Implicit memory • Recall of skills and habits.• Nonconscious memory what type?

Answer 25

non declarative memory

Question 26

Produces changes in performance withoutconscious awareness. If you practice it enough, you can perform it well. What type of memory?

Answer 26

non declarative

Question 27

practice required to store procedural memories | what type?

Answer 27

non declarative memory

Question 28

3 stages to learn motor skill

Answer 28

cognitive associative autonomous

Question 29

Beginner trying to understand task and find out what works – Verbally guide movements "coach"

Answer 29

cognitive

Question 30

Refining movements selected as most effective Less variation and less dependent on cognition "trial and error"

Answer 30

associative

Question 31

Movements automatic | Multitasking

Answer 31

autonomous

Question 32

utilized for describing the terrain, companions on ride, weather. - bike riding memory

Answer 32

declarative

Question 33

used to help keep the rider on the bikewithout falling - bike riding memory

Answer 33

procedural

Question 34

Patient H.M.: | Surgical procedure performed to remove bilateral _________ _________ lobes to include the _________ formation.

Answer 34

medial temporal | hippocampal

Question 35

what happened to patient H.M. post surgery?

Answer 35

He could remember things from before the surgery like addresses but nothing after like if he had just met someone 30 mins ago.

Question 36

patient H.M. has what disorder?

Answer 36

severe explicit/declarative memory disorder

Question 37

When given the same logical puzzle to solve for several days in a row, H. M. was able to solve the puzzle more quickly each day. this shows what?

Answer 37

explicit memory depends on the temporal lobes, | implicit does NOT

Question 38

Inability to recall information stored prior to insult

Answer 38

retrograde amnesia

Question 39

Inability to store new information after an insult

Answer 39

anterograde amnesia

Question 40

Damage to the hippocampus would result in the inability to.....? but the ability toremember the skills of implicit memories

Answer 40

form new explicit memories

Question 41

amygdala means what in Greek?

Answer 41

almond

Question 42

3 main nuclei of amygdala

Answer 42

corticomedial (cortical) basolateral central

Question 43

olfactory functions - which amygdala nuclei?

Answer 43

corticomedial

Question 44

attach emotional significance to stimuli - which amygdala nuclei?

Answer 44

basolateral

Question 45

mediates emotional responses - which amygdala nuclei?

Answer 45

central

Question 46

Emotions and drives | – Is involved in all four limbic lobe functions

Answer 46

amygdala

Question 47

what ties emotion and memory?

Answer 47

amygdala