Week 4

Question 1

The medulla oblongata is:

Answer 1

an extension of the spinal cord

Question 2

The nervous system is made up of the central nervous system and the _____ nervous system

Answer 2

peripheral nervous system

Question 3

The peripheral nervous system is made up of the somatic nervous system and the _______ nervous system

Answer 3

automatic

Question 4

men tend to score higher than women on tests of:

Answer 4

mathematical ability and spatial processing

Question 5

What is the Hindbrain made up of?

Answer 5

Pons,, cerebellum, and medulla Oblongata. Also the reticular formation

Question 6

What does the Medulla Oblongata control?

Answer 6

regulation of breathing and heart rate

Question 7

Under the somatic nervous system are the ____ nerves and the ____ nerves.

Answer 7

afferent and efferent

Question 8

If there is damage to brain here, it’s always fatal. This is the ‘vital signs’ part of the brain

Answer 8

medulla Oblongata

Question 9

What two divisions are under the automatic nervous system?

Answer 9

Sympathetic division and parasympathetic

Question 10

What part of the nervous system controls itself. Allows the stomach to digest food, create fear/flight and also allows you to chill out.

Answer 10

Automatic nervous system

Question 11

What does the somatic nervous system consist of and do?

Answer 11

All the nerves that innervate (has nerves coming from and going to) muscles of the body and all of the sensory nerves
o Afferent nerves – they go into the brain (sensory)
o Efferent Nerves – move the muscles

Question 12

A lot of the staggering and slurred speech that occurs after consuming alcohol is due to the ____________ being affected

Answer 12

Cerebellum

Question 13

What six things does the peripheral nervous system consist of?

Answer 13

1. Somatic nervous system
   - afferent nervous system
   - efferent nervous system
2. Automatic nervous system
   - sympathetic nervous system
   - parasympathetic nervous system

Question 14

What does the forebrain consist of?

Answer 14

cerebral cortex, Basal Ganglia, Limbic system, thalamus and hypothalamus.

Question 15

What does the limbic system consist of?

Answer 15

septum, amygdala and hippocampus

Question 16

What part of the brain is a collection of nuclei and neural fibers that is crucial to the function of the motor system?

Answer 16

Basal Ganglia

Question 17

what does the midbrain do?

Answer 17

It consists of various structures that allow you to orient your eyes to an object, the peripheral field, it controls how conscious you are, it controls your sleep and dreams

Question 18

What does the midbrain consist of?

Answer 18

the tectum and tegmentum

Question 19

What is in the tectum made up of and what does it achieve?

Answer 19

It is involved in orienting to visual and auditory stimuli and it is made up of the the superior and inferior colliculi

Question 20

What does the Tegmentum do?

Answer 20

is involved in movement and arousal. It plays an important role in learning to produce behaviours that minimize unpleasant (Aversive) consequences and maximize pleasant (rewarding) consequences

Question 21

The major function of the ___________ is to maintain consciousness, regulate arousal levels and moderate the activity of neurons throughout the central nervous system.

Answer 21

reticular formation

Question 22

What does ANS stand for?

Answer 22

Autonomic nervous system

Question 23

What does the autonomic nervous system do?

Answer 23

It controls itself. Allows the stomach to digest food, create fear/flight and also allows you to chill out. Consists of the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions

Question 24

What does the pons do?

Answer 24

controls dreaming. it is involved in consciousness. It bridges neurotransmitters from one part of the brain to another and is involved in facial nerves

Question 25

What part of the brain is essential to co-ordination, balance and muscle tone?

Answer 25

Cerebellum

Question 26

What is the primary relay for sensory information in the brain?

Answer 26

Thalamus

Question 27

What part of the brain controls the endocrine system and the autonomic nervous system?

Answer 27

Hypothalamus

Question 28

What part of the brain influences anger and fear?

Answer 28

Septum

Question 29

What part of the brain influences anger and aggression?

Answer 29

amygdala

Question 30

Bundles of axons outside the central nervous system are referred to as spinal ______, whereas the bundles of axons inside the central nervous system are referred to as spinal ______.

Answer 30

nerves, tracts

Question 31

What are the two major parts of the peripheral nervous system?

Answer 31

The somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system

Question 32

What part of the nervous system controls itself?

Answer 32

the somatic and the autonomic nervous system

Question 33

When the ______ kicks in, it causes the following? • Pupils constricted - • Salvation stimulated • Decreased respiration – slower and deeper • Bronchial passages constricted • Decreased heart rate • Digestion stimulated – want to eat • Bladder contracted – don’t need to pee anymore

Answer 33

Parasympathetic nervous system

Question 34

What two systems often act in opposition (e.g., heart rate) but can act in concert (e.g., sexual reflexes)

Answer 34

sympathetic/parasympathetic

Question 35

Damage to the reticular activating system is a major cause of:

Answer 35

coma

Question 36

The _______ nervous system is involved with sensory information and motor commands.

Answer 36

somatic

Question 37

The sympathetic nervous system is involved with:

Answer 37

preparing the body in | response to threat.

Question 38

Each segment of the spinal cord:

Answer 38

relay information to and from | different parts of the body.

Question 39

What disease is associated the basal ganglia

Answer 39

Parkinsons

Question 40

Which is a function of the cerebral cortex?

Answer 40

It makes symbolic thinking possible

Question 41

because of ______ we can plan, coordinate thoughts and actions, perceive visual and sound patterns and use language

Answer 41

cerebral cortex

Question 42

What does the Occipital Lobe do?

Answer 42

entirely devoted to processing vision

Question 43

What does the frontal lobe do?

Answer 43

Abstract thinking, long term memory, planning and social skills. Also used to suppress impulsive behavior

Question 44

What does the temporal lobe do?

Answer 44

language, hearing, visual pattern recognition.

Question 45

What does the parietal lobe

Answer 45

touch, spatial, orientation, nonverbal thinking

Question 46

What is the longutudinal fissure?

Answer 46

The split down the middle of the brain, between left and right

Question 47

What is the central fissure?

Answer 47

The split in the center of the brain that separates the frontal lobe from the rest of the brain

Question 48

Where is the optical lobe?

Answer 48

middle of the back of the brain

Question 49

Where is the temporal lobe?

Answer 49

Directly under your temples

Question 50

how to pronounce parietal lobe?

Answer 50

pariah-tal (like the fish)

Question 51

What's the pleasure center of the brain?

Answer 51

The limbic system

Question 52

What lobe inhibits erratic behavior?

Answer 52

frontal lobe

Question 53

What lobe is involved with the coordination of the senses?

Answer 53

Parietal lobe

Question 54

if you're trying to work out where the M24 building is from the auditorium what lobe is at use?

Answer 54

Parietal lobe.

Question 55

Broca's area is located in what lobe, and concerned with?

Answer 55

The temporal lobe, Speech production and grammar

Question 56

Wernicke's area is located in what lobe, and concerned with

Answer 56

the temporal lobe, speech comprehension

Question 57

What is the somatosensory cortex?

Answer 57

used in touch

Question 58

What does the motor cortex do?

Answer 58

All the the signals that cause movement are located in the motor cortex

Question 59

Some functions are localized to one hemisphere (L or R) of brain. What is this called?

Answer 59

hemispheric Lateralization

Question 60

What side of the brain tends to be more analytic?

Answer 60

The left

Question 61

What side of the brain tends to be more holistic/artistic?

Answer 61

The right side

Question 62

Do Females typically score higher on tests of verbal fluency, perceptual speed and manual dexterity?

Answer 62

Yes

Question 63

What side of the brain is speech and language on?

Answer 63

the left. It is on the right also. but the left side dominates

Question 64

What part of the brain did they cut to get rid of epileptic fits?

Answer 64

the corpus callosum

Question 65

What side of the brain is the "naming" part? Eg. objects

Answer 65

the right.

Question 66

What is split brain patient?

Answer 66

when they hold something with their left hand, they know what it is and how to use it but they cant came it because the signal cant cross over to the right side of the brain where the naming part is.

Question 67

Is it Positive or negative feelings that are associated with the right temporal regions?

Answer 67

positive

Question 68

Once we learn a piano piece well, the movements become controlled by the:

Answer 68

Basal Ganglia

Question 69

What part of the brain relays information between the two cerebral hemispheres?

Answer 69

corpus callosum

Question 70

what part of the brain coordinates fine muscle movements?

Answer 70

cerebellum

Question 71

What does the spinal cord do?

Answer 71

Relays nerve impulses between brain and body and controls simple reflexes

Question 72

Anna hears her teacher ask a question she knows the answer to, so she raises her hand so she can speak. Which division of the nervous system was directly responsible for her hand going up?

Answer 72

The somatic nervous system

Question 73

what part of the brain influences memory and learning?

Answer 73

Hippocampus

Question 74

What does the hipposcampus do?

Answer 74

involved in memory and leaning

Question 75

What is the outer layer of the cerebral hemisphere called?

Answer 75

cerebral cortex

Question 76

What part of the brain is important for emotion, memory, motivation and learning?

Answer 76

The limbic system

Question 77

What is important for our having conscious awareness of our control over our existence?

Answer 77

The thalamus and the RAC

Question 78

What connects the forebrain to the spinal cord?

Answer 78

The brainstem

Question 79

An infant begins to cry after seeing his mother react fearfully to the unexpected approach of a dog. The area of his brain that is most likely being stimulated is the:

Answer 79

Amygdala - One function of the amygdala is the recognition of emotion, particularly fearful emotion in others. A study using PET technology found that presenting fearful faces (as compared to happy or neutral ones) activated the left amygdala and that the strength of the activation was strongly correlated with the degree of fear displayed in the faces

Question 80

What does the hypothalamus do?

Answer 80

helps regulate eating, sleeping, sexual activity and emotional experiences. Also regulates behavior related to survival: fighting, feeding, fleeing, mating.

Question 81

What does the cerebral cortex do?

Answer 81

It is involved in receiving and processing sensory information, other cognitive processing, planning and sending motor information

Question 82

Assume that a drug had been developed that boosts one's memory and learning capacity. Such a drug is most likely to lead to increases in:

Answer 82

acetylcholine

Question 83

Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get.' This metaphor is more likely to come from the _________ perspective

Answer 83

humanistic

Question 84

All of the following are locate | d in the brain stem EXCEPT the

Answer 84

hypothalamus

Question 85

A classmate is working on her presentation on the endocrine system for class. You overhear her as she says "This gland is often called the 'master gland' because it has an effect on the secretions of all the other endocrine glands." It sounds as though she is talking about the

Answer 85

pituitary

Question 86

A neurotransmitter binds to the post-synapti c neuron receptor and causes the sodium ion channels on that post-synaptic neuron to open. This results in:

Answer 86

excitation of the post-synaptic neuron NOT: an action potential in the post-synaptic neuron