CNS

Question 1

CNS is located where

Answer 1

Brain, spinal cord

Question 2

The brainstem is composed of… (3)

Answer 2

1. Medulla
2. Reticular Formation
3. Pons

Question 3

Medulla

Answer 3

automatic natural things ex; Heartbeat, blood pressure, coughing

Question 4

Reticular formation

Answer 4

attention and alertness

Question 5

Pons

Answer 5

Body movement, sleep/dreaming, (ex: sitting = posture kept)

Question 6

CNS is composed of…. (4)

Answer 6

1. Brainstem
   - medulla, resticular formation, pons
2. Cerebellum
3. Thalamus
4. Hypothalamus

Question 7

Hypothalamus

Answer 7

Regulator- fight flight food Fuck

Does not regulate pressure, h-rate, breathing

Question 8

Cerebellum (4)

Answer 8

Little brain

• Permits smooth graceful movement and coordination
• two hemispheres
• deffective while intoxicated

Question 9

Thalamus

Answer 9

Relay sensory information between lower and higher brain areas

Traffic controller !

Question 10

Limbic system components (2)

Answer 10

• Amygdala
• Hippocampus

Question 11

Amygdala

Answer 11

Part of the limbic system

Emotion related to survival (Fear)
- you remember intense memories

Question 12

Hippocampus

Answer 12

Part of the limbic system

Creates new memories (save button)

Question 13

If there is damage to the hippocampus…

Answer 13

You can’t form new memories, you only have your own memories

Question 14

Components of the cerebral hemisphere (2)

Answer 14

1. Cerebral cortex
2. Corpus callosum

Question 15

(2)
Cerebral cortex

Answer 15

2: hemispheres for higher mental processes

Language thinking memory perception

Question 16

Corps callosum

Answer 16

Bridge between right and left hemispheres of cerebral cortex

Question 17

Lobes of the brain (4)

Answer 17

• frontal lobe
• parietal lobe
• Occipital
• Temporal

Question 18

Frontal lobe (5)

Answer 18

Controls Motor, plan, impulse, emotion, special language center (Brocas, wernicke)

Question 19

Parietal

Answer 19

Somatosensory: touch,

Question 20

Occipital

Answer 20

Primary visual cortex

Question 21

Special language center

Answer 21

Brocas area: speech production, left frontal lobe

Wernickes: speech comprehension left temporal lobe

Question 22

Left hemisphere

Answer 22

Language, mathematics, analytical, sequential

Controls right body, right visual field

Question 23

Right hemisphere

Answer 23

Music, Visual spatial,using, creativity, and expression of emotion

Controls left body, Visual fields too

Question 24

Left hemisphere tissue is devoted to…

Answer 24

Each body part

Question 25

Split brain

Answer 25

No corpus callosum

Question 26

If somone with split brain is presented something in their left visual field it will be processed in

Answer 26

The right hemisphere (non verbal), I saw nothing , but could draw it or could choose with hand

Question 27

If somone with split brain is presented something in their right visual field it will be processed in

Answer 27

The left hemisphere, they can say I saw an apple

Question 28

Multiple concussions or head trauma Symptoms and diseases associated

Answer 28

Symptoms : headaches, mood disorders, personality changes, memory loss Disorders: Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ALS or CTS

Question 29

Scanning techniques (7)

Answer 29

EEG CT MRI PET FMRI MEG TMS

Question 30

EEG

Answer 30

function Électroencéphalogramme: measure global electrical activity

Question 31

CT

Answer 31

X-rays of brain structure

Question 32

MRI

Answer 32

structure Uses magnetic fields for brain image via hydrogen atoms - big detail =$$

Question 33

PET

Answer 33

Function Tracks metabolism of goucose

Question 34

FMRI

Answer 34

Function Measures oxygen usage over time

Question 35

MEG

Answer 35

Function Detects magnetic fields from neural activity

Question 36

TMS

Answer 36

Function Uses magnetic pulses to stimulate or inhibit brain : neurons

Question 37

Plasticity (3)

Answer 37

The ability of the brain to reorganize and compensate brain damage If the brain is damaged we’ll rearrange ourselves and adapt The older you are the harder it is to recover

Question 38

Plasticity components

Answer 38

Reorganize (sensory loss and phantom limb) Recovery after brain damage (Phineas Gage, hemispherectomy) Growth in neural pathways (language spatial navigation) Uncontrollable seizures ; half the brain=cause? Removable- not recommended

Question 39

Temporal lobe

Answer 39

Auditory

Question 40

taste and smell are processed in

Answer 40

frontal lobe