Neural Communication Nervous System Lower Brain System Cerebral Cortex Miscellaneous
Neural Communication What is the branch of psychology that deals with the relationship between biology and behavior?
Answer: Biological Psychology (Also behavioral neuroscience, neuropsychology, behavior genetics, physiological psychologists, and biopsychologists)
Neural Communication What is the electrical charge or impulse that travels down the axon called?
Answer: Action Potential
Neural Communication What are the opiate-like neurotransmitters linked to pain control and pleasure?
Answer: Endorphins
Neural Communication What is the layer of fatty tissue that covers the axon and helps speed neural impulses?
Answer: Myelin Sheath
Neural Communication What is the neurotransmitter that triggers muscle contraction and has a vital role in learning and memory?
Answer: Acetylcholine
Nervous System What is an automatic, inborn response to a sensory stimulus?
Answer: A Reflex
Answer: The Central Nervous System
Nervous System What is a neural network?
Answer: A cluster of neurons that work together to perform functions faster and more efficiently
Nervous System Which part of the autonomic nervous system calms the body in stressful situations?
Answer: The Parasympathetic Nervous System
Nervous System Name the 2 components of the peripheral nervous system and their functions
Answer: The somatic nervous system controls voluntary movement of the body’s skeletal muscles. The autonomic nervous system controls the glands and muscles of internal organs.
Lower brain structures What part of the brainstem controls heartbeat and breathing?
Answer: The Medulla
Lower brain structures Also called the “little brain”, what part of the brain coordinates voluntary movement and balance, and is also involved in implicit memory?
Answer: The Cerebellum
Lower brain structures The brain’s sensory switchboard is called what?
Answer: The Thalamus
What brain structure is the straight black arrow in the picture located directly above pointing to?
Answer: The Hippocampus
Lower brain structures Name four functions of the Hypothalamus
Answer: Regulating body temperature, eating, drinking, emotions, endocrine system, sex drive
Cerebral Cortex Which lobe is associated with hearing and auditory processing?
Answer: The Temporal Lobe
Cerebral Cortex What are the cells in the nervous system that support, nourish, and protect the neurons?
Answer: Glial Cells
What lobe is the straight black arrow pointing to and what are the functions of this area?
Answer: Parietal Lobe, mathematical and spatial reasoning
Answer: Broca’s area is associated with language expression and the muscles involved in speech and goes back to the motor cortex to form words. The Wernicke’s area is involved in language reception and comprehension.
Cerebral Cortex What is the function of the Corpus Callosum?
Answer: It is a large band of fibers that connects the two brain hemispheres together and carries messages between them
Answer: A Lesion
Miscellaneous Which scan takes a series of x-rays at different angles and combines them to form a composite photograph?
Answer: A CT or CAT Scan
Miscellaneous The brain’s capacity for modification, adaptability, and reorganization is called what?
Answer: Plasticity
Miscellaneous What are chemical messengers, mostly those manufactured by the endocrine glands, that are produced in one tissue and affect another?
Answer: Hormones
Miscellaneous What is impairment of language caused by left hemisphere damage to either the Broca’s area or the Wernicke’s area called?
Answer: Aphasia