UNIT 2 – JEOPARDY REVIEW BRAIN BRAIN PT

2DAMAGE TO BRAIN

NEUROTRANSMITTE

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NEURONS NERVOUS SYSTEM

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Surgical destruction of the brain is called

Damage this and you may never

wake up

Damage to this and you’ll never think about the future

What part of Homer appears to be damaged? – d’oh

Damage to this and you will never listen to 1 Direction again

Damage to this and you’ll die (aka you stop breathing)!

Neurotransmitters travel across this

Process by which excess neurotransmitters are absorbed by the

sending neuron

This neurotransmitter is involved in messages between motor neurons and

skeletal muscles

Molecule that is similar enough to a neurotransmitter to mimic it is known as

a

Neurotransmitter that affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal and is often

low in people with depression

Minimum level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse is called

Neural impulses travel faster when they are encased in a

Electrical charge that travels down an axon

Motor neurons carry information from

What role do dendrites play in neural impulses?

What are the two major divisions within the Nervous System

The Central Nervous System consists of

What part of the nervous system controls your heartbeat?

This part of the nervous system would dilate pupils, inhibit digestion, relax

bladder, and release epinephrine from the adrenal glands

What are the four divisions of the Peripheral Nervous System?

Someone who has difficulties understanding or comprehending what I

am saying may have damage to this area

Sensory switchboard in the brain is known as

Food source for the brain

Sections of the cerebral cortex that are connected to the function of a primary part of the cerebral cortex. Responsible for thought, memory, and learning, in

combination with the primary parts they surround.

When we see written words (or anything for that matter), it is processed in the

______________ lobe

System in brain controlling emotions and memory

Part of the brain that makes you happy. Also, the pituitary gland get it’s orders

from this part of the brain

Produces fear response

Damage to this and you become Dory the fish

Allows communication between the left and right hemispheres

Scan involves being injected with radioactive substance. Studies various

parts of the brain.

This studies sleep disorders, epilepsy, brain functions

What is the purpose of the Sympathetic Nervous System

Damage to this area and you are unable to speak