Nervous System
The insula helps with your sense of
sight
Afferent
neurons carry impulses from stimuli toward the central nervous system
The occipital lobe controls
vision
The sympathetic division of the nervous system is involved with
"fight or flight" response to stressful stimuli
Which part of the brain controls feelings, personality, and complex thought?
Frontal Lobe
Regulates endocrine (hormonal) output of the pituitary gland.
Hypothalamus
Mediates emotional response and is involved in memory processing.
Limbic system
pineal gland
Location: brain stem regulates daily rhythms
Midbrain
Location: brain stems important functions in motor movements, specifically of the eye, and auditory, tactile and visual processing.
Sulci are _________________ found in the brain.
grooves
Contains the visual, auditory, and tactile reflex centers.
midbrain
The frontal lobe controls
movement, emotion, speech, smell, and personality
Gyri are ____________ found in the brain.
ridges
When you react to catch a dropped ruler your body reacts in this order:
1) eyes sense ruler move 2) message sent to brain 3) message sent to muscles 4) muscles contract
The cerebellum controls
Balance and coordination
Which one of the following senses travel through the thalamus?
Hearing, olfactory, touch
What part of the brain regulates the sleep/wake cycles, water balance, food intake, and temperature
Hypothalamus
Insula
Location: Cerebrum taste, visceral sensation and autonomic control
Thalamus
Location: diencephalon sensory relay center, memory and emotions
Senses recognize ____________ which are recognized by the brain and results in a response.
Stimuli (plural of stimulus)
Relays sensory impulses to cerebral cortex and involved in memory and emotions
Thalamus
The _______________ of a neuron receives signals.
dendrite
Efferent
neurons are motor neurons that carry impulses toward muscles to cause movement.
You actually do 'have eyes in the back of your head' because this region of the brain responsible for visual processing is right above the cerebellum!
occipital lobe
What part of the brain regulates the daily body rhythms?
pineal gland
Relays info from the cerebrum to the cerebellum.
pons
The ______________ hemisphere is associated with artistic and musical expression.
right
The parietal lobe controls
senses of touch
There are ___________ pairs of cranial nerves.
12
There are ____________ pairs of spinal nerves.
31
Point where the spinal cord connects with the brain. The brain stem takes in, sends out, and coordinates all of the brain's messages. It controls the body's vital functions, such as heartbeat, breathing, swallowing, and digestion.
Brain stem
The brain has 3 major sections that send and receive signals to control all the activities that keep a person functioning efficiently. Which major section controls breathing and heart beat?
Brain stem
When this area of the brain is damaged, patients loose the ability to speak fluently.
Broca's area
What is the largest area of the brain that controls everything conscious?
Cerebrum
Frontal lobe
Location: Cerebrum Thinking, planning, problem solving, emotions, behavioral control, decision making, motor cortex, movement, speech, smell, & personality
The primary motor cortex is located in which lobe of the brain?
Frontal
The ________ hemisphere deals with logical processes such as math, and controls the right side of the body.
Left
Pons
Location: Above medulla below midbrain A group of nerves that function as a connection between the cerebrum and cerebellum and acts as a control center and breathing rate.
Cerebellum
Location: Cerebellum coordinate voluntary muscle movements and to maintain posture, balance, and equilibrium.
Parietal lobe
Location: Cerebrum Controls sensations, touch and limb positioning, sensory cortex
Cerebrum
Location: Cerebrum Coordination of movement, temperature, touch, vision, problem solving, and judgment.
Temporal Lobe
Location: Cerebrum Processing the things that we hear and sends it to the brain
Occipital lobe
Location: Cerebrum Responsible for vision/aspects of vision such as memory information, movement, object recognition, color determination, distance, depth perception and face recognition.
Limbic System
Location: Cerebrum & diencephalon emotion, memory and learning
Hypothalamus
Location: Diencephalon Involved in daily activities (eating or drinking), control of the body's temperature and maintenance (Homeostasis), in the process of memorizing, and stress control. Also modulates the endocrine system.
Medulla Oblongata
Location: Diencephalon reflex center for vomiting, coughing, sneezing, hiccupping, and swallowing; regulation of heart rate
Reticular formation
Location: brain stem muscle tone, assist in respiration, heart rate, and blood pressure, wakes a sleeping person
The brain stem includes
Midbrain, pons, Medulla Oblongata and the reticular formation
Which type of neuron would transmit information to your triceps muscle?
Motor
The primary sensory cortex is located in which lobe of the brain?
Parietal
Tim is having difficulty processing anything hot when he touches something, which lobe is not functioning properly?
Parietal Lobe
Which part of the brain controls balance and coordination?
cerebellum
What part of the brain deals with the thalamus and hypothalamus?
diencephalan
What are the three membranes of the central nervous system?
dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater
Nerve cells that contain unmyelinated fibers are termed
gray matter
