* CH1 quizzes Neuroanatomy & Bases of Behavior

Which portion of the brain is responsible for sensory functions?

Cerebrum

What are the risk factors associated with the increased likelihood of a stroke occurring?

Obesity, a diet high in fat and cholesterol, drug usage, and birth control medications

What is the most critical factor in how effective treatment will be?

The time it takes for a person suffering a stroke to receive car

What is a ruptured aneurysm?

a blood vessel that has bulged and popped

What is traumatic brain injury?

a condition caused by a force to the head that causes brain damage

The oldest parts of the brain are?

brainstem, thalamus, reticular formation, and cerebellum

A neurotransmitter is a type of?

chemical signal

What are the symptoms of traumatic brain injury?

Dizziness, confusion, blacking out, and nausea

Which type of stroke leads to a leaking of blood into the brain?

Hemorrhagic

What kind of strokes occur when blood vessels become weak and break, which causes blood to leak from the circulatory system and into the brain?

Hemorrhagic strokes

Which of the following drugs can be used to thin blood in the event of a stroke?

Heparin

What kind of stroke results from blood clots that lodge in the narrow vessels near the brain?

Ischemic strokes

What is a brain lesion?

a change in brain tissue caused by surgery; a brain tumor; or damage to the brain caused by a disruption to the vascular system

Which of the following statements about depression is false? a. depression is treatable b. depression is rare c. there is medication for depression d. depression can affect physical and mental health

b. depression is rare

What causes brain tumors?

brain tumors can be caused by genetics, chemicals, and radiation

Sensorimotor processing does not include ____?

coughing

A person not wearing their seat belt is in a car crash on the highway. They fly through the windshield and crash into the pavement. The impact slams their brain into the back of their skull and both the front and back brain are injured. Which type of traumatic brain injury best describes this even?

countrecoup

Procrastination belongs in the subcategory of behavioral neuroscience that involves ____?

decision-making

The part of the neuron that receives signals is called a?

dendrite

A patient comes into the emergency room unconscious from a car crash and experienced extensive whiplash. Doctors examine the brain and find that the white matter in the brain is torn, causing problems with communication in the brain. What type of traumatic brain injury would most likely be diagnosed?

diffuse axonal injury

What are examples of head trauma?

hitting one's head on the dashboard during a car wreck; a baby falling off a couch and onto his or her head; a fall from you horse onto pavement, landing on your head

The study of learning and memory would include an investigation of ____?

how dementia affects a person's brain

How can parts of the limbic system be remembered?

hungry hounds ate pavlov

An action potential occurs when a?

neural impulse travels along an axon

The all-or-none law states that?

neurons must fire a signal once it starts

A football player slams into a member of the other team during a big game. He momentarily blacks out and lies on the field. His coach insists he see a doctor, even though the injury is mild. What is the most likely treatment for this incident?

rest and over the counter medication

Which part of the brain is composed of nerve cells that filter stimuli and runs from the spinal cord through the brainstem and thalamus?

reticular formation

What are symptoms of brain lesions?

sensation of touch on the opposite side of the body than it is actually occurring; slurred speech, changes in smell

The occipital lobe of the brain processes information about?

sight

The temporal lobe processes information about?

sound

During a refractory period?

the neuron pumps out sodium ions, sweats them out, and then returns to his normal state/resting potential

What does neuroscience mean?

the study of the brain

The parietal lobe processes information about?

touch

How do the roles of the hippocampus and hypothalamus differ?

The hippocampus processes long-term memory while the hypothalamus regulates hunger