Brain Jeopardy
Brain PicturesWhat does it do?“Lobe”NeuronsMisc.
Brain Pictures - 10 What is this structure called?
Brain Pictures - 10 What is the corpus callosum?
Brain Pictures - 20 This area of the brain (Blue Box) located in the frontal lobe that regulates movement
Brain Pictures - 20 What is the motor strip?
Brain Pictures - 30 Structure that relays sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex, located here
Brain Pictures - 30 What is the thalamus?
Brain Pictures - 40 This structure, in blue, is involved in the acquisition of explicit memory
Brain Pictures - 40 What is the hippocampus?
Brain Pictures - 50 This part of the brain controls balance and coordination.
Brain Pictures - 50 What is the cerebellum?
What does it do? - 10 This structure controls aggression and your emotions
What does it do? - 10 What is the amygdala?
What does it do? - 20 This brain stem structure keeps you awake during class
What does it do? - 20 What is the reticular activating system (or reticular formation)?
What does it do? - 30 Eating, drinking and homeostasis
What does it do? - 30 What is the hypothalamus?
What does it do? - 40 This creates hormones that regulate metabolism and growth
What does it do? - 40 What is the thyroid gland?
What does it do? - 50 This group of structures regulates emotional states and memory processes. It also regulates body temperature and blood pressure.
What does it do? - 50 What is the limbic system?
Lobe - 10 Name the lobe that allows you to process visual information
Lobe - 10 What is the occipital lobe?
Lobe - 20 Name the lobe that is responsible for motor control and cognitive activities
Lobe - 20 What is the frontal lobe?
Lobe - 30 This lobe processes all auditory information received by the body
Lobe - 30 What is the temporal lobe?
Lobe - 40 This lobe is responsible for the feelings you experience after a cut or burn.
Lobe - 40 What is the parietal lobe?
Lobe - 50 Identify the different lobes of the brain on this diagram. You may skip the cerebellum (A).
A. Cerebellum B. Occipital Lobe C. Parietal D. Frontal E. Temporal Lobe - 50
Neuron - 10 Branched fibers that receive incoming information in a neuron
Neuron - 10 What are dendrites?
Neuron - 20 This is necessary for a neuron to become active
Neuron - 20 What is an action potential?
Neuron - 30 These are chemicals that cross a synapse and carry a message
Neuron - 30 What are neurotransmitters?
Neuron - 40 The space between neurons that neurotransmitters pass through
Neuron - 40 What is a synapse?
Neuron - 50 Identify the parts of the neuron labeled A, B, & C A B C
A. Axon B. Soma with vesicles vesicles C. Dendrites Neuron - 50 A B C
Miscellaneous – 10 Your brain is divided into two _______
Miscellaneous – 10 What are hemispheres?
Miscellaneous – 20 Thin layer in the cerebrum that regulates higher orders of thinking
Miscellaneous – 20 What is the cerebral cortex?
Miscellaneous – 30 These are the two MAJOR divisions of the nervous system
Miscellaneous – 30 What are the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system? nervous system?
DAILY DOUBLE!!! Miscellaneous – 40 This helps to increase the speed of conduction along the axon of the neuron
Miscellaneous – 40 What is a myelin sheath?
Miscellaneous – 50 This shows the type of activity in a patient’s brain and involves the use a safe radioactive chemicals.
Miscellaneous – 50 What is a PET scan?
List the two divisions of the peripheral nervous system and their functions.
ANSWER: Somatic – skeletal muscles Autonomic – basic life processes