Electrifying the Brain Mapping the Brain Fact or Myth? Neuron Anatomy Classical Neuro-transmitters Electrifying the Brain 100 200 300 400 500
Mapping the Brain 100 What is the name of the bundle of fibers that connects the left and right hemispheres?
Mapping the Brain 100 The corpus callosum
Mapping the Brain 200 What area of the brain receives most sensory information and passes it on to the cerebral cortex?
Mapping the Brain 200 The thalamus
Which lobe helps process auditory information? Mapping the Brain 300 Which lobe helps process auditory information?
Mapping the Brain 300 The temporal lobe
Mapping the Brain 400 Which lobe helps process visual information, including recognition of shapes and colors?
Mapping the Brain 400 The occipital lobe
Mapping the Brain 500 What receives sensory information from all parts of the body below the head and uses this information for reflex responses to pain?
Mapping the Brain 500 The spinal cord
Your brain can make new cells. Fact or Myth? 100 Your brain can make new cells.
Fact or Myth? 100 Fact
The bigger your brain, the smarter you are. Fact or Myth? 200 The bigger your brain, the smarter you are.
Fact or Myth? 200 Myth
You only use 10% of your brain. Fact or Myth? 300 You only use 10% of your brain.
Fact or Myth? 300 Myth
People are not either “right brained” or “left brained.” Fact or Myth? 400 People are not either “right brained” or “left brained.”
Fact or Myth? 400 Fact
Fact or Myth? 500 Vaccines cause autism.
Fact or Myth? 500 Myth
Neuron Anatomy 100
Neuron Anatomy 100 Synapse
Neuron Anatomy 200
Neuron Anatomy 200 Myelin sheath
Neuron Anatomy 300
Neuron Anatomy 300 Dendrites
Neuron Anatomy 400
Neuron Anatomy 400 Nucleus
Neuron Anatomy 500
Neuron Anatomy 500 Axon
Classical Neurotransmitters 100 What types of chemicals do brain cells use to communicate?
Classical Neurotransmitters 100
Classical Neurotransmitters 200 Which neurotransmitter is released by neurons connected to voluntary muscles, causing them to contract?
Classical Neurotransmitters 200 Acetylcholine (ACh)
Classical Neurotransmitters 300 Which category of neurotransmitters includes dopamine and norepinephrine, which are widely present in the brain and peripheral nervous system?
Classical Neurotransmitters 300 Catecholamines
Classical Neurotransmitters 400 Which neurotransmitter has been identified as an important factor in sleep quality, mood, depression, and anxiety?
Classical Neurotransmitters 400 Serotonin
Classical Neurotransmitters 500 What do glycine and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) inhibit?
Classical Neurotransmitters 500 The firing of neurons
Electrifying the Brain 100 What material insulates axons and helps action potentials move faster?
Electrifying the Brain 100 Myelin
Electrifying the Brain 200 Where does the action potential originate?
Electrifying the Brain 200 The axon
Electrifying the Brain 300 When a brain cell is at rest, the axon normally pumps positively charged atoms out of the cell, creating a __________ charge inside the cell.
Electrifying the Brain 300 Negative
Electrifying the Brain 400 What are the molecular tunnels in the cell membrane that allow the movement of ions in and out of the cell?
Electrifying the Brain 400 Ion channels
Electrifying the Brain 500 In these conditions, ion channels do not function properly.
Electrifying the Brain 500 Channelopathies