2. 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt All about the Neuron The Mighty Brain Neurological Disorders Cranial Nerves Come to Your Senses

3. Another name for a “nerve cell.”

4. What is a neuron?

5. The part of the neuron that brings information to the cell body.

6. What is a dendrite?

7. The part of the neuron that takes information away from the cell body.

8. What is the axon?

9. The junction between two neurons.

10. What is a synapse?

11. The explosion of electrical activity sent down an axon when a neuron sends information.

12. What is an action potential?

13. Visual input and recognition of objects and faces. Speech (At temporal and partial junction)

14. What is about 3 pounds or 1.4 kilograms?

15. The hypothalamus Regulates:

16. What are the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system?

17. Connective tissue that covers and protects cerebrum.

18. What is the cerebral cortex?

19. Connects the right and left hemispheres of the brain.

20. What is the corpus callosum?

21. Base of cranial nerves Includes the pons, medulla oblongata and cerebellum.

22. Who is Phineas Gage?

23. Memory loss, dementia, depression, social withdrawal; plaques and tangles.

24. What are symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease?

25. Disease characterized By the destroyed myelin sheaths. Autoimmune disease

26. What is epilepsy?

27. Child who cannot hear, see or process sensory Inputs; failure of cerebrum to develop.

28. What are symptoms of narcolepsy?

29. Transmitted by bacteria, parasite, virus or fungi; Inflammation of the meninges

30. What is Lyme disease?

31. Movements become clumsy And disorganized; can not keep balance; cause - cerebellum damage

32. What is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis? (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)

33. Sensory; carries impulses for sense of smell > nasal mucosa> olfactory bulbs.

34. What is a neuroscientist?

35. Motor fibers of tongue Medulla> tongue

36. What is MRI? (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)

37. Motor fibers of eyeball, eyelid, lens and pupils; Midbrain > eye

38. What is an EEG? (Electroencephalography)

39. Motor fibers for sternocleidomastoid and trapezius; medulla > neck> back

40. What is PET? (Positron Emission Tomography)

41. Sensory, carries impulses for vision; Retina>optic nerve>chiasma>cortex

42. What is a CT scan? (Computed Tomography Scan)

43. Another name for the sense of sight.

44. What is vision?

45. Lobe of the brain important for hearing.

46. What is the temporal lobe?

47. Sour, sweet, salty, bitter and umami.

48. What are the five basic tastes?

49. Narrow chamber cared into the temporal bone of the skull. Sound waves travel through here and eventually hit the eardrum.

50. What are sensory receptors in the skin?

51. Location of photoreceptors in the eye.

52. What is the retina?