2. Electrifying the Brain
Mapping the Brain
Fact or Myth?
Neuron Anatomy
Classical Neuro-transmitters
Electrifying the Brain
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3. Mapping the Brain 100
What is the name of the bundle of fibers that connects the left and right hemispheres?

4. Mapping the Brain 100
The corpus callosum

5. Mapping the Brain 200
What area of the brain receives most sensory information and passes it on to the cerebral cortex?

6. Mapping the Brain 200
The thalamus

7. Which lobe helps process auditory information?
Mapping the Brain 300
Which lobe helps process auditory information?

8. Mapping the Brain 300
The temporal lobe

9. Mapping the Brain 400
Which lobe helps process visual information, including recognition of shapes and colors?

10. Mapping the Brain 400
The occipital lobe

11. 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?

12. Mapping the Brain 500
The spinal cord

13. Your brain can make new cells.
Fact or Myth? 100
Your brain can make new cells.

14. Fact or Myth? 100
Fact

15. The bigger your brain, the smarter you are.
Fact or Myth? 200
The bigger your brain, the smarter you are.

16. Fact or Myth? 200
Myth

17. You only use 10% of your brain.
Fact or Myth? 300
You only use 10% of your brain.

18. Fact or Myth? 300
Myth

19. People are not either “right brained” or “left brained.”
Fact or Myth? 400
People are not either “right brained” or “left brained.”

20. Fact or Myth? 400
Fact

21. Fact or Myth? 500
Vaccines cause autism.

22. Fact or Myth? 500
Myth

23. Neuron Anatomy 100

24. Neuron Anatomy 100
Synapse

25. Neuron Anatomy 200

26. Neuron Anatomy 200
Myelin sheath

27. Neuron Anatomy 300

28. Neuron Anatomy 300
Dendrites

29. Neuron Anatomy 400

30. Neuron Anatomy 400
Nucleus

31. Neuron Anatomy 500

32. Neuron Anatomy 500
Axon

33. Classical Neurotransmitters 100
What types of chemicals do brain cells use to communicate?

34. Classical Neurotransmitters 100

35. Classical Neurotransmitters 200
Which neurotransmitter is released by neurons connected to voluntary muscles, causing them to contract?

36. Classical Neurotransmitters 200
Acetylcholine (ACh)

37. Classical Neurotransmitters 300
Which category of neurotransmitters includes dopamine and norepinephrine, which are widely present in the brain and peripheral nervous system?

38. Classical Neurotransmitters 300
Catecholamines

39. Classical Neurotransmitters 400
Which neurotransmitter has been identified as an important factor in sleep quality, mood, depression, and anxiety?

40. Classical Neurotransmitters 400
Serotonin

41. Classical Neurotransmitters 500
What do glycine and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) inhibit?

42. Classical Neurotransmitters 500
The firing of neurons

43. Electrifying the Brain 100
What material insulates axons and helps action potentials move faster?

44. Electrifying the Brain 100
Myelin

45. Electrifying the Brain 200
Where does the action potential originate?

46. Electrifying the Brain 200
The axon

47. 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.

48. Electrifying the Brain 300
Negative

49. 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?

50. Electrifying the Brain 400
Ion channels

51. Electrifying the Brain 500
In these conditions, ion channels do not function properly.

52. Electrifying the Brain 500
Channelopathies