2. Who Wants to be a Millionaire???

3. What Structure of the Brain is responsible for arousal from sleep? A. Hypothalamus B. Reticular Formation C. ThalamusD. Pituitary Gland

4. Reticular Formation

5. The impulse that travels down the axon is known as this: a. Terminal Potential b. Action Stimulus c. Threshold d. Action Potential

6. Action Potential

7. This is made up of fatty cells and protects the impulse as it travels through the axon: a. Neural Coating b. Axon Protector c. Myelin Sheath d. Myelin Coat

8. Myelin Sheath

9. This portion of the cerebral cortex includes the processing of auditory information a. The Frontal Lobes b. The Temporal Lobes c. The Occipital Lobes d. The Auditory Cortex

10. The Temporal Lobes

11. . The Brain fences out unwanted chemicals circulating through the blood with this a. Blood Brain Wall b. Brain Barrier c. Blood Brain Barrier d. Neurotransmitter Filter

12. Blood Brain Barrier

13. When this neurotransmitter is released into muscles, the muscles contract: b. Endorphins a. Dopaminec. Serotonin d. Acetycholine

14. AcH (acetycholine)

15. The skeletal and the autonomic nervous systems are part of this larger nervous system: a. Central Nervous system b. Peripheral Nervous System c. Sympathetic Nervous system d. Carbonara System

16. Peripheral Nervous System

17. This is the minimum amount of stimulus, either neural or sensory, a neuron needs to fire. a. The all or none principle b. The minimum action potential c. The Threshold d. The Stimulus Satiation Point

18. The Threshold!!

19. Hormones that spark our interest in sex, hunger and aggression are sent out through this system a. Limbic system b. Endocrine System c. Neural System d. Central Nervous system

20. The Endocrine System

21. The principle that states a neuron will either fire or it will not a. Threshold Principle b. All or none Response c. Activating Principle d. Activating Impulse Requirement

22. All or None Response

23. The time it takes between neural firings is known as this. a. Threshold b. Refractory Period c. Myelin Period d. Period of Justification

24. Refractory Period

25. Surgically destroying brain tissue is known as this method of brain manipulation for research a. Brain Imaging b. Brain Lesioning c. PET Scanning d. Lobotomies

26. Brain Lesioning

27. This is the most primitive part of our brain and the most common to our mammalian ancestors: a. The cerebellum b. The cerebrum c. The brainstem d. The thalamus

28. The Brainstem

29. All of the following are parts of the lower level brain structures EXCEPT: a. The medulla b. The hypothalamus c. The cerebral cortex d. The Amygdala

30. The Cerebral Cortex

31. This brain imaging technique shows us the structure not the function a. A PET Scan b. f MRI c. CAT scan d. EEG

32. CAT Scan

33. This part of the brain is associated with memories regarding smell and also helps us respond with appropriate emotions regarding fear and aggression a. The limbic system b. The hippocampus c. The amygdala d. The hypothalamus

34. The Amygdala

35. This is also called the little police man of the brain, sending sensory input where it needs to go. a. The Thalamus b. The hypothalamus c. The Reticular Formation d. The sensory cortex

36. The sensory cortex

37. This “emotional center” is larger in women than in men a. The endocrine system b. The limbic system c. The hypothalamus d. The hippocampus

38. The Limbic System

39. This “Little Brain” is involved in coordinating movement and one of the first areas of the brain affected by alcohol. a. The cerebrum b. The frontal lobe c. The cerebellum d. The prefrontal lobe

40. The Cerebellum

41. By lesioning this area of the brain you could get a cat to starve itself to death. a. The hippocampus b. The limbic system c. The hypothalamus d. The thalamus

42. The Hypothalamus

43. These lobes are associated with judgment and reasoning skills as well as goal oriented behavior a. Parietal Lobes b. Temporal Lobes c. Occipital Lobes d. Frontal Lobes

44. The Frontal Lobes

45. This occupies the largest amount of space on our Sensorimotor Cortex a. The ankle b. The face c. The hand d. The toes

46. The Face

47. These lobes are concerned with receiving visual input a. Frontal lobes b. The occipital lobes c. The parietal lobes d. The temporal lobes

48. The Occipital Lobes

49. This lobe is considered the emotional lobe and houses the sensory cortex. a. The occipital lobes b. The parietal lobes c. The temporal lobes d. The Frontal Lobes

50. The Parietal Lobes

51. This structure encodes visual information and recodes it so that it can be processed by Wernicke’s Area for comprehension: a. Broca’s Area b. Angular Gyrus c. Occipital Region d. Cingulate Gyrate

52. Angular Gyrus

53. The information from all the different lobes is put together into something that makes sense by this (these) a. Association areas b. Neural pathways c. Axon terminals d. Dendrites

54. The Association Areas

55. This language region is in charge of language comprehension a. Wernicke’s Area b. Broca’s Area c. Pavlov’s Area d. Skinner’s Box

56. A. Wernicke’s Area

57. When a person speaks or calculates this hemisphere lights up on PET scans. a. Right Hemisphere b. Left Hemisphere c. North Hemisphere d. South Hemisphere

58. B. Left Hemisphere

59. This controls heartbeat and breathing The Cerebellum a. Thalamus b. The Medulla Oblongata c. The Pituitary Gland

60. The Medulla Oblongata

61. This is said to be the memory “center” of our brain. a. The hypothalamus b. The Amygdala c. The hippocampus d. The Thalamus

62. The Hippocampus

63. These glands are located above the kidneys and secrete norepinephine and adrenaline. a. The testes b. The ovaries c. The mammaries d. The adrenal glands

64. The Adrenal Glands

65. This is the impairment of language. a. A stroke b. Aphasia c. Amnesia d. aplasia

66. Aphasia

67. Central nervous system neurons that intervene directly between the sensory inputs and motor inputs. a. Connector Neurons b. Communicator Neurons c. Interneurons d. System Bypass Neurons

68. Interneurons

69. This is the endocrine system’s most important gland. Some might even call it the “master gland.” a. The Hypothalamus b. The pituitary gland c. The endocrine gland d. The hypocampus Gland

70. The Pituitary Gland

71. This nervous system calms us down after our body has been “activated” by the fight or flight response. a. Autonomic Nervous System b. Parasympathetic Nervous System c. The Skeletal Nervous System d. Sympathetic Nervous System

72. The Parasympathetic Nervous System

73. This body movement is not processed through the sensorimotor cortex a. A knee jerk b. Throwing a baseball c. Slapping someone d. Taking a bite our of the “gum brain”

74. A Knee Jerk (Reflex)

75. Complete this chart The Nervous System PeripheralCentral Skeletal a. Autonomic b. Parasympathetic c. Sympathetic d. Antisympathetic

76. Autonomic

77. The part of the neuron that transmits the action potential a. Synapse b. Association areas c. dendrite d. axon

78. Axon

79. Phineas Gage’s personality dramatically changed after he suffered damage to this lobe. a. Frontal b. Temporal c. Occipital d. Parietal

80. Frontal Lobe

81. If you lay one of these out it would be the size of a newspaper. (In humans that is.) a. Cerebellum b. Cerebrum c. Cerebral Cortex d. Left Hemisphere

82. Cerebral Cortex