PSYCH 111 Exam 1 Questions And Answers
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Action Potential - answerelectrical potential responsible for transmitting neural info and
communications between neurons down the axon
Agonist - answera neurotransmitter mimic that binds to a cell receptor and produces a biological
response
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Frontal Lobe - answer✔lobe in the brain front responsible for language, thought, motor functions, and
memory
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) - answer✔brain imaging technique measuring blood
flow changes in response to cognitive activity
Hindbrain - answer✔evolutionarily oldest part of brain at the top of the spinal cord, basic functions for
survival, medulla pons and cerebellum
Hippocampus - answer✔part of limbic system essential for creating and storing memories
Hormones - answer✔chemical messengers serrated by glands into he bloodstream that regulate activity
of cells and organs
Hypothalamus - answer✔part of limbic system like nervous system to endocrine and regulates biological
drives
Interneurons - answer✔send info between sensory and motor neurons
Limbic System - answer✔brain structures responsible for survival and emotion driven actions, thalamus
hypothalamus amygdala basil ganglia and hippocampus
Localization of Functions - answer✔specific functions locatied in specific areas of the brain
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - answer✔imaging procedure using large magnet to examine
structural aspects of organ
Magnetoencephalography (MEG) - answer✔measures faint magnetic fields generated by brain activity
and provides precise info
Midbrain - answer✔between hindbrain and forebrain used for visual and audial info and reflexes
Motor (efferent) Neurons - answer✔carry info away from central nervous system to muscles and glands
Motor Cortex - answer✔structure in the back of frontal lobes used to generate neural impulses for
movement execution
Myelin Sheath - answer✔fatty layer covering axon that protects and speeds up transmission
Nerve Fibers - answer✔part of neuron that transmits signals from cell body to synapse
Neurons - answer✔cell specialized to receive and transmit info in the nervous system
Neuropsychology - answer✔focuses on how structure and function of the brain impacts behavior
Neuroscience - answer✔study of the nervous system and the brain
Neurotransmitter - answer✔chemical released into synapse in response to action potential
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