Brain Exam #1 exam The Definitive Document: Positively Evaluated and Expert-Endorsed 2024
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Define neuroscience
the study of the brain and how it functions
Localization of functioning
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Brain Exam #1 exam The Definitive Document: Positively Evaluated and Expert-Endorsed 2024
Define neuroscience -answer the study of the brain and how it functions
Localization of functioning -answer Equipotentiality theory -answer Lashley's integrated theory -answer what is neuropsychology -answer study between behavior and the brain
4 zones of the neuron -answer input zone, integration zone, conduction zone, output zone
3 parts of the cell -answer soma, axons, dendrites
soma -answer cell body
axon -answer transmits information
dendrites -answer collects info from other cells
4 types of glial cells -answer astrocytes, oligodendrocyte, schwann cells, microglia
astrocytes -answer star-shaped, siphons out waste from neurons and dumps it into blood vessels oligodendrocyte -answer 50 axons per 1 cell, makes myelin
microglia -answer engulfs dead tissue and neurons, immune defense
schwann cells -answer 1 axon per cell, cells wrap itseld and axon in myelin
Who is Sherrington -answer won Nobel Prize for the concept of the Synapse
Ramon y Cajal and Golgi -answer developing visualizations of neurons
Central nervous system -answer brain and the spinal cord
Peripheral nervous system -answer made up of nerves and branches into 2 different subtypes: autonomic and somatic
Autonomic nervous system -answer involuntary movements, bodily organ functions; including sympathetic and parasympathetic
Sympathetic nervous system -answer fight or flight response, heart rate increases
Parasympathetic nervous system -answer rest and digest, conserves energu
Somatic nervous system -answer controls skeletal muscles, voluntary movements
6 cranial nerves -answer olfactory, optic nerve, trigeminal, facial, auditory nerve, vagus
Olfactory nerve -answer sense of smell
optic nerve -answer vision
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