Neuroscience and Behavior

1. Neuroscience and Behavior It’s all in your head. That Smarts! The Systems You’re on, Neuron! Potpourri Olivia Trivia (Final Question is not about Olivia, it just rhythms and she’s cute)

2. You’re on, Neuron! 500 #5 400 300 200 #2 100

3. It’s all in your head. 500 400 300 200 100

4. That smarts! 500 #15 400 #14 300 #13 200 #12 100

5. The Systems 500 400 300 200 #17 100

6. Potpourri 500 500 500 500 500 #21

7. 1. Branching fibers extending out from the cell body to receive information from other neurons are called: • A) axons. • B) glial cells. • C) dendrites. • D) axon terminals. • E) neurotransmitters

8. 2. After neurotransmitters are released into the synapse, many are reabsorbed through a process called: • A) reabsorbtion. • B) reuptake. • C) all-or-none. • D) uptake. • E) synaptic cleansing

9. 3. The brief electrical impulse transmitted along the axon is called the: • A) neural impulse. • B) stimulus threshold. • C) electrical cascade. • D) sodium pump. • E) action impulse

10. 4. A space between the axon terminal buttons of the sending neuron and the dendrite of the receiving neuron is called. • Synapse or Synaptic Gap

11. A simple, automatic, inborn response to a sensory stimulus • Hint 1 (-200) • Fire • Hint 2 (-200) • 3,2,1, PAIN • Hint 1 (-200) • Smells like bacon Knoda says, “The Daily Double you have!!!”

12. 6. What structure is NOT found in the hindbrain? • A) Pons • B) Cerebellum • C) Medulla Oblongata (coool!!) • D) Hypothalamus • E) C & D

13. 7. The _______ receives information from all the senses EXCEPT ______. • A) hippocampus, hearing. • B) amygdala, vision. • C) thalamus, smell. • D) pons, smell. • E) hypothalamus, smell.

14. 8. The ____ is located at the back of the brain and is responsible for muscle coordination, posture and equilibrium. Also called the “little brain”. • A) corpus callosum • B) reticular formation • C) pons • D) cerebellum • E) medulla oblongata

15. 9. The motor cortex is found in what lobe? • A) parietal • B) occipital • C) frontal • D) visual • E) temporal

16. 10. Sensory information is received and processed in the front of the_________: • A) somatosensory cortex. • B) temporal lobe. • C) parietal lobe. • D) frontal lobe. • E) occipital lobe.

17. 11. So you got judo chopped in the back of your neck and then you couldn’t make your facial expressions, you may have damaged your: • A) medulla oblongata. • B) pons. • C) cerebellum. • D) hypothalamus. • E) sensory cortex

18. 12. After a head injury during a football game, Tom’s physical injuries healed, but he still could not feel his pinkie finger. He might have damaged his: • A) parietal lobe. • B) occipital lobe. • C) frontal lobe. • D) temporal lobe. • E) visual lobe.

19. 13. After Phineas’ accident, he had difficulty thinking clearly and could not move very well. He likely had damage to his: • A) Occipital lobe. • B) Frontal lobe. • C) Parietal lobe. • D) Temporal lobe. For 200 extra points: what changed dramatically about Phineas after the accident. (one word) Personality

20. 14. After a sky-diving accident, Laurie was unable to hear. It is likely that she sustained damaged in her: • A) Parietal lobe. • B) Frontal lobe. • C) Occipital lobe. • D) Temporal lobe.

21. 15. In a recent Beef Jerky accident, Sasquatch sustained damage to his ________ due to a prank carried out mean and spiteful campers. This cause to have trouble breathing and his blood pressure and heart rate became erratic: Medulla Oblongata

22. 16. In order for you to experience the pain of being stuck with a pin in your ankle, ___ must first relay messages from your ankle to your central nervous system. • A) the limbic system • B) interneurons • C) sensory neurons • D) the reticular formation • E) motor neurons

23. 17. When you’re stressed and your heart races, perspiration increases and pupils dilate, the ___ is activated. • A) somatic nervous system • B) parasympathetic branch • C) sympathetic branch • D) spinal reflex • E) central nervous system

24. 18. James touched a hot stove. His hand immediately recoiled before he knew it was hot. The sequence of this reflex is: • A) sensory neurons, interneurons, motor neurons. • B) sensory neurons, motor neurons, interneurons. • C) interneurons, sensory neurons, motor neurons. • D) interneurons, motor neurons, sensory neurons.

25. 19. After chasing his tail for the better part of an hour, Boirested. What system kicked in? • Parasympathetic

26. 20. The ability to voluntarily move your skeletal muscles resides in what system. • A) somatic nervous system • B) autonomic nervous system • C) sympathetic nervous system • D) parasympathetic nervous system • E) limbic system

27. 21. Stimulate this area in a cat, and it will either fear a mouse or become extremely aggressive (fight). • A) hippocampus. • B) hypothalamus. • C) amygdala. • D) thalamus. • E) frontal lobe

28. 22. • Detects brain waves through their electrical output. • Used mainly in sleep research. Electroencephalogram or EEG

29. 23. 3D X-Ray of the brain. • Good for tumor locating, but tells us nothing about function. Computed Tomography or CT scan

30. 24. • More detailed picture of brain using magnetic field to knock electrons off axis. • Takes many still pictures and turns images into a movie like production. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Shows ventricular enlargement in a schizophrenic patient

31. Positron Emission Tomography or PET 25. Measures how much of a chemical the brain is using (usually glucose consumption) when performing a task.

32. Answers

33. Olivia Trivia This refers to the extent to which the differences among people are attributable to genes. • Heritability