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Regions Topic 1 Question A young man has just received serious burns, resulting from standing with his back too close to a bonfire. He is muttering that he never felt the pain. Otherwise, he would have smothered the flames by rolling on the ground. What part of his Brain might be malfunctioning?
Regions Topic 1 Answer • He us unable to feel the heat on the skin of his back. The somatosensory cortex of his brain may not be working. Return
Regions Topic 2 Question • This region of the brain helps you to never forget how to ride a bike. It takes over learned motor skills.
Regions Topic 2 Answer • The cerebellum Return
Testing Topic 3 Question • A 12 year old boy suddenly falls to the ground, having an epileptic seizure. He is rushed to the emergency room of the local hospital for medication. His follow-up care includes a recording of his brain waves to try to determine the area of the lesion. What is this procedure called?
Testing Topic 3 Answer • Electroencephalogram (EEG) Return
Testing Topic 4 Question • A flat EEG is evidence of what?
Testing Topic 4 Answer • Clinical death Return
Conditions Topic 5 Question • An example of basal nuclei problems resulting from a degeneration of the dopamine-releasing neurons of the substantianigra. Symptoms include persistent tremors, a forward-bent walking posture and shuffling gait and stiff facial expression.
Conditions Topic 5 Answer • Parkinson’s disease Return
Conditions Topic 6 Question • Danny is the star of his high school hockey team. During a game, he is slammed into the glass and falls hard to the ice. He had a headache and continued to feel dizzy for hours after the game. Even tho his symptoms improved Danny’s coach made him sit out the following game, Why?
Conditions Topic 6 Answer • Danny had a concussion. With the swelling involved with a concussion the brain is very vulnerable, even the slightest jarring could cause permanent damage.
Functions Topic 7 Question • The outermost covering of the brain, composed of tough fibrous connective tissue and forming the periosteum of the skull.
Functions Topic 7 Answer • Dura matter (outer meningial membrane) Return
Functions Topic 8 Question • Important relay station for afferent fibers traveling to the sensory cortex for interpretation.
Functions Topic 8 Answer • Thalamus Return
Nicknames Topic 9 Question • Given a nickname because it “sees” light and dark. It is responsible for regulating the internal clock with the release of a hormone. What is the name of this part of the brain and what is it’s nickname?
Nicknames Topic 9 Answer • The pineal gland nicknamed “the third eye” Return
Nicknames Topic 10 Question • Give the correct name and function of the part of the brain nicknamed “the reptilian brain”.
Nicknames Topic 10 Answer • The brainstem controls the essential survival functions like breathing and heartbeat; digestion and elimination of waste; and body temperature. Maintains life without conscience thought. Return
3 point Question • While you were playing these games, what part of your brain was getting the biggest workout? You must list at least three areas and how they were helping you today.
3 point Answer • Long term memory - Hippocamus, frontal lobe cortex, thalamus, & hypothalamus, • Short term memory - Parietal lobe, upper temporal lobe, & occipital lobe Return