The Brain Division Quiz
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Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for visual processing?

  • Frontal Lobe
  • Occipital Lobe (correct)
  • Parietal Lobe
  • Temporal Lobe

    • What is the term used to describe the study of the cells themselves and the architecture of the cells in the brain?

  • Gross Anatomy
  • Fine Neuroanatomy
  • Chemicals
  • Cytoarchitectonics (correct)

    • Who divided the cortex into approximately 50 different areas using staining techniques?

  • Sigmund Freud
  • Ivan Pavlov
  • Carl Jung
  • Korbinian Brodmann (correct)

    • Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for auditory processing?

    <p>Temporal Lobe</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the study of the big structures of the brain?

    <p>Gross Anatomy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for somatosensory and spatial maps?

    <p>Parietal Lobe</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for motor and executive functions such as decision making and judgement?

    <p>Frontal Lobe</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which system in the brain is important for emotion processing?

    <p>Limbic system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which system in the brain is important for motor control and motor coordination?

    <p>Basal Ganglia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the chemicals that transmit signals between neurons in the brain?

    <p>Neurotransmitters</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of signals are used to send information between different areas of the brain and the entire body?

    <p>Chemical signals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What determines the 'strength' of the input in a neuron?

    <p>The number of dendrites</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What determines if a neuron is getting ready to fire or not?

    <p>The size of the cell body</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens when a neuron receives lots of excitatory inputs?

    <p>The neuron becomes more excited</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the 'all-or-none phenomenon' in relation to action potentials?

    <p>The action potential is either going to fire or it's not</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the 'refractory period' of a neuron?

    <p>The period when the neuron has to recharge before it can fire again</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the advantages of gap junctions/electrical synapses?

    <p>Quick and coordinated communication between neurons</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the disadvantages of gap junctions/electrical synapses?

    <p>Lack of flexibility in taking inputs from different places</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does neuroanatomy study?

    <p>The structure of the nervous system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does histology study in relation to the nervous system?

    <p>The structure of neural tissue</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for emotion processing?

    <p>Limbic system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the study of the big structures of the brain?

    <p>Gross Anatomy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for visual processing?

    <p>Occipital lobe</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the advantages of gap junctions/electrical synapses?

    <p>Fast transmission of signals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What determines if a neuron is getting ready to fire or not?

    <p>Strength of the input</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for motor and executive functions such as decision making and judgement?

    <p>Frontal lobe</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does histology study in relation to the nervous system?

    <p>Cells and architecture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who divided the cortex into approximately 50 different areas using staining techniques?

    <p>Korbinian Brodmann</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for somatosensory and spatial maps?

    <p>Parietal lobe</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which system in the brain is important for motor control and motor coordination?

    <p>Basal Ganglia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of signals are used to send information between different areas of the brain, as well as between the brain, the spinal cord, and the entire body?

    <p>Both electrical and chemical signals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What determines if a neuron is getting ready to fire or not?

    <p>The strength of the input</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the advantages of gap junctions/electrical synapses?

    <p>They allow for quick and coordinated communication between neurons</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens when a neuron receives lots of excitatory inputs?

    <p>It becomes more excited</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the disadvantages of gap junctions/electrical synapses?

    <p>They are not flexible and do not take inputs from different places</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the 'all-or-none phenomenon' in relation to action potentials?

    <p>Action potentials are either fired or not fired, without variation in strength</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What determines the 'strength' of the input in a neuron?

    <p>The number of inputs it receives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the 'refractory period' of a neuron?

    <p>The period when the neuron is not able to fire action potentials</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does neuroanatomy study?

    <p>The structure and connections of the nervous system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does histology study in relation to the nervous system?

    <p>The cells and architecture of the brain</p> Signup and view all the answers

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