Mapping the Brain Fact or Myth Neuron Anatomy

Mapping the Brain Fact or Myth? Neuron Anatomy Classical Neurotransmitters Electrifying the Brain 100 100 100 200 200 200 300 300 300 400 400 400 500 500 500

Mapping the Brain 100 What is the name of the bundle of fibers that connects the left and right hemispheres?

Mapping the Brain 100 The corpus callosum

Mapping the Brain 200 What area of the brain receives most sensory information and passes it on to the cerebral cortex?

Mapping the Brain 200 The thalamus

Mapping the Brain 300 Which lobe helps process auditory information?

Mapping the Brain 300 The temporal lobe

Mapping the Brain 400 Which lobe helps process visual information, including recognition of shapes and colors?

Mapping the Brain 400 The occipital lobe

Mapping the Brain 500 What receives sensory information from all parts of the body below the head and uses this information for reflex responses to pain?

Mapping the Brain 500 The spinal cord

Fact or Myth? 100 Your brain can make new cells.

Fact or Myth? 100 Fact

Fact or Myth? 200 The bigger your brain, the smarter you are.

Fact or Myth? 200 Myth

Fact or Myth? 300 You only use 10% of your brain.

Fact or Myth? 300 Myth

Fact or Myth? 400 People are not either “right brained” or “left brained. ”

Fact or Myth? 400 Fact

Fact or Myth? 500 Vaccines cause autism.

Fact or Myth? 500 Myth

Neuron Anatomy 100

Neuron Anatomy 100 Synapse

Neuron Anatomy 200

Neuron Anatomy 200 Myelin sheath

Neuron Anatomy 300

Neuron Anatomy 300 Dendrites

Neuron Anatomy 400

Neuron Anatomy 400 Nucleus

Neuron Anatomy 500

Neuron Anatomy 500 Axon

Classical Neurotransmitters 100 What types of chemicals do brain cells use to communicate?

Classical Neurotransmitters 100 Neurotransmitters

Classical Neurotransmitters 200 Which neurotransmitter is released by neurons connected to voluntary muscles, causing them to contract?

Classical Neurotransmitters 200 Acetylcholine (ACh)

Classical Neurotransmitters 300 Which category of neurotransmitters includes dopamine and norepinephrine, which are widely present in the brain and peripheral nervous system?

Classical Neurotransmitters 300 Catecholamines

Classical Neurotransmitters 400 Which neurotransmitter has been identified as an important factor in sleep quality, mood, depression, and anxiety?

Classical Neurotransmitters 400 Serotonin

Classical Neurotransmitters 500 What do glycine and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) inhibit?

Classical Neurotransmitters 500 The firing of neurons

Electrifying the Brain 100 What material insulates axons and helps action potentials move faster?

Electrifying the Brain 100 Myelin

Electrifying the Brain 200 Where does the action potential originate?

Electrifying the Brain 200 The axon

Electrifying the Brain 300 When a brain cell is at rest, the axon normally pumps positively charged atoms out of the cell, creating a _____ charge inside the cell.

Electrifying the Brain 300 Negative

Electrifying the Brain 400 What are the molecular tunnels in the cell membrane that allow the movement of ions in and out of the cell?

Electrifying the Brain 400 Ion channels

Electrifying the Brain 500 In these conditions, ion channels do not function properly.

Electrifying the Brain 500 Channelopathies