Spring 2022 The BRAIN Challenge for SUPA

Question 1

What is the fatty substance that helps with the transmission of the action potential?

Accepted Answer

myelin sheath

Question 2

Pic of dog is shown in left visual field & boy in right visual field of a split brain.

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verbally report that she saw a boy

Question 3

Damage to left cerebral hemisphere is most likely to reduce people's ability to

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speak fluently

Question 4

This part of the brain regulates body temperature and the basic human drives

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hypothalamus

Question 5

The function of dendrites is to

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receive messages from other neurons

Question 6

The somatic nervous system is a component of the _____ nervous system.

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peripheral

Question 7

Type of psych that investigates the links btwn biological activity & our thinking & behaviors

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biological psychologist

Question 8

This method uses magnetic rays to produce an image

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MRI

Question 9

Sleep researchers interested in electrical brain wave activity would most likely use a(n)

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EEG

Question 10

Neurotransmitters are released from vessicles located in the

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axon terminals

Question 11

Dendrites are branching extensions of...

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neurons

Question 12

This area controls voluntary movements

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motor cortex

Question 13

If you stimulate the ____ in a rat, it will become violently aggressive.

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amygdala

Question 14

Addictive drug cravings are likely to be associated with reward centers in the

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limbic system

Question 15

An undersupply of serotonin is most closely linked to

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depression

Question 16

The occipital lobes are to ______ as the temporal lobes are to ______.

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seeing, hearing

Question 17

Which brain area is primarily involved with the production of speech?

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Broca's area

Question 18

Molecules that bind to receptor sites on a dendrite and mimic that neurotransmitter's effects

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agonists

Question 19

The concentration of glucose in active regions of the brain underlies the usefulness of a(n)

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PET scan

Question 20

The medulla is to the control of ______ as the cerebellum is to the control of ______.

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breathing, walking

Question 21

This plays a role in the processing of new memories

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hippocampus

Question 22

Gage's accident showed that this region of the brain plays a role in personality & behavior

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frontal lobes

Question 23

When the release of ACh is blocked, the result is

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muscular paralysis

Question 24

Neurosurgeons have severed the corpus callosum in human patients in order to reduce

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epileptic seizures

Question 25

This system slows your heart rate down and speeds up digestion

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parasympathetic nervous system

Question 26

Brain structure that provides a major link between the nervous system and endocrine system

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hypothalamus

Question 27

Severing a cat's reticular formation causes it to

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lapse into a coma

Question 28

Endocrine glands secrete hormones directly into

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the bloodstream

Question 29

An axon is

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part of the neuron that carries the message from the soma

Question 30

Opiate drugs occupy the same receptor sites as

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endorphins

Question 31

Surgical destruction of brain tissue

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lesion

Question 32

The thin surface layer of interconnected neural cells that covers the cerebrum is called the

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cerebral cortex

Question 33

Botulin blocks the effects of ACh in synapses, this makes it a(n)

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antagonist

Question 34

Which endocrine gland regulates body growth?

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pituitary

Question 35

Multiple sclerosis involves a degeneration of the .....

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myelin sheath

Question 36

When a person damages a part of their brain & other parts compensate for the loss

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plasticity

Question 37

Nature refers to _____ and nurture refers to ______

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biology, environment

Question 38

The tremors of Parkinson's result from the death of nerve cells that produce

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dopamine

Question 39

Which of the following are located exclusively within the brain and spinal cord?

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interneurons

Question 40

A brief electrical charge that travels down the axon of a neuron is called the..

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action potential

Question 41

Nerve cells in the brain receive life supporting nutrients from

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glial cells

Question 42

Showing split brain patients HE in left visual field, ART in right what will they say they saw?

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ART

Question 43

For you to be able to run, ____ must relay messages fro your CNS to your leg muscles.

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motor neurons

Question 44

Which lobe receives the input that enables you to feel someone scratching your back?

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parietal

Question 45

Bumps on a skull reveal a person's abilities and personality characteristics.

Accepted Answer

phrenology

Spring 2022 The BRAIN Challenge for SUPA

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Spring 2022 The BRAIN Challenge for SUPA

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