The Mighty Brain | Neurons | Remember This? | Know your senses | Your evolving brain |
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What is a sulcus?
Folds in the brain.
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What is a neuron or glial cell?
The two cell types in the brain.
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Who is Patient H.M.
This person had his temporal lobes removed, and could not longer form new explicit memories.
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What is the occipital lobe?
The lobe in the brain that processes visual information.
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What is the cranium?
The brain case
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What are the central and peripheral nervous systems?
The two main divisions of the nervous system.
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What is a dendrite?
The part of the neuron that brings information to the cell body.
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What is the Hippocampus?
A structure in the brain named after its resemblance to a seahorse.
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What is the temporal lobe?
The lobe in the brain that processes auditory information.
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What are lissencephalic brains?
Brains that do not have gyri.
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What is the corpus callosum?
Connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
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What is an axon?
The part of the neuron that takes information away from the cell body.
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What is the temporal lobe?
The lobe in the brain that contains the hippocampus.
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What is the thalamus?
The relay center for all sensory input in the brain.
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What is the neocortex OR cerebral cortex?
The most recently evolved part of the brain.
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What is the cerebellum?
The region of the brain that contains the most number of neurons.
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What is a synapse?
The junction between two neurons.
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What is explicit (or declarative) memory?
A form of memory that describes memory of names, places, and events.
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What are mechanoreceptors?
A category of sensory receptors that are sensitive to pressure or movement.
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What is the brain stem?
The 'oldest part' of the brain.
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What is the substantia nigra?
A structure in the brain containing neurons that produce a black pigment.
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What is an action potential?
The explosion of electrical activity sent down an axon when a neuron is “firing”.
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What is working memory?
A form of memory that is stored in short-term memory systems.
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What is synesthesia?
A form of sensory experience in which information is simultaneously processed by different sensory regions of the brain overlap OR seeing tastes.
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What is an elephant?
The species with the largest brain on Earth
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