Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain 4th ed. ch.
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1. Theodor Schwann 1839 all tissues are composed of microscopic
units called cells: cell theory
2. father of Western medicine believed brain was the organ of sensation and
the seat of intelligence "...the brain exercises the greatest power in the
man."-
: Hippocrates (460-379 B.C.E)
3. the processing of boring holes into the skull, dates back to
approximately 7000 years ago.: Trepanation
4. the prevailing view of the brain from the time of the Roman Empire
through the Renaissance: Brain function is based on the movement of
fluids to or from the ventricles via the nerves.
5. related behavioral traits with the size of different parts of the skull.:
Phrenol- ogy
6. Greek physician embraced the Hippocratic view of brain function noting
that ventricles or hollow spaces with fluid receive sensations (though false,
theory prevailed almost 1500 years), thus fitting with the theory that the
body functioned according to the balance of four vital fluids: Galen (130-
200 C.E.)
7. French mathematician and chief advocate of the fluid-mechanical theory
of brain function, but also believed that man possessed a God-given soul
and intellect unlike other animals: Descartes (1595-1650)
8. belief that the human mind is distinct from the brain: mind-brain problem
9. nerves are wires that conduct electrical signals to and from the brain:
elec- tricity
10.parts of the brain systematically destroyed to determine function:
ablation
11.correlating the structure of the head with personality traits: phrenology
12.French neurologist concluded that the region of the human cerebrum
was specifically responsible for the production of speech supporting the
opinion of localization of functions in the cerebrum: Broca (1824-1880)
13.English biologist who theorized that the nervous system of different
species evolved from common ancestors and may have common
mechanisms
-rationale for relating the results of animal experiments to humans:
Darwin (1809-1882)
14.individual nerve cell, the basic funtional unit of the nervous system, they
sense environmental changes, communicate these changes to other
neurons, and command the body's responses to these sensation: neuron
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, Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain 4th ed. ch.
1
15.differences in appearance produce differences in function: structure-
func- tion
16.different parts of the brain are responsible for specific behaviors, or
that certain functions are localized to certain areas in the brain:
localization
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1. Theodor Schwann 1839 all tissues are composed of microscopic
units called cells: cell theory
2. father of Western medicine believed brain was the organ of sensation and
the seat of intelligence "...the brain exercises the greatest power in the
man."-
: Hippocrates (460-379 B.C.E)
3. the processing of boring holes into the skull, dates back to
approximately 7000 years ago.: Trepanation
4. the prevailing view of the brain from the time of the Roman Empire
through the Renaissance: Brain function is based on the movement of
fluids to or from the ventricles via the nerves.
5. related behavioral traits with the size of different parts of the skull.:
Phrenol- ogy
6. Greek physician embraced the Hippocratic view of brain function noting
that ventricles or hollow spaces with fluid receive sensations (though false,
theory prevailed almost 1500 years), thus fitting with the theory that the
body functioned according to the balance of four vital fluids: Galen (130-
200 C.E.)
7. French mathematician and chief advocate of the fluid-mechanical theory
of brain function, but also believed that man possessed a God-given soul
and intellect unlike other animals: Descartes (1595-1650)
8. belief that the human mind is distinct from the brain: mind-brain problem
9. nerves are wires that conduct electrical signals to and from the brain:
elec- tricity
10.parts of the brain systematically destroyed to determine function:
ablation
11.correlating the structure of the head with personality traits: phrenology
12.French neurologist concluded that the region of the human cerebrum
was specifically responsible for the production of speech supporting the
opinion of localization of functions in the cerebrum: Broca (1824-1880)
13.English biologist who theorized that the nervous system of different
species evolved from common ancestors and may have common
mechanisms
-rationale for relating the results of animal experiments to humans:
Darwin (1809-1882)
14.individual nerve cell, the basic funtional unit of the nervous system, they
sense environmental changes, communicate these changes to other
neurons, and command the body's responses to these sensation: neuron
1/
9
, Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain 4th ed. ch.
1
15.differences in appearance produce differences in function: structure-
func- tion
16.different parts of the brain are responsible for specific behaviors, or
that certain functions are localized to certain areas in the brain:
localization
2/
9
