Brain Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

JCCC Psychology Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Psychology- 4 basic goals - ANSWERSscientific study of behavior and mental process- describe, predict,explain, control Psychological Perspectives - ANSWERSBiological Psychodynamic Behavioral Humanistic Positive Cognitive Cross Cultural Evolutionary Psychological Ethics - ANSWERSinformed consent, students as participants, deception, confidentiality, debriefing Glial Cells - ANSWERSprovide structural support for neurons, mos...

Interrelation of nervous, muscular, and skeletal systems to create movement Answer Kinetic chain brain and spinal cord, coordinates activity of body parts Answer Central nervous system all nerves branching off spinal cord, extending out to the body Answer Peripheral nervous system sense distortion in body tissues Answer mechanoreceptors mechanoreceptor that senses changes in tension Answer Golgi tendon organs mechanoreceptor that senses changes in length Answer muscle spindles ...

How many dopamine pathways in the brain? correct answers 5 but only 4 associated with schizophrenia Nigrostriatal Dopamine Pathway controls correct answers motor function and movement (part of EP NS) Nigrostriatal Dopamine Pathway dopamine excess correct answers Hyperkinetic movements such as tics/dyskinesias mesolimbic dopamine pathway controls correct answers Pleasure, reward, euphoria of drug abuse and reinforcing behavior Mesolimbic dopamine pathway excess correct answers delusio...

Two main types of cells in the nervous system glia and neurons Glia Cells that out number neurons, cannot process information like neurons, make up the blood brain barrier that protects the brain from toxic chemicals in the blood Nervous system Consists of neurons, axons and receptors Receptors Proteins that help regulate activity of cells in the nervous system. Activation of receptors by neurotransmitters cause a change in activity of the target cell and many of the eff...

Maryville Nurse 660 Exam 4 Questions with Verified Answers 2023/2024 The core symptoms of ADHD are linked to what area of the brain? Correct Answer: prefrontal cortex Selective attention is due to what area of the PFC malfunctioning? Correct Answer: dorsal ACC (anterior cingulate cortex) sustained attention and problem solving linked to what area of the brain? Correct Answer: DLPFC hyperactivity is linked to what area of the brain? Correct Answer: prefrontal motor cortex what test...

CPN exam – Neurology questions & answers 2024 Signs of increased ICP- infant - ANSWER-bulging fontanel, increased BP, decreased HR, irritability, decreased RR Neural Tube Defects • Anencephaly - ANSWER-the absence of a major portion of the brain, skull, and scalp that occurs during embryonic development. Encephalocele - ANSWER-sometimes known as cranium bifidum, is a neural tube defect characterized by sac-like protrusions of the brain and the membranes that cover it through open...

A brain surgeon has an accident and develops tremors in her right arm. Which disability income policy definition of total disability will cover her for all losses? A.) "Own occupation" - less restrictive than other definitions B.) "Any occupation" - less restrictive than other definitions C.) "Any occupation" - more restrictive tan other definitions D.) "Own occupation" - less restrictive than other definitions D In theory, the brain surgeon could find other work but because he...

USA Neuroscience Exam IIname the layers of protection for the brain from outside in **hint: SCALP - correct answer skin, subcutaneous connective tissue, Galea aponeurotica, loose areolar connective tissue, pericranium (periosteum) cervicomedullary junction of spinal cord occurs at this level - correct answer foramen magnum (base of skull) what runs through foramen ovale? - correct answer mandibular branch of trigeminal N (VIII) what runs through foramen spinosum? - correct answer middle...

Everyone who may have contact with biohazard items must be educated about dangers associated with those items True "-Pexy" is Surgical fixation Infectious is medical Waste is regulated by the EPA True "Dermopathy" is a (an) Skin disease The bacteria reproductive process that takes place when a mother cell divides into a daughter cell is called Binary fission Autoclave sterilizer is a ____________ class of device Class 1 Promotes healing prevent...

ARRT MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING EXAM STUDY GUIDE PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024 100% SOLUTION If a brain exam is being performed and the request is made to rule out acoustic neuroma, a protocol with thin cuts through the should be performed. - Answer Inner auditory canals