Neuroscience

The brain and spinal cord

• Autonomic
• Central Nervous System
• Peripheral Nervous System
• Somatic

Nerves outside the brain and spinal cord

• Autonomic
• Central Nervous System
• Peripheral Nervous System
• Somatic

cells that are specialized to transmit messages

• Autonomic
• Neuroglia
• Neurons
• Somatic

In a neuron, this conducts messages away from the cell body

• Axon
• Cell Body
• Dendrites
• Mitochondria

In a neuron, this conducts messages towards the cell body

• Axon
• Cell Body
• Dendrite
• Mitochondria

The gap between two neurons

• Nucleus
• Dendrite
• Soma
• Synapse

Injury resulting in slight damage to the brain

• Cerebral edema
• Concussion
• Contusion
• CVA (Stroke)

Why is Phineas Gage's injury important to neuroscience today?

• Doctors compare Gage's brain scan to injured patients today
• It forced 19th century doctors to start doing autopsies
• No other case of that type of brain injury has ever been seen
• It was the earliest recorded case of brain damage affecting personality

What was the reason Phineas Gage's personality was different after the accident?

• His occipital lobe was damaged
• His frontal cortex was damaged
• His orbital zone was damaged
• His zygomatic area was damaged

The right and left cerebral hemispheres are connected by the:

• brain stem
• corpus callosum
• diencephalon
• pia mater