Unit 2: Brain and Bio

Split brain operations are done to

• shrink tumors
• increase memory
• help speech disorders
• help stop seizures

Which of the following is NOT a neurotransmitter?

• dopamine

• norepinephrine

• GABA

• interneuron

The four regions of the cerebral cortex are referred to as:

• lesions
• lobes
• pons
• corpus callosum

The EEG monitors

• injuries in the brain
• functioning of the hypothalamus
• electrical activity of the endocrine system
• electrical activity in the brain

If a head injury results in someone no longer being able to hear, which part of the brain may have been damaged?

• temporal lobe
• occipital lobe
• parietal lobe
• frontal lobe

Area of the brain that gives us the opportunity to learn and store complex and abstract info. 

• corpus callosum
• ventricles
• premotor area
• cerebral cortex

This area controls breathing, heart-rate, and reflexes

• pons
• medulla oblongata
• cerebral cortex
• cerebrum

Which of the following do scientists believe is responsible for your personality?

• Frontal lobe

• Parietal lobe

• Temporal lobe

• Occipetal lobe

Which of the following is to be the brain's center of emotion, memory, and the autonomic nervous system.

• Frontal lobe

• Temporal lobe

• Neurons

• hippocampus

If you were to have damage to your occipetal lobe, what function would be impaired?

• hearing

• touch

• vision

• smell