Big Brain Thinking

What are the two divisions of the autonomic nervous system?

• central and peripheral

• parasympathetic and sympathetic

• brain and spinal cord

• nerves and ganglia

• Nucleus

• Cell Body

• Axon

• Node of Ranvier

B

• Dendrite
• Axon
• Axon Terminal
• Cell Body

Hemisphere that is associated with Verbal and Mathematical abilities

• Left Hemisphere
• Right Hemisphere

A  person has difficulty speaking possibly due to a stroke.

• Broca's Aphasia
• Wernicke's Aphasia
• Visual Agnosia
• Neglect Syndrome

If you can't feel pain in the LEFT arm, there is most likely damage to what area of the brain?

• left parietal lobe

• right parietal lobe

• left frontal lobe

• right occipital lobe

What does a severed corpus collosum prevent?

• The 4 lobes of the brain communicating

• The two hemispheres communicating

• Electrical impulses transferring from one side of the brain to the other.

• Epileptic seizures

Timmy had a traumatic brain injury which damaged his frontal lobe, including the Broca's area. This impacted his ability to speak, meaning that he could only produce a few words of speech at a time, instead of whole sentences. This meant he was not able to communicate with people as easily or as efficiently. His friends noticed that he became more caring and friendly and empathetic than he used to be.

Which of the following would be a biological change in this case?

• Not being able to hear

• Damage to the frontal lobe

• Not being able to communicate with others as easily

• Changes to his personality

Spatial neglect affects a persons:

• Attention

• Vision

• Hearing

• Processing

The tendency to ignore the left or right side of one's body or left or right visual space is usually caused by damage to:

• Left parietal lobe

• Right parietal lobe

• Left Temporal lobe

• Right temporal lobe