Psychology: The Brain

The _________is the part of the brain that holds the hemispheres together.

• medulla

• corpus callosum

• cerebrum

• reticular formation

The _________is the part of the brain that holds the hemispheres together.

• medulla

• corpus callosum

• cerebrum

• reticular formation

The lobe of the brain that interprets what we see is the____________________lobe.

• temporal

• parietal

• frontal

• occipital

The basic unit of the nervous system is the____________________.

• neuron

• synapse

• myelin

• axon

If a person has an accident and sustains head injuries and as a result has trouble playing the piano and doing their gymnastic routines, the part of the brain that was probably injured would be the______________.

• medulla

• cerebellum

• hypothalamus

• hippocampus

The ______________________nervous system contains the brain and spinal cord.

• autonomic

• central

• peripheral

• somatic

The part of the neuron that decided if the message will travel to the next neuron or not is the________________________

• cell body

• axon

• dendrite

• myelin

The space between two neurons is called the _______________.

• neurotransmitter

• myelin

• nucleus

• synapse

The liquids that bridge the gap across the synapse are the_________________________

• nuerotransmitters

• enzymes

• myelin

• cytoplasm

Name the lobe that appears yellow in this image.

• Frontal
• Parietal
• Temporal
• Occipital