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WorksheetsS&P with brains
Total questions: 63
Worksheet time: 54mins
Which structure includes more than half of the brain's mass?
Midbrain
Cerebrum
Cerebellum
Diencephalon
What do Axon Terminals do?
Receives information from other neurons
Produces fatty tissue for the Myelin Sheath
Sends information to the next cell
Controls the speed of electrical signal through the axon
What do Dendrites do?
Receives information from other neurons via neurotransmitters
Produces fatty tissue for the Myelin Sheath
Sends information to the next cell
Controls the speed of electrical signal through the axon
Nucleus
Cell Body
Axon
Node of Ranvier
Dendrites
Axon Terminals
Myelin Sheath
Schwann Cells
Bottom-up processing is
Parts to whole
Whole to parts
Processing from the bottom and moving to the top
Processing from the top and moving to the bottom
Top-down processing is...
Parts to whole
Whole to parts
Processing from the bottom and moving to the top
Processing from the top and moving to the bottom
Olfaction is...
The sense of sight
The sense of hearing
The sense of touch
The sense of smell
Process by which our senses gather information and send/transmit it to the brain
optical illusion
perceptual constancy
perception
sensation
Brain’s process of organizing and interpreting sensory information
optical illusion
perception
perceptual constancy
sensation
Gustation is what sense of organ ?
Skin
Eye
Taste
Touch
What are the five senses?
Vision
Audition
Somesthesis
Olfaction
Gustation
What three primary colors of light are detected by your cones?
Green, red, and blue
Black, gray, and white
Blue, red, and yellow
Blue, green, and purple
Cyan, magenta, and yellow
For vision, transduction is the process by which
photoreceptors change electromagnetic energy into electrochemical energy.
photoreceptors change electrochemical energy into electromagnetic energy.
sensory information is sent to the brain via the optic nerve.
incoming sensory information is given meaning.
The range of wavelengths from 380 to 760 nanometres is known as the
electrochemical light spectrum.
invisible light spectrum.
visible electrochemical spectrum.
visible light spectrum.
The photoreceptors in the retina are responsible for the changing of light into
photopigments.
visual energy.
electrochemical energy.
electromagnetic energy.
Luisa woke at night in her darkened bedroom. At first she could not see anything, but after a few minutes, due to the __________ in her eyes, she could see the shape of her dressing gown hanging on the door. When she turned on the light she could see the colour of the dressing gown, due to the action of her ________.
cones, rods
rods, cones
rods, rods
cones, cones
The fancy word for HEARING is ___________.
AUDITION
GUSTATION
OLFACTORY
NOCICEPTOR
In sound, WAVELENGTH determines ________________.
pitch
loudness
In sound, AMPLITUDE determines ________________.
pitch
loudness
The hammer, anvil, and stirrup can be found in which part of the ear?
outer
middle
inner
The small HAIRS in the cochlea's basilar membrane are called
cilia
ossicles
pinna
anvils
Hearing is mostly conducted in which lobes of the brain?
temporal
parietal
frontal
occipital
The ______________ nerve delivers information about sound to the brain.
auditory
optic
cochlea
basilar
The nerves associated with smell are referred to as the:
olfactory receptor cells
smell cells
gustatory receptor cells
umami cells
Which of the following is NOT a primary taste sensation?
bitter
salty
sweet
peppery
Only skin sensation that has identifiable receptor cells.
Pressure
Pain
Warmth
Cold
According to the Gate Control Theory, you can reduce pain by activating...
large bundle of neurons in the spinal cord.
small bundle of neurons in the spinal cord.
large bundle of neurons in the brain.
small bundle of neurons in the brain.
What is the only sense that is not sent to the thalamus?
taste
touch
vision
smell
