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Behavioral Neuroscience
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1. Map of the neocortex based on the organization - structure - and distribution of the cells.
Culture
Cytoarchitectonic map
Sympathetic Division
Tectum
2. Part of the central nervous system encased within the vertebrae (spinal column) tat provides most of the connections between the brain and the rest of the body.
Clinical Trial
Spinal Cord
Excitation
Sympathetic Division
3. Collection of nerve cells that function somewhat like a brain.
Hemispherectomy
Ganglia
White Matter
Cytoarchitectonic map
4. Three layers of protective tissue - dura mater - arachnoid - and pia mater - that encase the brain and spinal cord.
Inhibition
Sympathetic Division
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Meninges
5. Harry Jerison's quantitative measure of brain size obtained from the ratio of actual brain size to expected brain size - according to the principle of proper mass - for an animal of a particular body size.
Frontal Lobe
Encephalization quotient
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
6. Part of the autonomic nervous system; arouses the body for action - such as mediating the involuntary fight-or-flight response to alarm by increasing hear rate and blood pressure.
Meninges
Limbic system
Sympathetic Division
Afferent
7. Sudden appearance of neurological symptom as a result of severe interruption of blood flow.
Ganglia
Stroke
Dermatome
Tourettes's Syndrome
8. One of a set of 12 nerve pairs that control sensory and motor functions of the head - neck - and internal organs.
Excitation
Cranial nerve
Cerebellum
Hypothalamus
9. A groove in brain matter - usually a groove found in the neocortex or cerebellum.
Stroke
Natural Selection
Mind
Sulcus (Sulci)
10. Central part of the brain that contains neural circuits for hearing and seeing as well as orienting movements.
Nerve
Hindbrain
Midbrain
Clinical Trial
11. That holds that both a nonmaterial mind and the material body contribute to behavior.
Dualism
Excitation
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
12. Philosophical position that holds that behavior can be explained as a function of the nervous system without explanatory recourse to the mind.
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Embodied Consciousness
Gyrus (Gyri)
Materialism
13. Part of the PNS that includes the cranial and spinal nerves to and from the muscles - joints - and skin that produce movement - transmit incoming sensory input - and inform the CNS about the position and movement of body parts.
Reticular Formation
Sulcus (Sulci)
Midbrain
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
14. A specialized 'nerve cell' engaged in information processing.
Orienting movement
Neuron
Cerebrum
Hemisphere
15. Darwin's theory for explaining how new species evolve and how existing species change over time. Differential success in the reproduction of different characteristics (phenotypes) results from the interaction of organisms with their environment.
Basal ganglia
Alzheimer's Disease
Natural Selection
Temporal Lobe
16. Cerebral Cortex often generally characterized as performing the brain's 'executive' functions - such as decision making - lying anterior to the central sulcus and beneath the frontal bone of the skull.
Inhibition
Frontal Lobe
Nerve Set
Psyche
17. Major structure of the forebrain - consisting of two virtually identical hemispheres (left and right) and responsible for most conscious behavior.
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
Cerebrum
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Neuroplasticity
18. General term referring to primates that walk upright - including all forms of humans - living and extinct.
Stroke
Hominid
Cerebral Cortex
Nerve
19. Clear solution of sodium chloride and other salts that fills the ventricles inside the brain and circulates around the brain and spinal cord beneath the arachnoid layer in the subarachnoid space.
Diencephalon
Alzheimer's Disease
Occipital Lobe
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
20. Movement related to sensory inputs - such as turning the head to see the source of a sound.
Species-typical behavior
Mind
Orienting movement
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
21. Large collection of axons coursing together within the central nervous system.
Neoteny
Efferent
Segmentation
Tract
22. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated into the appropriate region of the neocortex.
Thalamus
Hemisphere
Ventricle
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
23. Disparate forebrain structures lying between the neocortex and the brainstem that form a functional system controlling affective and motivated behaviors and certain forms of memory; includes cingulate cortex - amygdala - hippocampus - among other str
Ganglia
Species
Limbic system
Embodied Consciousness
24. Subcortical forebrain nuclei that coordinate voluntary movements of the limbs and body; connected to the thalamus and to the midbrain.
Basal ganglia
Natural Selection
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Species-typical behavior
25. Areas of the nervous system composed predominantly of cell bodies and blood vessels that function either to collect and modify information or to support this activity.
Meninges
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Gray Matter
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
26. Body plan in which organs or parts present on both sides of the body are mirror images in appearance.
Segmentation
Bilateral Symmetry
Species-typical behavior
Hemisphere
27. Degenerative brain disorder related to aging that first appears as progressive memory loss and later develops into generalized dementia.
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28. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.
Nerve Set
Efferent
Law of Bell and Magendie
White Matter
29. Areas of the nervous system rich in fat-sheathed neural axons that form the connections between brain cells.
Tract
White Matter
Ganglia
Parkinson's Disease
30. Animal that has both a brain and a spinal cord.
Law of Bell and Magendie
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Chordate
Sulcus (Sulci)
31. Of the mind; an explanation of behavior as a function of the nonmaterial mind.
Corpus Callosum
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
Common Ancestor
Mentalism
32. Area of the skin supplied with afferent nerve fibers by a single spinal-cord dorsal root.
Dermatome
Gyrus (Gyri)
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
Sympathetic Division
33. Floor (area below the ventricle) of the midbrain; a collection of nuclei with movement-related - species-specific - and pain-perception functions.
Reticular Formation
Nerve Set
Tegmentum
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
34. Group of organisms that can interbreed.
Dermatome
Radiator Hypothesis
Reticular Formation
Species
35. Disorder of the basal ganglia characterized by tics; involuntary vocalizations (including curse words and animal sounds); and odd - involuntary movements of the body; especially of the face and head.
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36. The general principle that sensory fibers are located dorsally and motors fibers are located ventrally.
Bilateral Symmetry
Law of Bell and Magendie
Gyrus (Gyri)
Neuroplasticity
37. Synonym for mind - an entity once proposed to be the source of human behavior.
Psyche
Gyrus (Gyri)
Stroke
Cranial nerve
38. Cerebral Cortex that functions to direct movements toward a goal or to perform a task - such as grasping an object - lying posterior to the central sulcus and beneath the parietal bone at the top of the skull.
Nerve Set
Sympathetic Division
Parietal Lobe
Dermatome
39. Quandary of explaining a nonmaterial mind in command of a material body.
Clinical Trial
Segmentation
Natural Selection
Mind-Body Problem
40. The bones - or segments - that form the spinal column.
Species-typical behavior
Cranial nerve
Culture
Vertebrae
41. Midbrain area in which nuclei and fiber pathways are mixed - producing a netlike appearance; associated with sleep-wake behavior and behavioral arousal.
Reticular Formation
Diencephalon
Vertebrae
Thalamus
42. Evolutionarily the newest part of the brain; coordinates advanced cognitive functions such as thinking - planning - and language; contains the limbic system - basal ganglia - and the neocortex.
Forebrain
White Matter
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Culture
43. Wound to the brain that results from a blow to the head..
Limbic system
Nerve Set
Natural Selection
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
44. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.
Afferent
Temporal Lobe
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Culture
45. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated and projected into the appropriate region of the neocortex.
Hypothalamus
Tourettes's Syndrome
Neoteny
Vertebrae
46. Proposed nonmaterial entity responsible for intelligence - attention - awareness and consciousness.
Gyrus (Gyri)
Meninges
Cladogram
Mind
47. The brain and spinal cord that together mediate behavior.
Mentalism
Species
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Cerebellum
48. Forbearer from which two or more lineages or family groups arise and so is ancestral to both groups.
Diencephalon
Common Ancestor
Corpus Callosum
White Matter
49. Division into a number of parts that are similar; refers to the idea that many animals - including vertebrates - are composed of similarly organized body segments.
Occipital Lobe
Efferent
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Segmentation
50. Literally - half a sphere - referring to one side of the cerebral cortex or of one side of the cerebellum.
Clinical Trial
Parietal Lobe
Culture
Hemisphere