Module 9 THE BRAIN COMPLETE QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND GRADED
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THE BRAIN
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THE BRAIN
Brain - Correct Answer The mass of nerve tissue that is the main control center of the nervous system
Brain scanning - Correct Answer - Provides a window in the living brains
- A snapshot can be taken of the internal workings of the brain w/o having to cut it open
Electroencephalogram (E...
Module 9 THE BRAIN COMPLETE QUESTIONS
ANSWERED AND GRADED
Brain - Correct Answer The mass of nerve tissue that is the main control center of the nervous system
Brain scanning - Correct Answer - Provides a window in the living brains
- A snapshot can be taken of the internal workings of the brain w/o having to cut it open
Electroencephalogram (EEG) - Correct Answer -records electrical activity in the brain through electrodes
placed on the outside of the skull
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) - Correct Answer -an imaging technique used to examine
changes in the activity of the working human brain by measuring changes in the blood's oxygen levels
- Provides 3D computer generated image of the brain strictures + activity by aiming a pw magnetic field
at the body
- used in planning brain surgery to distinguish areas of disturbed or normal functioning
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) - Correct Answer - a method of brain imaging that assesses
metabolic activity by using a radioactive substance injected into the bloodstream
- Show biochemical activity w/n the brain at a given moment
transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) - Correct Answer -the use of strong magnets to briefly interrupt
normal brain activity as a way to study brain regions
- use magnetic fields to produce an understanding of the Brians functioning
Central core / OLD BRAIN - Correct Answer - Controls basic functions such as eating and sleeping
- is common to all vertebrates
- called old brain due to its evolution being traced back 500 yrs to primitive structures found in non-
human species
central core of the brain - Correct Answer -Hindbrain
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