What structure connects the cerebral hemispheres to each other?
Corpus callosum
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What is the general term for the membranes that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord?
Meninges
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Which division of the autonomic nervous system prepares the body for action in an emergency?
Sympathetic system
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Which of these disorders occurs when there is a loss of blood flow, and in turn oxygen, to the brain?
Cerebrovascular accident/stroke
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What is the space between a dendrite and an axon called?
Synapse
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Which activities of the body are controlled by the autonomic nervous system?
Involuntary
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Which section of the brain is concerned with reasoning?
Cerebrum
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Which section of the brain helps regulate heartbeat and respiration?
Brain Stem
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What is the purpose of the vertebrae?
To protect the spinal cord.
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The lobe responsible for vision
Occipital lobe
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This lobe is responsible for decision-making, judgement, impulse control, language, intellect, and personality
Frontal lobe
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When neurons are gradually "turned off" in the brain, they are unable to successfully send electrical impulses. A person then becomes forgetful with daily tasks, memory, etc. What is this disease called?
Alzheimer's
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This lobe is responsible for all sensory information, such as heat, cold, pain, etc.
Parietal lobe
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This lobe is responsible for hearing/auditory processing
