All Homework
Assignments for
Ch. 10 & 11
Homework (Mon. 4/16)
• Read Pgs. 356 – 360 in Chapter
• Printout the Study Outline for Chapter 10
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072919329/student_view0/
• Do Pgs. 10-1 & 10-2
Homework Tues. 4/17
• Do a google search on Einstein’s brain.
Research sites that address the differences
between his brain and ours (average
person). Printout the site you found and
be ready to share after we discuss the
questions from the article we read in class.
Homework Wed. 4/18
• Go to my website and click on Lab Ex. 25
• Printout the Lab Ex.
• Do Pgs. 194 &195 & identify the structures
indicated
• Go to the Hole’s textbook site and do TWO
labeling diagrams. Print out your diagrams and
attach to Lab Ex. 25.
Homework Thurs. 4/19
• Finish all of Lab Ex. 25
• Study/Review for Quiz #8 tomorrow
Homework Fri. 4/20
• Do the Practice STAR Test for Biology on my website.
(90 questions) **12 pts. of Extra Credit is possible!!!
• Continue work on your Study Outline
– Do Pgs. 10-3 & 10-4
Homework Fri. 4/20
• Go to my website and do the Practice STAR Test for
Biology. (there are 90 questions)
• Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
• Bring it in on Monday, Receive a stamp, and you will be
able to grade it.
• After grading it, then you will able to attempt another 20
Question test and for every TWO questions you get correct
you will earn an extra credit point for a total or possible of
10 points.
• Overall you can earn:
10 pts.
+
1 pt. +
1 pt.
= 12 pts.
(# correct)
(stamp)
(grading it)
Homework Mon & Tues. 4/23-24
• Finish the Questions on IQ #2 & 3
• Read Pgs. 370-377 in your textbook @ HOME
• Continue work on your Study Outline
– Do Pgs. 10-5 through 10-7 (up to H: Impulse conduction)
Homework Wed. 4/25
• Finish the rest of the Study Outline for Ch. 10 (all pgs)
Homework Fri. 4/27
• Be sure that you have completed ALL of Lab Ex. 25 and that
you have done TWO labeling diagrams for the Hole’s textbook
site (structure of a neuron)
-Attach these two diagrams to you lab
• Print-out the study outline for Chapter 11
(have ready to go on Monday)
Homework Mon. 4/30
• Work on the Study outline for Chapter 11
• Do Pgs. 11.1 – 11.2
Homework Tues. 5/1
• Work on the Study outline for Chapter 11
• Do Pgs. 11.3 (1st Stamp tomorrow)
Homework Wed. 5/2
• Do Lab Ex 26: Meninges & spinal cord
• Complete pages 220-224 (stamp tomorrow)
Homework Thurs. 5/3
• Do Lab Study Outline Ch. 11 (Pg. 11.6)
(Skip Pgs. 11.4 & 11.5)
Homework Fri. 5/4
• NONE !!! Yeah!!!!!
Have a Great
Weekend!!!
Homework
(Mon. 5/7)
-Read Pgs. 399-405 Ch. 11 (textbook @ Home)
-Do the Reading Outline Pgs. 11.7 & 11.8
**finish up to 5. Hemisphere Dominance (a-c)
Homework
(Tues. 5/8)
-Read Pgs. 405-409 Ch. 11 (textbook @ Home)
-Do the Reading Outline Pgs. 11.9
**finish up through Diencephalon
**1 Box of Latex gloves (unopened) or work
for it on Wed. either 6th period or after
school (30 min). (5 pts.)
Homework
(Wed. 5/9)
-Go to the Hole’s textbook site and do the
(7) Labeling diagrams :
-Four Views of the Brain (x4)
-Ventricles (x2)
-Meninges (x1)
*Printout completed diagrams and attach to Lab Ex 29
Homework
(Thurs. 5/10)
• Write the names of all disorders by reviewing the transcript from
Ramashadran’s website “Secrets of the Mind”
Go to:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mind/
**Review for Quiz #10: Be sure to look over your
– Class notes
– Videos notes
– Lab Ex. 29 – Dissection of the Sheep’s Brain
Homework
(Fri. 5/11)
• Read Pgs. 410 – 414
• Review structures in the brain stem through the Cerebellum
• Do pgs. 11.10 & 11.11 on your Reading Outline
Homework
(Mon. 5/14)
• Read Review Pgs. 415-436
• Do the Mastery (Practice) Test for Ch. 10 & 11
• OMIT pgs. 11.12 - 11.17 in your Reading Outline
– Don’t worry about these pages***
(Bonus pts. On your packet if completed.)
All IQ’s Given in
Class
for Ch. 10 & 11
Introductory Questions #1
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8)
After reading the introduction in chapter 10, name the disorder
that our ex-president Ronald Reagan had. How many American
are estimated to have the same disorder? What are some of the
symptoms of this disorder? How can this disorder be diagnosed?
What drugs are used?
Another name for a nerve cell is:
.
There are TWO types of cells that make up the neural tissue.
Name them
How do nerve cells transmit information (generally)?
How do neuroglial cells differ from typical nerve cells?
What is the name of the small spaces that exist between the
neurons? Can you give an example of a chemical that can be
found in this space?
How do we classify neurons? What two criteria do we use?
How many different types of neuroglial cells are there? Name
them.
Introductory Questions #2
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4)
5)
6)
How are motor neurons different from sensory neurons? How are
neuroglial cells different from typical nerve cells? Name all four
types of neuroglial cells and indicate the one that provides immune
protection.
What is the name of the small spaces that exist between the
neurons? Can you give an example of a chemical that can be found
in this space?
How does the cell membrane become polarized in a neuron?
What are the major ions associated with generating a membrane
potential? Which ions are present in large amounts inside and
outside the cell? What causes the inside of the cell to be more
negative (less positive) compared with the outside? How much of a
difference is there?
How is the resting potential different from an action potential?
What does it mean when a membrane is “Depolarized” and
“Repolarized”?
Introductory Questions #3
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6)
7)
8)
After reading Clinical application 10.1 (pg. 358), how does a
migraine headache occur? What can be done to relieve the
pain?
How does gray matter different from white matter (other than
color)?
Is it possible for a neuron to regenerate? If so, explain how.
How does the cell membrane of a neuron become polarized?
What are the major ions associated with with generating a
membrane potential?
Explain what a threshold potential is and give the voltage value
that must be reached by the neuron’s membrane.
What happens during the refractory period?
What is the peak voltage for the action potential?
Explain what is happening when “hyperpolarization” occurs.
How is hyperpolarization different from Depolarization?
Introductory Questions #4
1) After reading the Introduction on Page 388, What
happened to Phineas Gage in 1848? What affect
did this freak accident have on him? How did this
event help our understanding of the brain?
2) The second case presented in the Intro. involved a
woman named Karen Quinlan. What happened to
her? Why was she considered to be in a
“persistent vegetative state”? How long did she
live? What two parts of the brain atrophied?
3) Name the three layers of the meninges. Name the
three partitions of the Dura mater. Which layers
do you find the epidural space, subdural space,
and subarachnoid space? Which layer has the
cerebralspinal fluid (CSF)?
Introductory Questions #5
1) What is CSF composed of?
2) How many ventricles are found in the brain?
3) Name the structure that connects the 1st
and 2nd ventricles together. Name the canal
that allows CSF to circulate from the 3rd
ventricle to the fourth ventricle.
4) Where is the fourth ventricle located?
See Pg. 390 & 404-409
(Old Textbook)
Introductory Questions #6
1) When looking at a cross section of the spinal
cord (pg. 392) which is deeper a sulcus or a
fissure? Which of the two is on the anterior
side of the spinal cord?
2) For each term listed below indicate if it is
composed of gray matter or white matter.
-Funiculus
-Commissure
-Horns
3) Indicate if the following spinal tracts are
ascending or descending.
-spinocerebellar
-rubrospinal
-reticulospinal
-fasciculus gracilis
Introductory Questions #7
1)
How many neurons is the brain estimated to be composed
of? (see pg. 395)
2) Name the structure that the brain begins as in early
embryonic development. This structure then divides into
three major cavities. Name these three cavities.
3) How is the Telencephalon different from the diencephalon?
Name two regions of the brain that these areas will become
for both.
*See chart 11.3 on pg 398
4) Name the ten major regions of the brain. (also listed in
chart 11.3)
5) What is the name used to describe the ridges observed on
the surface of the cerebrum? A deep groove is called a
and a shallow groove is called a
.
6) An individual born without these ridges and groove has a
disorder known as
.
Introductory Questions #8
1) Match each structure with its function:
Arranged w/convolutions and divided
into motor, sensory, & association areas
A. Thalamus
Controls heartbeat, respiration, swallowing,
coughing and vomiting
B. Pons
Contains respiratory center
C. Cerebellum
Main sensory relay area between
spinal cord & cerebrum
D. Medulla Oblongata
Center of intellect, memory, consciousness,
& language
E. Cerebral cortex
Reflex enter for muscular coordination & movement
Balance & coordination
F. Cerebrum
Introductory Questions #9
1) How is long term memory different from
short term memory? What is occurring in the
brain?
2) Name the 4 types of brain waves that can be
recorded by an EEG? Which wave only
occurs in children and not adults? Which
wave occur during sleep at 4 cycles per
second? (See Pg. 415)
Introductory Questions #10
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2.
3.
4.
5.
Matching Ex.
Emotions
Memory
Reg. Temp.
Releases GH & FSH
Wakefulness
Pituitary gland
Reticular formation
Limbic system
Hypothalamus
Hippocampus
The brainstem is composed of the midbrain, _____________, and
_______________.
How many cranial nerves come out of the brain? Looking at the table
on pg. 421, which cranial nerves transmit impulses to the eyes? Name
them. How about the throat and tongue? Name these.
How many spinal nerves are there?
How is the sympathetic ns. different from parasympathetic ns.?