The Limbic System: Quiz Game

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The Limbic System
Neuro Quiz
Identify the correct question
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? Michael McKeough 2008
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Limbic SystemNeuro Quiz
Anatomy StimulationEffects Misc. I Misc. II ClinicalAspects
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Anatomy 100

• Limbic structures are found at these levels of
  the neuraxis.

What are the cerebral cortex and midbrain?
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Anatomy 200

• This limbic structure is located in the temporal
  lobe and performs the limbic function in memory.

What is the hippocampus?
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Anatomy 300

• This myelinated structure projects between the
  hippocampus and mammillary body.

What is the fornix?
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Anatomy 400

• This nucleus is the primary thalamic relay center
  for limbic information destined for the cortex.

What is the anterior nucleus?
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Anatomy 500

• This gyrus contains the primary cortical
  projection area for the limbic system.

What is the cingulate gyrus?
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Stimulation Effects 100

• In humans, these are the effect of stimulating
  the pleasure center.

What are feeling good or brightening your
attitude?
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Stimulation Effects 200

• In humans, these are the effects of stimulating
  the pain center.

What are fear or terror?
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Stimulation Effects 300

• These are the somatic motor effects of limbic
  stimulation.

• What are
• acquiring and eating food (sniffing, licking,
  chewing, swallowing)
• grooming and goal-seeking
• attack and defense (snarling, clawing,
  posturing)?

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Stimulation Effects 400

• These are the sensory effects of limbic
  stimulation.

• What are
• olfactory sensations (unpleasant odors)
• vertigo
• visceral sensations from the abdomen
• pain and pleasure?

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Stimulation Effects 500

• These are the autonomic effects of limbic
  stimulation.

• What are changes in
• heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure
• activity of the gastrointestinal tract
• many hormone levels in the blood?

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Miscellaneous I 100

• Changes in long-term memory are associated with
  these synaptic changes.

• What are
• hypertrophy
• increasing synaptic effectiveness
• increasing number of synapses?

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Miscellaneous I 200

• This circuit was the first to describe the
  relationship between the components of the limbic
  system.

What is Papezs circuit?
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Miscellaneous I 300

• This radical surgical procedure has been used to
  control violent, antisocial behavior.

What is a frontal lobotomy?
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Miscellaneous I 400

• The hippocampus performs this function in memory.

What is consolidation (active processing of
information from short-term to long-term memory)?
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Miscellaneous I 500

• Schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder,
  anxiety, and depression and mania are associated
  with this limbic disorder.

What is hyperactivity?
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Miscellaneous II 100

• Memory consists of these stages.

What are short-term and long-term?
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Miscellaneous II200

• These are the functions of the limbic system.

What are learning, memory, emotion, and drive?
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Miscellaneous II300

• This is the region of the frontal lobe associated
  with the limbic system.

What is the septum?
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Miscellaneous II400

• This type of behavior is associated with the
  septum.

What is aggressive or defensive behavior?
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Miscellaneous II500

• This is the function of the amygdala.

What is linking emotional and motivational
responses to external stimuli?
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Clinical Aspects 100

• This emotional condition is produced by bilateral
  lesions of the frontal lobe.

What is apathy?
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Clinical Aspects 200

• This radical surgical procedure has been
  performed to control violent, antisocial behavior.

What is a frontal lobotomy?
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Clinical Aspects 300

• This memory condition is produced by bilateral
  lesion of the hippocampus.

What is anterograde amnesia?
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Clinical Aspects 400

• This disorder of thought is associated with
  hyperactivity in the limbic system.

What is schizophrenia?
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Clinical Aspects 500

• Bilateral lesions of the parahippocampal or
  occipitotemporal gyri can produce this condition.

What is Kluver-Bucy syndrome?
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