Exam: nervous system (8th grade)

In the 20th century, a lobotomy became a legitimate alternative treatment for serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia and severe depression. Physicians even used it to treat chronic or severe pain and backaches.
“As those who watched the procedure described it, a patient would be rendered unconscious by electroshock. The surgeon would then take a sharp ice pick-like instrument, insert it above the patient’s eyeball through the orbit of the eye, into the brain, moving the instrument back and forth. Then he would do the same thing on the other side of the face.”
In 1941, when Rosemary Kennedy was 23, her father Joseph Kennedy was told by her doctors that a new procedure would help calm her mood swings that the family found difficult to handle at home. Her father gave permission for the lobotomy to be performed. After the surgery Rosemary was reduced to an infantile mentality that left her incontinent and staring blankly at walls for hours. Her verbal skills were reduced to unintelligible babble.

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Why electroshock was usefull to leave patients unconsious?

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According to Rosemary's story, which brain lobe was affected after the lobotomy procedure?

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Circle or write the name (if you are in the school) of at least 2 living things that do not have any type of nervous system:

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What will happen to a neuron that has its axon covered by damaged myelin?

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The part of the brain that helps this baby to learn to walk is:

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Which type of neurons are doing more synaptic process in this baby?

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Using the learned concepts, explain in a short text what is happening in this image:

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A friend of yours is having hearing problems: he has been developing hearing loss in his left ear. He told you that the doctor claims it is caused by a problem in his brain. Your friend didn't understand what that means, so you're trying to explain what you think is happening. According to the image, you will explain to your friend that perhaps:

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Why electroshock was usefull to leave patients unconsious?

According to Rosemary's story, which brain lobe was affected after the lobotomy procedure?

Circle or write the name (if you are in the school) of at least 2 living things that do not have any type of nervous system:

What will happen to a neuron that has its axon covered by damaged myelin?

The part of the brain that helps this baby to learn to walk is:

Which type of neurons are doing more synaptic process in this baby?

Using the learned concepts, explain in a short text what is happening in this image:

You receive a phone call, how your sensory neurons act here?

Your phone is ringing, select the brain lobes that help you the most to process the information.

Which coud be the response of your motor neurons?

Which of these animals do not show any level of cephalization?