17Quizzes
Neuroscience
Explore the final frontier: the human brain. Our neuroscience quizzes cover the structure of a neuron, the function of brain lobes, neurotransmitters, and the complex processes of sensation, perception, learning, and memory.
Reflex Arc
The reflex arc pathway, why reflexes are fast and involuntary, and how knee jerk and pupil reflexes are tested.
Spinal Cord
Spinal cord segments, conus and cauda equina, meninges, grey matter horns, roots, nerves and major tracts.
Cognitive Neuroscience: Language & Lateralization
A specialized quiz on Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas, aphasias, and the hemispheric specialization of the brain.
Neurodegenerative Disorders
Identify the biological markers and symptoms of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Huntington’s disease.
Neuroplasticity & Brain Repair
Test your knowledge on adult neurogenesis, axonal sprouting, and the brain’s ability to reorganize after injury.
Functional Neuroanatomy
Identify the major lobes of the brain, the cerebellum, and the brainstem, and their primary functions.
Motor Control & The Basal Ganglia
A deep dive into the direct and indirect pathways, the role of the substantia nigra, and voluntary movement.
Sleep, Arousal & Circadian Rhythms
Explore the stages of sleep, the role of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), and neurotransmitters like Melatonin.
The Autonomic Nervous System
Contrast the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic divisions and how they regulate internal homeostasis.
Sensory Systems: Vision & Hearing
Understand how the brain processes light and sound, from the retina and cochlea to the primary sensory cortices.
Synaptic Transmission & Neurotransmitters
Explore the chemical synapse: vesicle release, reuptake, and the roles of Glutamate, GABA, and Dopamine.
Synaptic Plasticity & LTP
Test your knowledge on Long-Term Potentiation (LTP), the role of the hippocampus, and synaptic plasticity.
Neurotransmitters
Dopamine, Serotonin, GABA, and Acetylcholine.
Sensation & Perception
How the brain processes sight, sound, and touch.
Learning & Memory
Synaptic plasticity, LTP, and key brain areas like the hippocampus.
Structure of a Neuron
Identify the dendrite, soma, axon, and myelin sheath.
Lobes of the Brain
Functions of the frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes.
Dictionary
Key Neuroscience Terms
Plain definitions, with how to say each word and where it comes from.
- Acetylcholine
Acetylcholine is the neurotransmitter motor neurons use to make skeletal muscles contract, and a key messenger in the autonomic nervous system and brain.
- Action potential
An action potential is a brief, all-or-none reversal of the voltage across a nerve or muscle cell membrane that travels along the cell as a signal.
- Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive brain disease that destroys neurons and their connections and is the leading cause of dementia in older adults.
- Amygdala
The amygdala is an almond-shaped cluster of nuclei deep in each temporal lobe that processes emotion, especially fear, and colors memories with feeling.
- Autonomic nervous system
The autonomic nervous system is the division of the nervous system that runs involuntary functions such as heart rate, digestion and gland secretion.
- Axon
An axon is the single long projection of a neuron that carries electrical impulses away from the cell body toward other neurons, muscles or glands.
Diagrams
See Neuroscience Drawn
Interactive diagrams to step through before a quiz, every part linked to its definition.
- Human Brain diagram
The human brain from the side: the four lobes, the cerebellum, the brainstem and the cortex areas for movement, touch, speech, hearing and sight.
- Neuron diagram
The parts of a neuron and what they do: dendrites, cell body, axon hillock, axon, myelin sheath, nodes of Ranvier, axon terminals and the synapse.
- Action Potential diagram
How a neuron fires: from rest at −70 mV to threshold, sodium rushing in, potassium flowing out, the undershoot and back, the spike itself over in 1 to 2 ms.
- Human Eye diagram
The parts of the human eye and what each does: the cornea, iris, lens and ciliary body, the three coats, the retina with its fovea, and the optic nerve.
- Human Ear diagram
The parts of the human ear and what each does: the auricle, ear canal, eardrum, ossicles, cochlea, semicircular canals and the nerve to the brain.
3D molecules
See Neuroscience in 3D
Real structures to turn and explore, every part explained and linked to its definition.
- Potassium Channel in 3D
A pore in the cell membrane that lets potassium ions through in single file, about ten thousand times more readily than sodium.
- Caffeine in 3D
The stimulant in coffee and tea: a flat purine with three methyl groups, close enough in shape to adenosine to block its receptors.
Career
Where Neuroscience Leads
Careers that use it: what each job is, how people get in and what it pays.
- Audiologist
Tests hearing and balance, finds the cause of problems and helps people manage them with hearing aids, implants and therapy.
- Optometrist
Examines eyes and vision, prescribes glasses and contact lenses, and spots early signs of eye disease and wider health problems.
- Physiotherapist
Helps people move better after injury, illness or surgery, using exercise, hands-on treatment and advice to ease pain and build strength.
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