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Test Bank For Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, Enhanced
Edition 4th Edition By Mark Bear; Barry Connors; Michael A.
Paradiso 9781284211283 All Chapters .
Professor Seif conducts research on the relationship between the limbic system and sexual
motivation. Her research interests best represent the psychological specialty known as: - ANSWER:
biolgical psychology

Dendrites are branching extensions of: - ANSWER: neurons

an axon is - ANSWER: the extension of a neuron that carries messages away from the cell body.

In transmitting sensory information to the brain, an electrical signal travels from the ________ of a
single neuron. - ANSWER: dendrites to the cell body to the axon

The speed at which a neural impulse travels is increased when the axon is encased by a(n): - ANSWER:
myelin sheath.

A brief electrical charge that travels down the axon of a neuron is called the: - ANSWER: action
potential

The part of a neuron that transmits neural messages to other neurons or to muscles or glands is called
the - ANSWER: axon

The movement of positively charged ions across the membrane of a neuron can produce a(n): -
ANSWER: action potential

The selective permeability of a neural membrane creates a(n): - ANSWER: resting potential

An allornone response pattern is characteristic of the: - ANSWER: initiation of neural impulses.

Resting potential is to action potential as ________ is to ________. - ANSWER: polarization;
depolarization

A synapse is a(n): - ANSWER: junction between a sending neuron and a receiving neuron.

The chemical messengers released into the spatial junctions between neurons are called: - ANSWER:
neurotransmitters

When the release of ACh is blocked, the result is: - ANSWER: muscular paralysis.

Opiate drugs occupy the same receptor sites as: - ANSWER: endorphins

The slowdown of neural communication in multiple sclerosis involves a degeneration of the: -
ANSWER: myelin sheath

The spatial junctions where impulses are chemically transmitted from one neuron to another are
called: - ANSWER: synapses

The body's speedy, electrochemical information system is called the: - ANSWER: nervous system

Information travels from the spinal cord to the brain via: - ANSWER: interneurons

, In order for you to be able to run, ________ must relay messages from your central nervous system to
your leg muscles. - ANSWER: motor neurons

Motor neurons are to the ________ nervous system as interneurons are to the ________ nervous
system. - ANSWER: peripheral; central

The somatic nervous system is a component of the ________ nervous system. - ANSWER: peripheral

An accelerated heartbeat is to a slowed heartbeat as the ________ nervous system is to the ________
nervous system. - ANSWER: sympathetic; parasympathetic

When Mr. Valdez thought his 1-year-old daughter had fallen down the stairs, his heartbeat
accelerated, his blood pressure rose, and he began to perspire heavily. Mr. Valdez's state of arousal
was activated by his ________ nervous system. - ANSWER: sympathetic

The knee-jerk reflex is controlled by interneurons in the: - ANSWER: spinal cord

neural networks - ANSWER: interconnected clusters of neurons in the central nervous system

A football quarterback can simultaneously make calculations of receiver distances, player movements,
and gravitational forces. This best illustrates the activity of multiple: - ANSWER: neural networks

Hormones are the chemical messengers of the - ANSWER: endocrine system

Endocrine glands secrete hormones directly into: - ANSWER: the bloodstream

Epinephrine and norepinephrine are released by the: - ANSWER: adrenal glands

Which endocrine gland regulates body growth? - ANSWER: pituitary

At the age of 22, Mrs. LaBlanc was less than 4 feet tall. Her short stature was probably influenced by
the lack of a growth hormone produced by the: - ANSWER: pituitary gland

Surgical destruction of brain tissue is called a(n): - ANSWER: lesion

The best way to detect enlarged fluid-filled brain regions in some patients who have schizophrenia is
to use a(n): - ANSWER: MRI

The sequence of brain regions from the evolutionarily oldest to newest is - ANSWER: brainstem;
limbic system; cerebral cortex.

If your ________ is destroyed, the left side of your brain could not control the movements of your
right hand. - ANSWER: corpus callsum

The reticular formation is located in the: - ANSWER: brainstem

Severing a cat's reticular formation from higher brain regions causes the cat to: - ANSWER: lapse into
a coma

Your life would be most immediately threatened if you suffered destruction of the - ANSWER: medulla

Your ability to experience the physical pleasure of a hot shower is most likely to be disrupted by
damage to your: - ANSWER: thalamus

After Kato's serious motorcycle accident, doctors detected damage to his cerebellum. Kato is most
likely to have difficulty: - ANSWER: playing his guitar

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