Complete Test Bank For Neuroscience: Exploring The Brain, Fourth Edition By Mark F. Bear, Barry W. Connors, Michael A. Paradiso || Updated Version With All Chapters Covered (1 -25) {2024 – 2025}
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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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