Exam 2: The Biological Basis of Behavior

Darlene just found out that she made the dean's list, and she's in ecstasy -- singing and dancing down the hallway near her dorm room. Which area of the brain is directing her emotional reaction?

Messages from separate senses are combined and integrated in the ________.

The ________ is believed to be the earliest part of the brain to evolve.

When a neural impulse reaches the end of an axon, it causes tiny oval sacs at the end of the axon to release chemicals called ________.

The part of the brain that acts like a "thermostat," regulating hunger, thirst, sexual drive, and body temperature, is the ________.

Structural imaging techniques are used to ________.

Phineas Gage suffered personality changes as a result of damage to his temporal lobes.

When brain researchers want to map the structures in a living human brain, they use ________.

Permanent damage to the reticular formation can cause ________.

Compare and contrast the functions of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system. What does the current scientific evidence indicate in regard to one's ability to consciously control functions normally controlled by the autonomic nervous system?

Messages from the brain to the various muscles and glands in the body begin their journey in the ________.

The ________ lobe accounts for about one-half the volume of the human brain.

The main ingredient of genes and chromosomes is glucagon.

Undifferentiated precursor cells that, under the right conditions, can give rise to any specialized cell in the body are called ________ cells.

The endocrine gland located below the voice box that produces the hormone for regulating the body's rate of metabolism is the ________ gland.

Language is processed primarily in the left hemisphere ________.

The function of the neuron's dendrite is to ________.

The spinal cord contains each of the following except ________.

A college student is having difficulty staying awake during the day and sleeping through the night. Her difficulties are most likely due to problems in the ________.

The cerebellum ________.