Exam 2: The Biological Perspective

Rashad is in the hospital and is about to undergo a brain-imaging process that involves placing him inside a magnetic field so that a computer can create three-dimensional images of his brain. What procedure is he about to undergo?

Hormones are chemicals that are secreted and go directly into ________.

LaKeisha stepped on a piece of glass and quickly pulled her foot away from that sharp object. Which of the following are responsible for sending a message to the muscles in LaKeisha's foot, resulting in her pulling her foot away from the piece of glass?

Libby's physician refers her to a medical center in order to have the biochemical activity in her brain analyzed. She is given an injection of a radioactive glucose-like substance and then is told to lie down with her head in a scanner. The technique being used is ________.

The autonomic nervous system has two divisions: __________.

The ability to detect changes in temperature, pressure, and body position is due in part to the functions of the __________ lobe.

The small gap between adjacent neurons is the:

You have a dream in which you wake up to find that people around you are using words that make no sense. What's more, your friends don't seem to understand you when you speak. At one point in your dream, your mom tells you that you almost forgot your tree limb today. When you give her a puzzled look, she holds up your lunchbox and repeats, "You know, your tree limb." Your predicament in your dream is most like which of the ?following disorders?

A synapse is most important in:

The autonomic nervous system has two divisions: the ________ and the ________.

Signals from the neurons of which sense are not sent to the cortex by the thalamus?

The part of the hindbrain that controls such things as breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure is the __________.

What is the term used to describe the bulbs located at the end of the axon?

The cerebrum is divided into two hemispheres that control opposite sides of the body.

The part of the neuron that carries outgoing messages either to another neuron or to a muscle or gland is the _________.

Which part of a neuron is attached to the soma and carries messages out to other cells?

Calm is to aroused as _______ is to _______.

The pea-sized gland that is stimulated by light and helps regulate activity levels over the course of a day is the:

Which of the following coordinates involuntary, rapid, fine-motor movement?

A victim of a car wreck with head injuries, whose involuntary bodily processes (breathing, heartbeat, etc.) have been disturbed, probably has had damage done to the _______.