Exam 49: Nervous Systems

Stem cell transplants may someday be used to treat Parkinson's disease. Researchers are hopeful that these cells would alleviate the symptoms of Parkinson's disease by ________.

The central nervous system is lacking in animals that have ________.

In humans, control of balance and coordinated movements are associated with increased activity in the ________.

If you were writing an essay, the part(s)of your brain that would be actively involved in this task is/are the ________.

The regulation of body temperature derives from the activity of the ________.

Injury localized to the hypothalamus would most likely disrupt

Use the figure to answer the following question. Control of respiration and circulation are associated with the ________.

Exercise and reactions to exciting stimuli include ________.

Increased activity in the sympathetic nervous system leads to ________.

In mammals, advanced cognition is usually correlated with a large and very convoluted cerebral cortex, but birds are capable of sophisticated cognition because they have ________.

Use the figure to answer the following question. If a person suffered a stroke which damaged brain region B, what might be the expected outcome?

If a patient has an injury in the brainstem, which of the following would be observed?

Which of the following structures or regions is incorrectly paired with its function?

Forming new long-term memories is strikingly disrupted after damage to the ________.

An injury to the temporal lobe will likely impair the function of the ________.

The divisions of the nervous system that have antagonistic, or opposing, actions are ________.

In the human knee-jerk reflex of a seated individual, as the calf is raised from a vertical position to a horizontal position, the muscles of the quadriceps (on the front of the thighs)and the muscles of the hamstring (on the back side of the thighs)are ________.

The brain reward system ________.

Short-term and long-term memory are related but have important differences. Short-term memory ________.

Food and water appetites are under the regulatory influence of the ________.