Exam 2: The Biological Perspective

When the sympathetic nervous system assumes control of the involuntary bodily processes during a stressful situation, which of the following changes is likely to occur?

In order to study parts of an animal's brain, researchers may sometimes deliberately damage a part of the brain. They accomplish this by placing into the brain a thin insulated wire through which they send an electrical current that destroys the brain cells at the tip of the wire. This technique is called __________.

Roll is conducting a research study. She wants to measure the physical connectivity in the research participants' brains by imaging their white matter. Which of the following methods will she use?

Ryan is having great difficulty controlling his appetite. All he wants to do is eat, and no matter how much he eats, he is still hungry. His weight is approaching 400 pounds and he still constantly wants to eat. His physician says the problem is due to a disorder in a specific center of the brain. That brain center is most likely the __________.

Which of the following is the upper part of the brain consisting of two cerebral hemispheres and the structures that connect them?

The __________ lobe is the section of the brain located at the rear and bottom of each cerebral hemisphere and contains the visual centers of the brain.

One function of the nervous system is to send information to and receive information from all parts of the body.

Which gland(s) have the greatest influence over other components of the endocrine system?

How is acetylcholine removed from the synapse?

What are the primary functions of the sympathetic and parasympathetic components of the peripheral nervous system? Describe a situation or experience in which activation of the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions has occurred.

What is the main function of the reticular formation?

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

Endocrine glands __________.

The brain is connected to the other parts of the nervous system by the __________.

The __________ is a group of several brain structures located primarily under the cortex and is involved in learning, emotion, memory, and motivation.

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

Which part of the nervous system takes the information received from the senses, makes sense out of it, makes decisions, and sends commands out to the muscles and the rest of the body?

Traditionally, many have made the analogy that the left brain is to the right brain as __________.

Which technique of studying the brain involves injecting the patient with radioactive glucose?

The cerebellum __________.