Exam 2: The Biological Perspective

Incoming sensory messages are made sense of in __________.

Briefly explain Roger Sperry's split-brain research.

The smallest unit in the nervous system is the __________.

What are neurotransmitters?

The autonomic nervous system is responsible for __________.

A long structure leaving the cell body that action potential travel along is called the __________.

The part of the neuron whose name literally means "branch" is __________.

The somatic nervous system is made up of nerves carrying messages from the central nervous system to the muscles of the body.

Jessica suffered a severe blow to the back of her head when she was thrown from her horse. Subsequently, her occipital lobe has been injured. Which of her senses has the highest chance of being affected?

Josh is overweight. His physician has decided to test him to see if there is a problem with the regulation of his __________. Which endocrine gland will be the focus of diagnostic testing?

Why do many reflexes, such as pulling your hand away from a hot iron, happen so quickly?

Deion is typing on his laptop keyboard. The motion of his fingers on the keys is probably being controlled by the __________.

Neurons that carry information from the senses to the spinal cord are called __________.

The __________ is a long bundle of neurons that functions as a carrier of messages between the brain and the body and is responsible for certain reflexes.

The autonomic and somatic nervous systems are divisions of the __________ system.

Which of the following is responsible for the ability to selectively attend to certain kinds of information in one's surroundings and become alert to changes?

Jaime's grandfather recently suffered a stroke and has had difficulty with language production ever since. Most likely, he has experienced damage to the __________ area of his brain.

Rashad put his hand on a hot stove. Which neuron is responsible for sending a pain message up his spinal column, where it would then enter into the main area of the spinal cord?

The area in the back of the temporal lobe that is important in our ability to process and understand what others are saying is __________ area.

The idea that the pituitary gland is the "master gland" is __________.