Exam 2: Neuroscience and Biological Foundations

Name the two branches of the autonomic nervous system, describe the function of each branch, and state the changes that occur in various target organs during the "fight-or-flight" response.

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Question 21

What does a neuron do if it receives both inhibitory and excitatory impulses from neighboring neurons at the same time?

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Question 22

Schizophrenia is associated with abnormalities in which lobes?

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Question 23

Describe the location and main functions of the subcortical areas of the brain: the thalamus, hypothalamus, and limbic system.

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Question 24

Which area is found in the left temporal lobe and is involved with language comprehension?

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Question 25

Which of these is an X-ray procedure that reveals cross-sectional views of internal structural damage or problems in the brain?

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Question 26

Which of these is an interconnected group of lower-level brain structures that are responsible for the arousal and regulation of emotion, motivation, memory, and other mental processes?

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Question 27

Research suggests that people with which disorder might experience some benefit from stem cell injections?

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Question 28

What part of the nervous system would be immediately activated if you were attacked by a mugger late at night walking along a dark street?

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Question 29

Destroying the amygdala in a research rat in order to observe changes in its behavior is best characterized as ________.

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Question 30

What part of a person's brain might be affected if the person could speak quickly and easily, but could not understand what was read or heard?

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Question 31

Which of the following is a characteristic of the cerebral cortex?

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Question 32

Which neurotransmitter is involved in the metabolism of glucose necessary for energy release?

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Question 33

The thyroid gland is most closely associated with ________.

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Question 34

Which of these is a component of the endocrine system?

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Question 35

What determines the kind of cells into which stem cells eventually develop?

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Question 36

Which method uses electrodes to record the brain's electrical activity?

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Question 37

What is the part of the neuron that performs cleanup tasks, supply oxygen and nutrients, and insulates one neuron from another so that neural messages do not get "scrambled"?

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Question 38

The ________ lobes of the cerebral cortex house the auditory centers of the brain.

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Question 39

The frontal lobes are responsible for ________.

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Name the two branches of the autonomic nervous system, describe the function of each branch, and state the changes that occur in various target organs during the "fight-or-flight" response.

What does a neuron do if it receives both inhibitory and excitatory impulses from neighboring neurons at the same time?

Schizophrenia is associated with abnormalities in which lobes?

Describe the location and main functions of the subcortical areas of the brain: the thalamus, hypothalamus, and limbic system.

Which area is found in the left temporal lobe and is involved with language comprehension?

Which of these is an X-ray procedure that reveals cross-sectional views of internal structural damage or problems in the brain?

Which of these is an interconnected group of lower-level brain structures that are responsible for the arousal and regulation of emotion, motivation, memory, and other mental processes?

Research suggests that people with which disorder might experience some benefit from stem cell injections?

What part of the nervous system would be immediately activated if you were attacked by a mugger late at night walking along a dark street?

Destroying the amygdala in a research rat in order to observe changes in its behavior is best characterized as ________.

What part of a person's brain might be affected if the person could speak quickly and easily, but could not understand what was read or heard?

Which of the following is a characteristic of the cerebral cortex?

Which neurotransmitter is involved in the metabolism of glucose necessary for energy release?

The thyroid gland is most closely associated with ________.

Which of these is a component of the endocrine system?

What determines the kind of cells into which stem cells eventually develop?

Which method uses electrodes to record the brain's electrical activity?

What is the part of the neuron that performs cleanup tasks, supply oxygen and nutrients, and insulates one neuron from another so that neural messages do not get "scrambled"?

The ________ lobes of the cerebral cortex house the auditory centers of the brain.

The frontal lobes are responsible for ________.

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