Exam 2: Biology and Behaviour

The cerebral cortex is often referred to as the grey matter because of its colour. The area just below the cortex is often called white matter because of its colour. This area is white because

Convolutions are found in the brain because

At receptor sites a certain neurotransmitter may compete for the same receptor with

The function of synaptic vesicles is to

The most common cause of injury to the adult brain is

The somatic and autonomic nervous systems are part of which of the following systems?

Which of the following is not a role of the hypothalamus?

What are neurotransmitters and how do they work?

Who is associated with mapping the motor cortex?

________ is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain.

The association areas are areas in the cerebral cortex

Once the organization of the somatosensory cortex is fully developed, it does not undergo any changes.

Chemicals released by neurons that increase the likelihood that neuron cells will fire are referred to as

Describe the relationship between axons and dendrites.

None of the imaging techniques discussed in the chapter can show brain activity. They only show structure in varying degrees of detail

The autonomic nervous system is ________ , where as the somatic nervous system is largely ________.

According to research by Stanley Coren, what percentage of the world's population is right-handed?

The medulla and pons are located in the

Which of the following reveals the electrical activity of the brain by producing a record of brain waves?

The resting potential is the firing of a neuron that results when the charge within the neuron becomes more positive than the charge outside the cell membrane.