Exam 2: Biology and Behavior

The right and left halves of the cerebrum are called the _____

Compared to a typical female brain, a typical male brain will have a _____ proportion of white matter in _____

The _____ allows for voluntary body movement and is located within the _____ lobe.

The Human Genome Project's goal is to identify the _____ of all genes and their locations on the _____

Imagine you are playing in a championship basketball game. You have just taken a fall while trying to get a rebound and your ankle begins to hurt. Moments later, you notice the pain in your ankle seems to have subsided. You attribute this pain relief to a release of _____, which is a type of neurotransmitter that relieves pain.

Into our twenties, the brain develops in _____ of growth and _____

The left hemisphere has regions devoted to _____

Nora has had hearing defects since she was a child. She is now 43 and a new procedure to regenerate hair cells in the auditory canal has helped her to have those hearing defects corrected. What most likely occurred in Nora's brain as a result?

The outermost layer of the brain, called the _____, is mostly responsible for higher mental functions such as language, memory, and thinking.

When a neuron is at rest, it carries a _____ electrical potential (charge).

Directly behind the frontal lobe is the _____ lobe, where sensory information registers in the _____ cortex.

Though very rare, 3-year-old Zora suffered a stroke. After participating in two years of rehabilitation, Zora recovered nearly all of her lost functioning. What might account for this high degree of recovery?

The _____ is heavily involved in the learning of fear responses.

Gray matter gets its color from _____ whereas white matter gets its color from _____

Phineas Gage is a famous example of someone who sustained damage to their prefrontal cortex and lost the ability to _____

The part of a neuron that extends, tail-like, from the soma, and releases neurotransmitters into the synapse is the _____

_____ is a brain-scanning technique that uses a rotating, computerized X-ray tube to produce cross-sectional images of the structures of the brain.

The pituitary gland produces _____

The cerebrum is devised primarily of the following brain components: _____, _____, and _____.

You have a great deal of conscious control over the nerves of the _____ nervous system, but not over the nerves of the _____ nervous system.