Exam 2: The Nervous System

List and describe the organization hierarchy of the peripheral nervous system.

Which of the following would be most likely to increase heart rate?

Which nervous sytem is responsible for delivering voluntary motor signals from the CNS to muscles throughout the body?

Which of the following lists the components found in a synapse?

A researcher found that a drug increased heart rate.Which nervous system was the drug most likely acting upon?

Damage to the hippocampus would likely cause impairments to long-term memory formation.

List and describe a primary function of each lobe of the brain.

If a drug severely depressed the functioning of the medulla,which of the following might be likely to occur?

The thalamus routes all types of sensory information except:

The hills on the surface of the brain are referred to as:

The reticular activating system includes all of the following structures except:

The midbrain contains the:

The inhibitory extracelluar matrix consists of chemicals that:

A neuron was found to originate in the hippocampus and terminate in the prefrontal cortex.Relative to the hippocampus,the neuron would be called a(n):

The greater the density of spines along dendrites,the greater a neuron's:

The point where a motor neuron meets a muscle fiber is called the:

The ________________ maintains many physiological processes by motivating an organism's behavior.

______________ are chemicals that promote the growth and development of neurons.

Specialized cells in the nervous system that control behavior,senses,and movement are called:

List and describe two functions for cerebrospinal fluid.