Exam 3: The Brain and the Nervous System

You see the brain scans from a healthy longtime New York cab driver. Based on your knowledge of the study conducted with London cab drivers, what would you expect to see on the New York driver's scan?

Which of the following statements best describes the current scientific view regarding the functioning of our left and right hemispheres?

What is the difference between a CT scan and an MRI scan?

How can propagation speed be increased for a neuron?

During an epileptic attack, abnormal seizure "waves" are commonly recorded in both hemispheres. One major reason for this is that __________.

What is wrong with the accompanying graph of an action potential?

A researcher stimulates a brain area with leads, resulting in movements on the right side of the body. The stimulation likely occurred in __________.

Perseveration, failure to shift strategies, and inability to control one's own impulses are all characteristic of damage to the __________.

What is the ratio of glial cells to neurons?

Damage to the __________ of the human brain is associated with difficulties in planning and social cognition.

So-called subcortical structures lie underneath the cortex. One of these is the thalamus, which __________.

The development of medicines to help people with brain disorders is complicated by the brain's natural defense system, called the __________ barrier.

Sarah is completing a puzzle in which she must put the brain parts in the right area. In which area should she put the cerebellum?

An agonist __________.

The forebrain is divided into two halves __________.

An agnosia is a __________.

The frontal lobes are divided from the temporal lobes __________.

Which of the following is NOT one of the primary functions of glia?

What is a glia?

Which of the following is not an important neurotransmitter?