Exam 2: C: The Biological Perspective

The left cerebral hemisphere primarily controls:

Which hemisphere of the cerebral cortex is usually dominant in language tasks?

The part of the hind brain that largely controls breathing,heart rate,and blood pressure is the ______________.

The part of the hindbrain that controls such things as breathing,heart rate,and blood pressure is the __________.

The small gap between adjacent neurons is the:

After removal of a tumor from the LEFT side of her brain,Sharon recovered well.However,some of her former abilities are now limited.Which of the following abilities are most likely affected?

It's midnight,and you are alone in your room studying.You hear a loud crash outside your room,and your whole body reacts instantly and furiously.The system that produces these reactions is the ________ system.

The corpus callosum:

The brain is part of the:

Eating,drinking,sexual behavior,temperature control,and sleeping are strongly influenced by the __________.

A young woman returns from a day at the beach to find she has developed a severe sunburn.Which neurons are sending the messages from her burned skin to her brain informing her of the pain from the burn?

The somatosensory cortex is located in the _______ lobe of the brain.

A nerve impulse from one neuron affects the activity of a neighboring neuron at a point of interaction called the:

The central nervous system consists of the __________.

What kinds of neurons are connected to receptor cells in the skin,muscles,and joints?

Dendrites:

The structure that connects the two hemispheres of the cerebral cortex is the _________.

Individuals who have had their corpus callosum cut are said to have a:

The structure in the center of the forebrain that relays sensory information is called the __________.

The entire area composed of the axon terminal of one neuron,the synaptic cleft,and the dendrite,or cell body of the next neuron is called the _________.