Exam 2: The Biological Perspective

The part of the autonomic nervous system that is responsible for reacting to stressful events and bodily arousal is called the ________ nervous system.

In order to study parts of an animal's brain,researchers may sometimes deliberately damage a part of the brain.They accomplish this by placing into the brain a thin insulated wire through which they send an electrical current that destroys the brain cells at the tip of the wire.This technique is called ____________.

Which part of the brain is very small but extremely powerful and controls the pituitary gland?

Which of the following is the upper part of the brain consisting of two cerebral hemispheres and the structures that connect them?

If Mindy's doctor has taken a series of images of her brain using X-rays,then she has likely had a(n)________.

The nervous system is defined as________.

Katie has grown up sleeping with a fan running in her room since she was an infant.This provides white noise to drown out the television programs being watched by other family members who were still awake.In an effort to save electricity,her mother has started coming into her room and turning her fan off after she thinks Katie is aslee

The saclike structures found inside the synaptic knob containing chemicals are called ________.

What do we call the state of a neuron when it is not firing a neural impulse?

Which of the following is responsible for the ability to selectively attend to certain kinds of information in one's surroundings and become alert to changes?

Which part of the neuron is responsible for maintaining the life of the cell?

Bobby B.was rollerblading when a cat jumped right in front of him,causing him to fall.When he fell,he landed on the side of his head.Shortly afterwards,Bobby complained that he could not understand what people were saying to him.Which lobe would have been most affected by this fall given what he experienced?

The cortex "wrinkles" as a result of fluid filling the brain over the lifespan.

The brain is divided into several different structures on the bottom part of the brain referred to as the "hindbrain." Which of the parts of the brain listed below is NOT located in the hindbrain?

The branch of the autonomic nervous system that restores the body to normal functioning after arousal and is responsible for day-to-day functioning of the organs and glands is called the _________.

The central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord.

________ receive messages from other neurons and ________ send messages to other neurons.

The ________ is a structure in the brain stem responsible for life-sustaining functions,such as breathing and heart rate.

Messages from the brain to the muscles and glands in the body begin their journey in the ________.

The action potential causes neurotransmitters to be released into the ________.