Exam 2: The Biological Perspective

Darla was in an automobile accident that resulted in an injury to her brain.Her sense of touch has been affected.Which part of the brain is the most likely site of the damage?

A group of axons bundled together coated in myelin that travels together through the body is called a ________.

Which is NOT a specific function of the right hemisphere of the brain?

Which of the following is the primary benefit of SPECT over PET?

Isabella is putting mustard on her hot dog.She realizes she has put too much and sucks up some of it back into the squeeze bottle.This process is similar to:

Which of the following brain structures is located near the hippocampus and is responsible for fear responses and memory of fear?

The ________ is a structure in the brain stem that plays a role in sleep,dreaming,left-right body coordination,and arousal.

If you have a problem remembering things that happened a year ago,doctors might check for damage to the area of the brain called the _________.

Researcher Roger Sperry won a Nobel Prize for his research on epilepsy.Sperry cut through the ________,which joins the two hemispheres of the brain.

Ito was driving through a rough part of town late at night when a stray bullet hit the front side of his head.Both the left and right sides of his prefrontal cortex were severely damaged.As a result of the accident,Ito most likely:

Warren is having trouble deciding what he wants to eat for breakfast.Which lobe of his brain is especially active as he makes his selection?

Which of the following is a machine designed to record the brain wave patterns produced by electrical activity of the brain's cortex,just below the scalp?

The brain and spinal cord are two components of the ______.

Pat has decided to undergo surgery to treat her severe epilepsy.Consequently,her doctors will use a surgical procedure in which they will sever her ________.

Libby's physician refers her to a medical center in order to have the biochemical activity in her brain analyzed.She is given an injection of a radioactive glucose-like substance and then is told to lie down with her head in a scanner.The technique being used is ________.

Ever since he suffered a brain injury by falling from a ladder,Zack's wife has continued to tell the doctor that his personality has changed.He used to be fun loving and carefree,but he is now more critical and yells at his children for seemingly little reason.Zack is likely to have suffered damage to the _______ of his cortex.

Andy has decided to seek medical help for mood disturbances and appetite problems.Which neurotransmitter is most likely involved in the problems Andy is experiencing?

When a cell is "at rest," it is in a state called the ________.

Positron-emission tomography (PET scan)is a brain-imaging method using radio waves and magnetic fields of the body to produce detailed images of the brain.

The branchlike structures that receive messages from other neurons are called ________.