Exam 2: Neuroscience and Biological Foundations

A possible future treatment to help those paralyzed from spinal cord injuries to walk again is ______.

Rosa has multiple sclerosis, a degenerative disorder that causes myelin sheathe around some of her neurons to disintegrate.What effect will this have on Rosa's nerve impulses?

In the future, _____ may be used to treat injury, eye disease, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, epilepsy, stress, and strokes.

The _____ is another name for the cell body.

The _____ is a diffuse set of neurons in the core of the brain stem that screens incoming sensory information and arouses the cortex.

The long tube-like structure that conveys impulses away from the cell body toward other neurons, muscles, or glands is called a(n)_____.

Which neuroimaging technique involves placing electrodes on the scalp in order to assess the electrical activity in the brain?

Which part of the brain is responsible for directing sensory information (except smell)from the sensory organs to the appropriate cerebral cortex for interpretation?

One important difference between a myelinated and unmyelinated axon is _____.

Lightly stroking the sole of an infant's feet and seeing the toes fan out and the foot turn in is initiating the _____ reflex.

The _____ is involved in coordinating eye and body movement and works with the pons to coordinate sleep and arousal.

Stimulating the _____ increases aggressive behavior.

The hippocampus, amygdala, thalamus, and hypothalamus are all parts of the _____.

The cerebral cortex is about one-eighth of an inch thick and is comprised of about ________ neurons.

________ neurons are those that respond to sensory messages by transmitting signals that activate muscles or glands.

Which of the following would be considered the foundation of the human nervous system?

A split-brain patient is presented with the word "TENANT," with "TEN" presented to her right visual field and "ANT" presented to her left visual field.How does she respond when asked what word she sees?

An impulse that travels inward from a sensory fiber to the spinal cord then outward to a muscle fiber without involving the brain is called a(n)_____.

"Split-brain" is the term used to describe which of the following conditions?

Which type of neuroimaging technique can produce a high-resolution three-dimensional picture of the brain?