Exam 3: Brains, Bodies, and Behavior

Afferent is to efferent as motor is to sensory.

Injury may produce areas of brain damage called ________.

The amygdala is to emotion as the hippocampus is to:

An action potential is followed by a brief _________ period, when the neuron regains its _______ charge.

An axon is a:

The left and right hemispheres of the brain are connected by a bundle of fibers called the ___________.

Which brain study technique below is correctly matched with its description

The process by which the brain responds to experience or damage is termed ___________.

Imagine a large city in which a downtown business district is linked to outlying suburbs by a system of subway trains. The spinal cord's afferent neurons may be likened to the system's ________ trains; the spinal cord's efferent neurons are analogous to the _______ trains.

Migraines, Parkinson's disease, and major depressive disorder may be treated using a brain technique called _____________.

Automatic, involuntary responses to stimuli are termed __________.

Which statement most accurately captures the relationship between testosterone and aggression among men on the one hand and women on the other

Which neurotransmitter is incorrectly described

Testosterone is positively related to aggression not only among men, but also among women.

Which of the following brain structures controls heart rate and breathing

________ neurons in the spinal cord carry sensory messages from receptors to the brain.

The ___________ is an insulating coat of fat and protein wrapped around an axon.

Groups of cells that secrete hormones are called __________.

A monkey makes an involuntary gesture when a portion of its brain is electrically stimulated. The area of the brain that was most likely stimulated is the:

The sympathetic nervous system is a division of the autonomic nervous system.