Exam 13: The Nervous System

One of the most common brain injuries is

Which lobe of the cerebrum is a processing center for speech?

The steady charge difference across the plasma membrane is called the

The two principal divisions of the peripheral nervous system are the

Selecting the Exception Four of the five answers listed below are parts of the central nervous system. Select the exception.

Which chemical controls blood vessel dilation?

A deterioration in the myelin sheaths of motor axons to the lower leg would be expected to

During the recovery period between action potentials,

When the brain's normal electrical activity becomes chaotic, which condition may develop?

Within a single neuron, the direction an impulse follows is

Signals from the parasympathetic nervous system cause which of the following?

The part of the brain that deals with the basic drives such as hunger and thirst is the

The myelin sheath

Which structure protects the brain from harmful substances traveling in the blood?

Paranoid delusions and auditory hallucinations are associated with

During the passage of a nerve impulse all of the following occur EXCEPT

Selecting the Exception Four of the five answers listed below are true of a neuron at resting potential. Select the exception.

Selecting the Exception Four of the five answers listed below are actively involved in nerve impulse transmission. Select the exception.

The autonomic subdivision consists specifically of