Exam 2: The Nervous System: Structure and Function

Split-brain surgery is primarily intended to be a surgical intervention to treat epilepsy.

Stimulating activity of what brain region would be predicted to enhance the effectiveness of biofeedback techniques?

Being given a "pat on the back" refers to being hit on the body's ____________ surface.

How much of the body's fuel is used by the brain?

The temporal lobes are ____________ to the thalamus.

Which of the following structures is critical for the regulation of movement?

The insertion of fluorescent protein genes found in jellyfish and coral into mouse genes is the basis of ________

Which of the following structures is likely the most critical for maintaining basic functions needed to support life?

Which structure is part of the temporal lobes?

A ________ is a specific area of skin served by a spinal nerve.

As brain complexity increases across species to humans, there is a disproportionate increase in the size of the cerebral cortex.

What is one reason that neurons in the central nervous system (CNS) do not regenerate?

One function of microglia is to clean up the debris in the nervous system.

Nodes of Ranvier are likely to be found between what type of cells?

Endothelial cells with tight junctions in combination with ________ are responsible for the blood-brain barrier.

Immediately_______ to the thalamus is the ____________.

What type of cells helps prevent toxic substances in the bloodstream from entering the brain?

The sites of protein synthesis in neurons are called ________

Dendritic spines are small fibers where terminal branches appear.

The spinal nerves deal mostly with head, neck and shoulders.