Exam 3: The Organization and Functions of the Nervous System

The delicate neural structures in the brain are protected by:

In the occipital lobe:

What is neurogenesis and where is it most likely to occur in the brain? Give an example of how it might be used to treat neurological disorders.

Jorge,a 43-year-old factory worker,suffered a stroke.He can speak,but he cannot understand when spoken to.The stroke was probably in:

At any one time only the sympathetic or the parasympathetic nervous system can be activated.

A group of cell bodies in the CNS is a ___ but is termed a ___ if in the peripheral nervous system.

Phineas Gage:

In the human brain:

The skeletal muscles are most directly controlled by the ___ nervous system.

The "Doctrine of Specific Nerve Energies" concerns:

The sympathetic branch of the nervous system arises from:

Compensation in the nervous system is:

Which of the following is not true about psychosurgery?

Emerging new treatments for trauma to the central nervous system include all of the following except:

Sleep is partially regulated by melatonin from the:

Neuron growth enhancers have shown promise for promoting recovery after nervous system damage in animal models,and clinical trials in humans for at least one of these substances has begun.

Spinal cord neurons:

Myelin is important in neural regeneration because:

The prefrontal cortex:

To produce successful therapeutic results after spinal cord damage in animal models,no technique has proved effective.