Exam 3: The Organization and Functions of the Nervous System

The functioning of the two hemispheres is:

The hypothalamus controls the:

All of the following are true of the hindbrain except:

Symptoms of menopause,when the hormonal system and body regulation mechanisms are altered,logically involve changes in the:

Neurogenesis has been noted in what two disorders?

Psychosurgery is a surgical intervention intended to treat cognitive or emotional disorders.

The effects of ionizing radiation on the developing brain:

Identify the major functions of the frontal lobe.What have we learned about the frontal lobes from the case of Phineas Gage?

The lateral fissure separates the frontal lobe from the occipital lobe.

Damage to the cerebellum could cause problems with:

The cerebral hemispheres are separated by the:

Embryonic stem cells are said to be ____________,meaning these cells can potentially become any type of body cell.

The nervous system is divided into three subunits: the central nervous system,the spinal cord,and the peripheral nervous system.

In the final stage of neural circuit pruning,the postsynaptic neuron sends "feedback" to the presynaptic neuron in the form of ___.

In the mammalian CNS,neural repair may be difficult because:

During development the hollow interior of the nervous system develops into:

The neurons entering the spinal cord from the periphery differ from neurons in the brain in that:

The midbrain includes:

With electrical stimulation during brain surgery,Penfield reported that patients:

The ganglia in the sympathetic nervous system are ___ and respond ___.