Exam 3: The Organization and Functions of the Nervous System

Which of the following areas is not protected by the blood-brain barrier?

The spinal cord is most important for:

Name and describe the four stages of development of the nervous system.Give an example of how exposure to certain drugs or toxins can affect development.

Organization in the spinal cord is:

Which of the following statements regarding lobotomies is false?

Assuming that cortical development for color perception in the cat is similar to that for line orientation,a cat reared in an environment in which only the color yellow was present would most likely:

The ___ is the largest region in the human brain.

In the development of the brain,the:

Neural plasticity refers to the:

According to the author of your text,the ___ contains the largest concentration of nuclei important to behavior in the brain.

Homunculus refers to:

Physical therapy can be effective following brain injury because:

During the migration stage of nervous system development:

A gyrus is:

Immature behavior during adolescence might be physiologically predictable because:

A nerve is a:

To pass the blood-brain barrier a substance must be:

In the spinal cord:

Damage to the prefrontal cortex is least likely to result in problems with:

Dr.Amato,an anthropologist,found three skulls at one site.He is most likely to conclude that the: