Exam 5: Body, Brain, Health

Molly strokes the bottom of her baby Martin's foot and watches his toes fan out and then curl. Martin is exhibiting the _____ reflex.

Which reflex is NOT a survival reflex?

Synaptic pruning is associated with increased risk of Alzheimer's disease.

The aging brain may compensate for losses by increased activity in the

Sexual maturation occurs at different rates in different racial and ethnic groups.

The right brain hemisphere

Which of the following characterizes the typical aging brain?

Describe the developing human brain from infancy through older age. Be sure to discuss issues such as neurogenesis, neuron migration, organization plasticity, and lateralization.

While sexually virile throughout most of his life, 80-year-old Hef is no longer able to produce an erection. This loss of ability may be part of

Melissa is 15 years old. All of her friends have become notably "adolescent" in appearance. They have pubic hair and underarm hair and have experienced the "adolescent growth spurt." Melissa has no pubic or underarm hair, and still looks much more like a young girl than an adolescent. The most likely culprit for Melissa's plight is a malfunction of the

Osteoarthritis is a disease that results in a loss of minerals that leaves bones fragile.

Concerning eating habits in childhood,

The endocrine gland that regulates growth and triggers the growth spurt during adolescence is(are) the

Eighty-year-old Sylvester has begun to complain about his knees. To him, his knees now often feel, "Stiff as a board!" Given this description, Sylvester would appear to have

Maya was born with a thyroid deficiency that was not diagnosed as such until she was three years old. What is the likely outcome for Maya?

Two-year-old Tiki has acquired the ability to spin one arm in a large circle while holding the other arm perfectly still. This exemplifies the orthogenetic principle element of

Which reflex involves turning a cheek towards a tactile stimulus?

From age 2 until puberty, children typically gain _____ inches and _____ pounds per year.

Nick has just experienced semenarche. Jessica has just experienced menarche. Which statement is most likely true?

As a typical adolescent growing up in the United States, Maxwell (a male) would most likely achieve his peak RATE of growth for height around _____ years of age.