Exam 3: The Central Nervous System

____________________ disease is associated with a deficiency of the neurotransmitter dopamine.

Match the following structures, labelled a. through e., to their descriptions. (Options may be used more than once or not at all.) -tough, inelastic, outer meningeal layer

Sleep is accompanied by a reduction in neural activity.

The withdrawal reflex is a monosynaptic reflex.

Match the following functions, labelled a. through f., to their cranial nerves. -vestibulocochlear

Hydrocephalus is caused by insufficient cerebrospinal fluid.

____________________ refers to subjective awareness of surroundings and self.

Ninety percent of the cells within the CNS are neurons.

The four major types of glial cells are ____________________, ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________.

CREB is a brain neurotransmitter.

Match the lobes, labelled a. through d., to their descriptions. (Options may be used more than once or not at all.) -located at the back of the head

The stretch reflex is a polysynaptic reflex.

Which statement does NOT describe paradoxical sleep

The left cerebral hemisphere normally excels in all the following EXCEPT___________.

Match these brain structures, labelled a. through e., with their associated descriptions. (Options may be used more than once or not at all.) -damage to this structure is associated with a resting tremor

Match the nervous pathways, labelled a. through d., with their descriptions. (Options may be used more than once or not at all.) -carry information from the brain down the spinal cord

What region of the brain is concerned primarily with motivation and emotion

Match the types of memory, labelled a. and b., to their characteristics. (Options may be used more than once or not at all.) -takes longer to retrieve information from this store

Nerves of the autonomic nervous system control skeletal muscle responses.

The cerebral cortex is an inner core of white matter.