Exam 4: The Biological Bases of Behaviour

Calm is to aroused as _______ is to _______.

A synapse is most important in:

The brain is connected to the rest of the body via the:

The system that relays messages in the form of electrochemical impulses throughout the body is called __________.

The corpus callosum:

Damage to the medulla can seriously impair one's ability to:

A long structure leaving the cell body that action potentials travel along is called the __________.

Dr.Chapin has just finished a delicate brain operation.He turns to a group of interns and says,"She probably lost about 1000 ___________,but since she still has over 100 billion left,she should recover nicely." Dr.Chapin was most likely referring to:

Corey was in an automobile accident that resulted in an injury to her brain.She now has difficulty maintaining her balance and normal body positions.Her sense of touch has also been injured.The part of her brain most likely injured was her ___________.

The two major divisions of the central nervous system are:

Dendrites:

Which of the following statements about the brain is FALSE?

Calm is to aroused as _______ is to _______.

Which of the following most directly controls bodily reflexes?

The bundle of nerves that connects the two hemispheres of the brain is called the:

The part of the brain that receives sensations of touch,balance,and bodily position is the __________.

The brain:

The short fibres that extend from the neurons,allowing them to receive messages from other neurons,are

Corey was in an automobile accident that resulted in an injury to her brain.She now has difficulty with her hearing and her memory.The part of her brain most likely injured was her __________.

The autonomic nervous system is divided into two parts.These are termed the __________ nervous systems.