Exam 4: Exstintion: The Brain: Source of Mind and Self

Joan is told by her physician that her symptoms are caused by a loss of myelin.Her symptoms would be likely to include all of the following EXCEPT:

In the human brain,neurons are microscopic.

According to our textbook,endorphins play a role in:

A PET scan:

Localization of function refers to the specialization of particular brain areas for particular functions.

While having a functional MRI done,bilingual people were asked to think about what they had done the day before,first in one language and then in the other.In those who learned their second language later in life:

The function of _______________ is to gather and process information,produce responses to stimuli,and coordinate the workings of different cells.

Imagine that you have shrunk to microscopic size and that you are traveling through the brain starting at its lowest point,just above the spine.What are the three structures of the brain stem that you encounter? What function is associated with each structure?

The authors note that a brain without a peripheral nervous system would be like a radio without a receiver.Explain what is meant by this analogy.

List the three main parts of the neuron and explain the role each plays in the transmission of neural communication.

Your best friends from high school invite you over for pizza and a friendly game of euchre.Name six parts of the brain and explain the role each plays during your evening of food,fellowship,and euchre.

When adrenal hormones are released in the body,they activate the:

Researchers are now studying the possible involvement of sex hormones in behavior not directly related to sex and reproduction.Cite one example of this research.

In the peripheral nervous system,the axons,and sometimes dendrites,of individual neurons are collected together in bundles called nerves.

Neurotransmitters exist in the brain,spinal cord,peripheral nerves,and certain glands.

If Hiroshi's brain is like that of most people,then language will be handled by his:

What any given neuron does at any given moment depends on the net effect of all the messages being received from other neurons.Whether a particular neuron fires or not,does NOT depend on:

Which of the following neurotransmitters affects neurons involved in learning,dreaming,and waking from sleep?

Chemical substances in the nervous system that are similar in structure and in action to opiates are:

In the peripheral nervous system,_______________ enable us to move,and cause glands to contract and to secrete hormones.