Exam 47: The Mammalian Nervous System: Structure and Higher Function

Use the following to answer questions: Match the correct neural region from the list below with each description that follows. Each term may be used more than once. -The preganglionic sympathetic neurons projecting to the heart come from this region.

Which of the following describes the processing of visual information by the retina?

Use the following to answer questions: Match the correct brain structure from the list below with each description that follows. Each term may be used more than once. -The part of the brain that mostly likely has been damaged in a person who suffers from a personality disorder and cannot plan for future events

In the visual cortex, cells that receive information from both eyes are called _______ cells.

The cortex is folded into ridges called _______ and valleys called _______.

Which of the following is not part of the central nervous system?

Which statement about the limbic system is not true?

The _______ constitutes the largest part of the human brain.

Motor neurons send their axons out through the _______ to innervate muscles.

Which statement about afferent and efferent pathways is not true?

Use the following to answer questions: Match the correct part of the nervous system from the list below with each description that follows. Each component can be used more than once, and each question may require more than one answer. -You haven't eaten in a while so your stomach is empty and your body slows its secretion of digestive juices, reflecting the actions of this nervous system component. A) The parasympathetic nervous system B) The autonomic nervous system C) The sympathetic nervous system D) Cholinergic neurons E) The voluntary nervous system

The corpus callosum is the

Use the following to answer questions: Match the correct brain structure from the list below with each description that follows. Each term may be used more than once. -The part of the brain that most likely has been damaged in a person who cannot feel pressure applied to the hand even though the hand has not been injured

A spinal _______ occurs when afferent information is converted to efferent information without the involvement of the brain.

The parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system controls which of the following responses?

Long-term potentiation can be defined as

The insular cortex

Damage to Broca's area results in loss of

Interneurons are not found in the

To study the brains of London taxi drivers, researchers studied their brains by means of the imaging technique known as