Exam 2: Neuroscience and Behavior

_____ is a type of specialized cell whose main function is to communicate between neurons.

Which gland directly regulates the production of hormones in other endocrine glands?

In males, the gonads are the _____, which secrete _____.

What are glial cells, and what is their role in the nervous system?

The resting potential is:

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

You've been studying biology in the library for the last couple of hours when you realize that you're getting really hungry and thirsty. Which brain structure plays a key role in triggering feelings of hunger and thirst?

Your pencil starts to roll off the desk and in a smooth, coordinated fashion you grab it just before it rolls off the edge. Your ability to perform this action involves which of the following brain areas?

Like a key in a lock, the shape of the _____ must fit the _____ to affect the postsynaptic neuron.

The brains of fish, birds, amphibians, and humans share many common brain structures, although they differ in their degree of complexity.

Researchers have found that endorphins have pain-reducing effects.

A split-brain patient will not be able to verbally identify a picture that is flashed to the left visual field (and therefore processed in the right hemisphere) but will be able to pick up the pictured object with his or her left hand.

The idea that specific psychological or cognitive functions are processed primarily on one side of the brain is called:

When a person experiences a sharp blow to the head or body and this disrupts normal brain functioning, _____ may be diagnosed.

There are four hollow cavities in the brain, called ventricles, which are filled with cerebrospinal fluid and whose inner surfaces are lined with neural stem cells.

According to the Enhancing Well-Being with Psychology feature in Chapter 2, in general, the greater the level of aerobic fitness:

In general, the greater the level of aerobic fitness, the greater the increase of blood flow to the hippocampus and therefore the greater the birth of new neurons.

The amygdala is an almond-shaped structure at the base of the brain that is attached to and controls the pituitary gland.

This cross-sectional drawing of the human brain depicts four structures that are key components of the limbic system. Which brain structure regulates survival behaviors, such as eating, drinking, fear, aggression, and sleep-wake cycles?

_____ are to the peripheral nervous system as _____ are to the central nervous system.