Question 1

Who first suggested that different regions of the brain control different aspects of behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aristotle 
B)  Charles Sherrington 
C)  Plato 
D)  Franz Gall

Question 2

The sympathetic nervous system

Accepted Answer

A)  stimulates digestion and slows heartbeat. 
B)  inhibits digestion and accelerates heartbeat. 
C)  stimulates digestion and accelerates heartbeat. 
D)  inhibits digestion and slows heartbeat.

Question 3

The body's speedy electrochemical information network is called the

Accepted Answer

A)  circulatory system. 
B)  digestive system. 
C)  nervous system. 
D)  endocrine system.

Question 4

After three hours of playing a physically exhausting professional tennis match, Chitra began to experience feelings of exhilaration and pleasure. It is likely that her feelings were most directly linked to the release of

Accepted Answer

A)  dopamine. 
B)  acetylcholine. 
C)  endorphins. 
D)  growth hormones.

Question 5

The part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the movement of your arms when you write is the

Accepted Answer

A)  autonomic nervous system. 
B)  sympathetic nervous system. 
C)  somatic nervous system. 
D)  parasympathetic nervous system.

Question 6

Neurotransmitters bind to receptor sites and influence the flow of ________ into receiving neurons.

Accepted Answer

A)  ions 
B)  opiates 
C)  myelin 
D)  hormones

Question 7

The resting potential of a neuron refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  a brief electrical charge that travels down the axon. 
B)  the storage of neurotransmitter molecules within synaptic vesicles. 
C)  the electrical polarization of the inside and outside of the neural membrane. 
D)  a capacity to reabsorb neurotransmitter molecules released into the synaptic gap.

Question 8

The junctions where impulses are chemically transmitted from one neuron to another are called

Accepted Answer

A)  vesicles. 
B)  synapses. 
C)  dendrites. 
D)  thresholds.

Question 9

Morphine and heroin are

Accepted Answer

A)  free radicals. 
B)  hormones. 
C)  dendrites. 
D)  opiates.

Question 10

Signal reception is to ________ as signal transmission is to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  interneuron; neural network 
B)  dendrite; axon 
C)  neurotransmitter; hormone 
D)  sympathetic nervous system; parasympathetic nervous system

Question 11

Agonists are chemicals that may mimic the activity of

Accepted Answer

A)  motor neurons. 
B)  genes. 
C)  synapses. 
D)  neurotransmitters.

Question 12

The parasympathetic nervous system is a division of the ________ nervous system.

Accepted Answer

A)  autonomic 
B)  somatic 
C)  central 
D)  sympathetic

Exam 4: A: Neural and Hormonal Systems