PSY351: BIOPSYCHOLOGY FINAL UB
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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A common inhibitory neurotransmitter is ______ and a common excitatory neurotransmitter is
_______? - ANS Gaba, glutamate
Afferent axons bring into a structure (t/f) - ANS True
All neurons have the same number of connections, no matter what (t/f) - ANS False
An impairment of eating, drinking, temperature regulation or sexual behavior suggest possible
damage to which structure - ANS Hypothalamus
Caffeine works on receptors that normally respond to adenosine, a breakdown product of: -
ANS ATP
Cells with electrical synapses contact each other at _____ - ANS Gap junctions
Cocaine acts at the synapse in a way that is most similar to - ANS Ritalin
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,Cranial nerve V (5) is - ANS Both sensory and motor
Neurotransmitters are stored in - ANS Vesicles
Nodes of ranvier are - ANS gaps in the myelin of axons
Only sensory neurons are found in the reflex arc (t/f) - ANS False
Opiate drugs (like morphine) bind to receptors in the brain for - ANS Endorphins
Polarization is - ANS The difference in electrical charge in and outside the cell
Schwann cells are - ANS Glia that lay myelin in the periphery
The cranial nerves associated with the yes are - ANS II, III, IV, VI
The definition of the "all or none law" is: - ANS The amplitude and intensity of an action
potential are independent of the stimulus that initiated it
The definition of the absolute refractory period is - ANS The period where the sodium
channels close and the cells will not fire
The hindbrain consists of - ANS medulla, pons, cerebellum
The inside of a cell is more + at resting potential (t/f) - ANS False
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, The insulating material which covers many vertebrate axons is called - ANS myelin sheath
The main role of the medulla oblongata is - ANS Vital reflexes
The nucleus is in the cell structure known as the - ANS Soma
The parasympathetic nervous system is your fight or flight system (t/f) - ANS False
The postsynaptic neuron is responsible for the re-uptake of neurotransmitters (t/f) -
ANS False
The Raphe system - ANS Make serotonin
The spinal cord has the following organization - ANS Ventral carries motor information
The term pons meaning "bridge" is named such because - ANS Axons cross from one side to
the other in the pons
The thalamus receives sensory input from all the senses except - ANS Smell
The two kinds of cells in the nervous system are - ANS Neurons and glia
What do the corpus callosum and anterior commissary have in common? - ANS The connect
the 2 hemispheres
What is the part of the cerebral cortex that is sensitive to touch - ANS Parietal lobe
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EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025/2026
A common inhibitory neurotransmitter is ______ and a common excitatory neurotransmitter is
_______? - ANS Gaba, glutamate
Afferent axons bring into a structure (t/f) - ANS True
All neurons have the same number of connections, no matter what (t/f) - ANS False
An impairment of eating, drinking, temperature regulation or sexual behavior suggest possible
damage to which structure - ANS Hypothalamus
Caffeine works on receptors that normally respond to adenosine, a breakdown product of: -
ANS ATP
Cells with electrical synapses contact each other at _____ - ANS Gap junctions
Cocaine acts at the synapse in a way that is most similar to - ANS Ritalin
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,Cranial nerve V (5) is - ANS Both sensory and motor
Neurotransmitters are stored in - ANS Vesicles
Nodes of ranvier are - ANS gaps in the myelin of axons
Only sensory neurons are found in the reflex arc (t/f) - ANS False
Opiate drugs (like morphine) bind to receptors in the brain for - ANS Endorphins
Polarization is - ANS The difference in electrical charge in and outside the cell
Schwann cells are - ANS Glia that lay myelin in the periphery
The cranial nerves associated with the yes are - ANS II, III, IV, VI
The definition of the "all or none law" is: - ANS The amplitude and intensity of an action
potential are independent of the stimulus that initiated it
The definition of the absolute refractory period is - ANS The period where the sodium
channels close and the cells will not fire
The hindbrain consists of - ANS medulla, pons, cerebellum
The inside of a cell is more + at resting potential (t/f) - ANS False
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, The insulating material which covers many vertebrate axons is called - ANS myelin sheath
The main role of the medulla oblongata is - ANS Vital reflexes
The nucleus is in the cell structure known as the - ANS Soma
The parasympathetic nervous system is your fight or flight system (t/f) - ANS False
The postsynaptic neuron is responsible for the re-uptake of neurotransmitters (t/f) -
ANS False
The Raphe system - ANS Make serotonin
The spinal cord has the following organization - ANS Ventral carries motor information
The term pons meaning "bridge" is named such because - ANS Axons cross from one side to
the other in the pons
The thalamus receives sensory input from all the senses except - ANS Smell
The two kinds of cells in the nervous system are - ANS Neurons and glia
What do the corpus callosum and anterior commissary have in common? - ANS The connect
the 2 hemispheres
What is the part of the cerebral cortex that is sensitive to touch - ANS Parietal lobe
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