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Table of Contents:
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Part 1 Foundations
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Chapter 1 Neuroscience: Past, Present, and Future
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Chapter 2 Neurons and Glia
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Chapter 3 The Neuronal Membrane at Rest
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Chapter 4 The Action Potential
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Chapter 5 Synaptic Transmission
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Chapter 6 Neurotransmitter Systems
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Chapter 7 The Structure of the Nervous System
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Appendix An Illustrated Guide to Human Neuroanatomy
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Part 2 Sensory and Motor Systems
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Chapter 8 The Chemical Senses
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Chapter 9 The Eye hj hj h j h j hj
Chapter 10 The Central Visual System
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Chapter 11 The Auditory and Vestibular Systems
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Chapter 12 The Somatic Sensory System
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Chapter 13 Spinal Control of Movement
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Chapter 14 Brain Control of Movement
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Part 3 The Brain and Behavior
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Chapter 15 Chemical Control of the Brain and Behavior
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Chapter 16 Motivation
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Chapter 17 Sex and the Brain
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Chapter 18 Brain Mechanisms of Emotion
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Chapter 19 Brain Rhythms and Sleep
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Chapter 20 Languageh j h j h j h j
Chapter 21 The Resting Brain, Attention, and Consciousness
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Chapter 22 Mental Illness
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Part 4 The Changing Brain
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Chapter 23 Wiring the Brain
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Chapter 24 Memory Systems
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Chapter 25 Molecular Mechanisms of Learning and Memory
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1. Why are a broad perspective and an interdisciplinary approach required for
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understanding the brain? Choose the correct option.
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2. Galen's study of sheep brains was the basis for a theory of brain function that prevailed
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for almost 1500 years. Which of the following represents this view? Choose the correct o
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A) The heart as the center of intellect and the brain as the cooling system
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the correct option.
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A) Nerves are channels that communicate with the brain bythe movement of fluids.
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B) Muscles can be twitched when nerves are stimulated electricallyand the brain itself
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may generate electricity. hj hj
C) Signals to the muscles causing movement use the same wires as those that register se
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erves. Choose the correct option.
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tor nerve fiber, transmission is strictly one-way.
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A) To understand the propensity for certain personality traits
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C) To show that nerves conduct electrical signals to and from the brain
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D) To show that unique human mental capabilities exist outside the brain
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7. On what basis did Broca defend functional localization of the brain? Choose the correct
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C) By establishing a relationship between the production of speech and the left frontal l
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D) By establishing a relationship between the production of speech and the cerebellum
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sodes of weakness, lack of coordination, and speech disturbance.
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Table of Contents:
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Part 1 Foundations
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Chapter 1 Neuroscience: Past, Present, and Future
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Chapter 2 Neurons and Glia
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Chapter 3 The Neuronal Membrane at Rest
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Chapter 4 The Action Potential
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Chapter 5 Synaptic Transmission
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Chapter 6 Neurotransmitter Systems
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Chapter 7 The Structure of the Nervous System
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Appendix An Illustrated Guide to Human Neuroanatomy
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Part 2 Sensory and Motor Systems
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Chapter 8 The Chemical Senses
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Chapter 9 The Eye hj hj h j h j hj
Chapter 10 The Central Visual System
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Chapter 11 The Auditory and Vestibular Systems
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Chapter 12 The Somatic Sensory System
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Chapter 13 Spinal Control of Movement
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Chapter 14 Brain Control of Movement
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Part 3 The Brain and Behavior
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Chapter 15 Chemical Control of the Brain and Behavior
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Chapter 16 Motivation
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Chapter 17 Sex and the Brain
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Chapter 18 Brain Mechanisms of Emotion
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Chapter 19 Brain Rhythms and Sleep
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Chapter 20 Languageh j h j h j h j
Chapter 21 The Resting Brain, Attention, and Consciousness
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Chapter 22 Mental Illness
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Part 4 The Changing Brain
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Chapter 23 Wiring the Brain
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Chapter 24 Memory Systems
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Chapter 25 Molecular Mechanisms of Learning and Memory
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1. Why are a broad perspective and an interdisciplinary approach required for
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understanding the brain? Choose the correct option.
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A) Understanding the brain is a focused area in natural science with the brain serving as hj hj hj hj hj hj hj hj hj hj hj hj hj hj
the common point of focus.
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B) Understanding the brain requires knowledge about manythings, from the structure hj hj hj hj hj hj hj hj hj hj
of the water molecule to the electrical and chemical properties of the brain.
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2. Galen's study of sheep brains was the basis for a theory of brain function that prevailed
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for almost 1500 years. Which of the following represents this view? Choose the correct o
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ption.
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B) Localization of brain function in the cerebrum and cerebellum hj hj hj hj hj hj hj hj
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3. What is ―mind–brain problem‖? Choose the correct option.
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A) Individually, human mental capacities exist in the mind that is outside the brain. hj hj hj hj hj hj hj hj hj hj hj hj
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C) Both animals and people possess intellect and a God-given soul.
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D) The pineal gland is a spiritual entity.hj hj hj hj hj hj
4. What notion was displaced bythe concept of nerves being described as wires? Choose
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the correct option.
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A) Nerves are channels that communicate with the brain bythe movement of fluids.
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B) Muscles can be twitched when nerves are stimulated electricallyand the brain itself
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may generate electricity. hj hj
C) Signals to the muscles causing movement use the same wires as those that register se
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nsations from the skin. hj hj hj
D) Nerves conduct electrical signals to and from the brain. hj hj hj hj hj hj hj hj
5. The combined work of Bell and Magendie revealed a fundamental fact about the spinal n
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erves. Choose the correct option.
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A) Spinal nerves are myelinated. hj hj hj
B) Spinal nerves are bundles of sensoryand motor nerves, and in each sensoryand mo
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tor nerve fiber, transmission is strictly one-way.
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C) Spinal nerves are not hollow tubes carrying fluid. hj hj hj hj hj hj hj
D) Both humans and animals have spinal nerves. hj hj hj hj hj hj
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A) To understand the propensity for certain personality traits
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B) To demonstrate equal participation of all regions of the brain in all cerebral fun
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C) To show that nerves conduct electrical signals to and from the brain
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D) To show that unique human mental capabilities exist outside the brain
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7. On what basis did Broca defend functional localization of the brain? Choose the correct
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option.
A) By establishing a relationship between the production of speech and the right frontal
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lobe hj
B) By establishing a relationship between the production of speech and the occipital lob
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C) By establishing a relationship between the production of speech and the left frontal l
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develop? Choose the correct option. hj hj hj hj
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em? Choose the correct option.
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A) Cerebral palsyis a motor disorder caused bydamage to the cerebrum before, durin
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g, or soon after birth. hj hj hj hj
B) Epilepsyis a progressive disease that affects nerve conduction, characterized by epi
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sodes of weakness, lack of coordination, and speech disturbance.
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C) Stroke involves a loss of feeling and movement caused bytraumatic damage to the s
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pinal cord. hj
D) Alzheimer's disease is a severe psychotic illness characterized bydelusions, hallucin
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ations, and bizarre behavior. hj hj hj
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