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1. Thelthreeltypesloflneuronslare:
A) excitatory,linhibitory,landlmyelinated.
B) sensory,lmotor,landlinterneurons.
C) interneurons,lgliallcells,landlmotorlcells.
D) gliallcells,lmyelinatedlcells,landlunmyelinatedlcells.


2. Inlgeneral,lneurallmessageslarelreceivedlbylthe andltransmittedlbylthe .
A) celllbody;ldendrites
B) axons;lnucleus
C) dendrites;laxon
D) axon;ldendrites


3. Whatlhappenslduringlalrefractorylperiod?
A) Thelneuronlbecomeslpolarizedlforlthelfirstltime.
B) Thelneuronlreestablisheslthelnegative-inside/positive-outsidelcondition.
C) Neurotransmitterslarelblockedlbyldendrites.
D) Dopaminelreacheslitslpeakllevels.


4. Whenlneurotransmitterslcommunicatelanlinhibitorylmessageltolthelpostsynapticlneuron:
A) reuptakelislinhibited.
B) thelpresynapticlneuronlisllessllikelyltolactivate.
C) thelactionlpotentiallislcanceledlout.
D) thelpostsynapticlneuronlisllessllikelyltolactivate.


5. Michaelltakeslmedicationlthatlincreases
levelsltolhelplcontrollsymptomsloflP
arkinson'sldisease.
A) endorphin
B) serotonin
C) GABA
D) dopamine


6. Accordingltol yourltextbook, islassociatedlwithlincreasedlendorphinllevels.
A) nicotineladdiction
B) heavylconsumptionloflalcohol
C) musclelrigiditylduringlaerobiclexercises
D) thelpain-relievingleffectloflacupuncture




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7. Thelvenomloflalblacklwidowlspiderlbitelcausesl_
tolbelreleasedlcontinuouslylbyl
motorlneuronslcausinglseverelmusclelspasms.
A) acetylcholine
B) dopamine
C) GABA
D) serotonin


8. l representlbundlesloflaxonslthatlare tolseelwithlthelunaidedleye.
A) Nerves;lmostlyllargelenough
B) Interneurons;ltoolsmall
C) Neurons;lmostlyllargelenough
D) Chemicallmessengers;ltoolsmall


9. JaneenlandlMartylwerelstrollingldownlalwoodedlpathlinlalcitylparklwhenlalmanlholdinglalkni
felsuddenlyljumpedloutloflthelshrubbery.lRatherlthanlfight,lJaneenlandlMartyldecidedltolflee
landltookloff,lrunninglinltheloppositeldirection.lThislquicklreactionlreflectslthelfight-or-

flightlresponse,lwhichlisltriggeredlbylthe nervouslsystem,lwhichlstimulateslthe
tolproduce .
A) somatic;ladrenallmedulla;ldopaminelandlserotonin
B) parasympathetic;ladrenallcortex;lmelatoninlandlandrogen
C) sympathetic;ladrenallmedulla;lepinephrinelandlnorepinephrine
D) central;lhypothalamus;lGABAlandldopamine


10. The islthelmainllinklbetweenlthelnervouslsystemlandlthelendocrinelsystem.
A) cerebellum
B) hypothalamus
C) pineallgland
D) amygdala


11. The islinvolvedlinlregulatinglbloodlsugarllevelslandlinlhunger.
A) pituitarylgland
B) pancreas
C) pineallgland
D) thyroidlgland




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12. Although
haslbeenlshownltolbelalpseudoscience,litlhelpedlintroducelthelidealthatlfun
ctionslwere inlthelbrain.
A) phrenology;llateralized
B) neuroscience;lplasticlorlflexible
C) neuroscience;llateralized
D) phrenology;llocalized


13. Theldevelopmentloflnewlneuronslinlthelbrainlislcalled:
A) neurogenesis.
B) structurallplasticity.
C) neuroplasticity.
D) functionallplasticity.


14. Accordingltolresearchlpresentedlinlyourltext,lstress,lexercise,landlenvironmentallcompl
exitylcanlaffectlthelratelof inlthelbrainsloflmonkeys,lrodents,landlbirds.
A) neuroplasticity
B) corticalllocalization
C) myelination
D) neurogenesis


15. Thelbrainstemlislmadeluploflseverallstructures,lwhichlincludelthe:
A) thalamus,lhypothalamus,lhippocampus,landlamygdala.
B) medulla,lpons,lcerebellum,lreticularlformation,landlmidbrain,lincludinglthelsu
bstantialnigra.
C) temporalllobe,lparietalllobe,ltheloccipitalllobe,landlfrontalllobe.
D) corpuslcallosum,lcerebrallcortex,landlthelstructureslthatlmakeluplthellimbiclsys
tem.


16. The islthellargestlregionloflthelbrain.
A) midbrain
B) hindbrain
C) forebrain
D) pons


17. Samuellsufferedldamageltolhisltemporalllobelduringlanloperationltolremoveltumorslfro
mlhislbrain.lHelisllikelyltolhavelproblemslwithlhis:
A) vision.
B) abilityltolsmelllandltaste.
C) hearing.
D) abilityltolprocesslsomatosensorylinformation.



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18. Processinglsomatosensorylinformationlisltolthe lobelaslseeinglisltolthell
llobe.

A) parietal;ltemporal
B) frontal;lparietal
C) temporal;loccipital
D) parietal;loccipital


19. The
islthelpartloflthellimbiclsystemlthatlislinvolvedlinlemotionallresponseslandlme
morieslwithlalstronglemotionallcomponent.
A) amygdala
B) thalamus
C) hypothalamus
D) medulla


20. AccordingltolthelboxlCriticallThinking:l"His"landl"Her"lBrains,lresearchlindicateslthat:
A) brainlstructureslandlfunctionslinlmenlandlwomenlarelessentiallylthelsame.
B) menlandlwomenlarelmuchlmoreldifferentlthanltheylarelsimilar.
C) womenlarellessleffectivelatlproblemlsolvinglandldecisionlmaking.
D) menlarelmuchlmorelemotionallthanlpreviouslylbelieved.


21. Brocalislto aslWernickelislto .
A) expressivelaphasia;lreceptivelaphasia
B) thelleftlcerebrallhemisphere;lthelrightlcerebrallhemisphere
C) structurallplasticity;lfunctionallplasticity
D) receptivelaphasia;lexpressivelaphasia


22. Mostlleft-handedlpeoplelare:
A) right-hemisphereldominantlforllanguage,ltheloppositelpatternlaslright-
handedlpeople.
B) left-hemisphereldominantlforllanguage,llikelmostlright-handedlpeople.
C) bilateral,lusinglbothlhemisphereslequallylforlvirtuallylallltasks,lincludinglspeechland
llanguageltasks.

D) right-
hemisphereldominantlforllanguagelinltheirlchildhoodlbutlbecomelincreasi
nglyl left-hemisphereldominantlbylearlyladulthood.




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