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1. Therthreertypesrofrneuronsrare:
A) excitatory,rinhibitory,randrmyelinated.
B) sensory,rmotor,randrinterneurons.
C) interneurons,rglialrcells,randrmotorrcells.
D) glialrcells,rmyelinatedrcells,randrunmyelinatedrcells.


2. Inrgeneral,rneuralrmessagesrarerreceivedrbyrther andrtransmittedrbyrther .
A) cellrbody;rdendrites
B) axons;rnucleus
C) dendrites;raxon
D) axon;rdendrites


3. Whatrhappensrduringrarrefractoryrperiod?
A) Therneuronrbecomesrpolarizedrforrtherfirstrtime.
B) Therneuronrreestablishesrthernegative-inside/positive-outsidercondition.
C) Neurotransmittersrarerblockedrbyrdendrites.
D) Dopaminerreachesritsrpeakrlevels.


4. Whenrneurotransmittersrcommunicateranrinhibitoryrmessagertortherpostsynapticrneuron:
A) reuptakerisrinhibited.
B) therpresynapticrneuronrisrlessrlikelyrtoractivate.
C) theractionrpotentialrisrcanceledrout.
D) therpostsynapticrneuronrisrlessrlikelyrtoractivate.


5. Michaelrtakesrmedicationrthatrincreasesr
levelsrtorhelprcontrolrsymptomsrofrP
arkinson'srdisease.
A) endorphin
B) serotonin
C) GABA
D) dopamine


6. Accordingrtoryourrtextbook,r israssociatedrwithrincreasedrendorphinrlevels.
A) nicotineraddiction
B) heavyrconsumptionrofralcohol
C) musclerrigidityrduringraerobicrexercises
D) therpain-relievingreffectrofracupuncture




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7. Thervenomrofrarblackrwidowrspiderrbitercausesr
torberreleasedrcontinuouslyrbyr
motorrneuronsrcausingrseverermusclerspasms.
A) acetylcholine
B) dopamine
C) GABA
D) serotonin


8. representrbundlesrofraxonsrthatrarer torseerwithrtherunaidedreye.
A) Nerves;rmostlyrlargerenough
B) Interneurons;rtoorsmall
C) Neurons;rmostlyrlargerenough
D) Chemicalrmessengers;rtoorsmall


9. JaneenrandrMartyrwererstrollingrdownrarwoodedrpathrinrarcityrparkrwhenrarmanrholdingrarkn
ifersuddenlyrjumpedroutrofrthershrubbery.rRatherrthanrfight,rJaneenrandrMartyrdecidedrtorfl
eerandrtookroff,rrunningrinrtheroppositerdirection.rThisrquickrreactionrreflectsrtherfight-or-
flightrresponse,rwhichrisrtriggeredrbyrther nervousrsystem,rwhichrstimulatesrthe
torproducer .
A) somatic;radrenalrmedulla;rdopaminerandrserotonin
B) parasympathetic;radrenalrcortex;rmelatoninrandrandrogen
C) sympathetic;radrenalrmedulla;repinephrinerandrnorepinephrine
D) central;rhypothalamus;rGABArandrdopamine


10. Ther isrthermainrlinkrbetweenrthernervousrsystemrandrtherendocrinersystem.
A) cerebellum
B) hypothalamus
C) pinealrgland
D) amygdala


11. Ther isrinvolvedrinrregulatingrbloodrsugarrlevelsrandrinrhunger.
A) pituitaryrgland
B) pancreas
C) pinealrgland
D) thyroidrgland




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12. Althoughr
hasrbeenrshownrtorberarpseudoscience,ritrhelpedrintroducertheridearthatrfun
ctionsrwerer inrtherbrain.
A) phrenology;rlateralized
B) neuroscience;rplasticrorrflexible
C) neuroscience;rlateralized
D) phrenology;rlocalized


13. Therdevelopmentrofrnewrneuronsrinrtherbrainrisrcalled:
A) neurogenesis.
B) structuralrplasticity.
C) neuroplasticity.
D) functionalrplasticity.


14. Accordingrtorresearchrpresentedrinryourrtext,rstress,rexercise,randrenvironmentalrcomp
lexityrcanraffectrtherraterofr inrtherbrainsrofrmonkeys,rrodents,randrbirds.
A) neuroplasticity
B) corticalrlocalization
C) myelination
D) neurogenesis


15. Therbrainstemrisrmaderuprofrseveralrstructures,rwhichrincluderthe:
A) thalamus,rhypothalamus,rhippocampus,randramygdala.
B) medulla,rpons,rcerebellum,rreticularrformation,randrmidbrain,rincludingrthersu
bstantiarnigra.
C) temporalrlobe,rparietalrlobe,rtheroccipitalrlobe,randrfrontalrlobe.
D) corpusrcallosum,rcerebralrcortex,randrtherstructuresrthatrmakeruprtherlimbicrsys
tem.


16. Ther isrtherlargestrregionrofrtherbrain.
A) midbrain
B) hindbrain
C) forebrain
D) pons


17. Samuelrsufferedrdamagertorhisrtemporalrloberduringranroperationrtorremovertumorsrfro
mrhisrbrain.rHerisrlikelyrtorhaverproblemsrwithrhis:
A) vision.
B) abilityrtorsmellrandrtaste.
C) hearing.
D) abilityrtorprocessrsomatosensoryrinformation.



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18. Processingrsomatosensoryrinformationrisrtorther loberasrseeingrisrtorther
rlobe.

A) parietal;rtemporal
B) frontal;rparietal
C) temporal;roccipital
D) parietal;roccipital


19. Ther
isrtherpartrofrtherlimbicrsystemrthatrisrinvolvedrinremotionalrresponsesrandrme
moriesrwithrarstrongremotionalrcomponent.
A) amygdala
B) thalamus
C) hypothalamus
D) medulla


20. AccordingrtortherboxrCriticalrThinking:r"His"randr"Her"rBrains,rresearchrindicatesrthat:
A) brainrstructuresrandrfunctionsrinrmenrandrwomenrareressentiallyrthersame.
B) menrandrwomenrarermuchrmorerdifferentrthanrtheyrarersimilar.
C) womenrarerlessreffectiveratrproblemrsolvingrandrdecisionrmaking.
D) menrarermuchrmoreremotionalrthanrpreviouslyrbelieved.


21. Brocarisrtor asrWernickerisrtor .
A) expressiveraphasia;rreceptiveraphasia
B) therleftrcerebralrhemisphere;rtherrightrcerebralrhemisphere
C) structuralrplasticity;rfunctionalrplasticity
D) receptiveraphasia;rexpressiveraphasia


22. Mostrleft-handedrpeoplerare:
A) right-hemisphererdominantrforrlanguage,rtheroppositerpatternrasrright-
handedrpeople.
B) left-hemisphererdominantrforrlanguage,rlikermostrright-handedrpeople.
C) bilateral,rusingrbothrhemispheresrequallyrforrvirtuallyrallrtasks,rincludingrspeechran
drlanguagertasks.
D) right-
hemisphererdominantrforrlanguagerinrtheirrchildhoodrbutrbecomerincreasi
nglyr left-hemisphererdominantrbyrearlyradulthood.




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