NEUROSCIENCE FINAL PRACTICE
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which structure is important in the rewarding effects of food, sex, and drugs? -
Answer-the ventral tegmental area
In early development the nervous system arises from which of the following
embryonic layers? - Answer-the ectoderm
The corpus callosum connects what? - Answer-The right and left hemispheres
Senile plaque in the brains of Alzheimers patients is due to the build-up of what? -
Answer-beta-amyloid
Some obese individuals who are extremely resistant to losing weight have an
overactive system that produces too much what? - Answer-Ghrelin (hormone that
causes hunger)
The brain and the spinal chord are wrapped in protective membranes known
collectively as what? - Answer-meninges
The chief symptom of autism is what? - Answer-impaired social interaction
What do the dendrites of a neuron do? - Answer-They transmit information to the cell
body
A disease that selectively destroys myelin is called what? - Answer-multiple sclerosis
Generally, the amount of leptin in the blood is porportional to what? - Answer-Fat
levels
What is the set point in homeostasis? - Answer-An equilibrium to which a system
strives to return.
The conditional tolerance study in your text suggests what? - Answer-Heroin
overdose may occur when the drug is administered in a novel environment
The _________ is the nueron's means of transmitting information over long
distances - Answer-action potential
The depolarization arriving from a dendrite to an axon is _________ because it can
_________. - Answer-graded;vary in magnitude
The ganglia and the sympathetic nervous system are ____________ and
respond________. - Answer-Interconnected; as a unit
, Which is not a catecholamine neurotransmittor? - Answer-Serotonin
LSD appears to exert its affects through its interactions with receptors for which
nuerotransmittor? - Answer-Serotonin
Quanta of light that enter the eye are captured by which structure? - Answer-Retinal,
rhodopsin, opsin, none (all answers accepted
The visual cortex region IT contains many cells that do what? - Answer-Respond to
highly specific stimuli, such as complex faces and forms
What is alexia? - Answer-The inability to read
In most split brain humans, words presented to the left visual field_________. -
Answer-Cannot be repeated verbally
The limbic system structure most involved in emotions of fear and anxiety is what? -
Answer-amygdala
The feminization of the human brain requires the absence of _________. - Answer-
testosterone estradiol
The asymmetry o f human planum temporale is first seen when? - Answer-
embryonic/fetal development
Males who have been convicted of violent crimes have been found to have what? -
Answer-higher testosterone levels
Medical students were found to have to experience more infectious illnesses during
what time? - Answer-exam time
Stimulation of the septal area causes people to report what? - Answer-Pleasure
accompanied by sexual content
PET imaging of men during orgasm show activity increases most in what area? -
Answer-Ventral tegmental area
Whereas affective aggression is accompanied by signs of emotional arousal,
reactive aggression is what? - Answer-Emotionless
Color vision is mediated by _________. - Answer-cortical blobs
Individuals who learned two languages in childhood showed what? - Answer-Activity
for both languages in the same area of the brain
Bending inner hair cells cause what? - Answer-Opening of Na+ channels
the process that acts to enhance the boundaries of visual objects is called what? -
Answer-lateral inhibition
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which structure is important in the rewarding effects of food, sex, and drugs? -
Answer-the ventral tegmental area
In early development the nervous system arises from which of the following
embryonic layers? - Answer-the ectoderm
The corpus callosum connects what? - Answer-The right and left hemispheres
Senile plaque in the brains of Alzheimers patients is due to the build-up of what? -
Answer-beta-amyloid
Some obese individuals who are extremely resistant to losing weight have an
overactive system that produces too much what? - Answer-Ghrelin (hormone that
causes hunger)
The brain and the spinal chord are wrapped in protective membranes known
collectively as what? - Answer-meninges
The chief symptom of autism is what? - Answer-impaired social interaction
What do the dendrites of a neuron do? - Answer-They transmit information to the cell
body
A disease that selectively destroys myelin is called what? - Answer-multiple sclerosis
Generally, the amount of leptin in the blood is porportional to what? - Answer-Fat
levels
What is the set point in homeostasis? - Answer-An equilibrium to which a system
strives to return.
The conditional tolerance study in your text suggests what? - Answer-Heroin
overdose may occur when the drug is administered in a novel environment
The _________ is the nueron's means of transmitting information over long
distances - Answer-action potential
The depolarization arriving from a dendrite to an axon is _________ because it can
_________. - Answer-graded;vary in magnitude
The ganglia and the sympathetic nervous system are ____________ and
respond________. - Answer-Interconnected; as a unit
, Which is not a catecholamine neurotransmittor? - Answer-Serotonin
LSD appears to exert its affects through its interactions with receptors for which
nuerotransmittor? - Answer-Serotonin
Quanta of light that enter the eye are captured by which structure? - Answer-Retinal,
rhodopsin, opsin, none (all answers accepted
The visual cortex region IT contains many cells that do what? - Answer-Respond to
highly specific stimuli, such as complex faces and forms
What is alexia? - Answer-The inability to read
In most split brain humans, words presented to the left visual field_________. -
Answer-Cannot be repeated verbally
The limbic system structure most involved in emotions of fear and anxiety is what? -
Answer-amygdala
The feminization of the human brain requires the absence of _________. - Answer-
testosterone estradiol
The asymmetry o f human planum temporale is first seen when? - Answer-
embryonic/fetal development
Males who have been convicted of violent crimes have been found to have what? -
Answer-higher testosterone levels
Medical students were found to have to experience more infectious illnesses during
what time? - Answer-exam time
Stimulation of the septal area causes people to report what? - Answer-Pleasure
accompanied by sexual content
PET imaging of men during orgasm show activity increases most in what area? -
Answer-Ventral tegmental area
Whereas affective aggression is accompanied by signs of emotional arousal,
reactive aggression is what? - Answer-Emotionless
Color vision is mediated by _________. - Answer-cortical blobs
Individuals who learned two languages in childhood showed what? - Answer-Activity
for both languages in the same area of the brain
Bending inner hair cells cause what? - Answer-Opening of Na+ channels
the process that acts to enhance the boundaries of visual objects is called what? -
Answer-lateral inhibition
