NEU 311L Exam 2 UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What does GFP do? (dros) - CORRECT ANSWER - Converts a blue photon of light to a
green photon of light.
Which statement regarding this exercise is TRUE? (dros) - CORRECT ANSWER - We
will be working with four types of flies. One line expresses channel rhodopsin in all glutamate
neurons, including those which innervate the abdominal muscles. Another line expresses GFP in
all glutamate neurons, including those which innervate the abdominal muscles. Another line
expresses channel rhodopsin in all glutamate neurons, including those which innervate the
abdominal muscles and GFP in the muscles. The last line is a wildtype line of flies.
The muscles that we are recording from are located on which surface of the animal? (dros) -
CORRECT ANSWER - Ventral
In this exercise, what will you directly be recording with the electrode? (dros) - CORRECT
ANSWER - Excitatory post-synaptic potentials in a muscle
What is the effect of shining blue light on a fly larva the expresses channel rhodopsin in
glutamate neurons? - CORRECT ANSWER - The larva stops moving and its body
contracts.
The occipital lobe is ___________ to the parietal lobe - CORRECT ANSWER -
caudal/posterior
The pons is _______ to the medulla - CORRECT ANSWER - rostral/anterior
The optic chiasm is ______ to the uncus - CORRECT ANSWER - medial
The hippocampal gyrus is ______ to the mammillary bodies - CORRECT ANSWER -
lateral
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What does GFP do? (dros) - CORRECT ANSWER - Converts a blue photon of light to a
green photon of light.
Which statement regarding this exercise is TRUE? (dros) - CORRECT ANSWER - We
will be working with four types of flies. One line expresses channel rhodopsin in all glutamate
neurons, including those which innervate the abdominal muscles. Another line expresses GFP in
all glutamate neurons, including those which innervate the abdominal muscles. Another line
expresses channel rhodopsin in all glutamate neurons, including those which innervate the
abdominal muscles and GFP in the muscles. The last line is a wildtype line of flies.
The muscles that we are recording from are located on which surface of the animal? (dros) -
CORRECT ANSWER - Ventral
In this exercise, what will you directly be recording with the electrode? (dros) - CORRECT
ANSWER - Excitatory post-synaptic potentials in a muscle
What is the effect of shining blue light on a fly larva the expresses channel rhodopsin in
glutamate neurons? - CORRECT ANSWER - The larva stops moving and its body
contracts.
The occipital lobe is ___________ to the parietal lobe - CORRECT ANSWER -
caudal/posterior
The pons is _______ to the medulla - CORRECT ANSWER - rostral/anterior
The optic chiasm is ______ to the uncus - CORRECT ANSWER - medial
The hippocampal gyrus is ______ to the mammillary bodies - CORRECT ANSWER -
lateral
