Test Bank for Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, 4th Edition – Complete Answer Key | 2025/2026 Update

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Part 1 Foundations
Chapter 1 Neuroscience: Past, Present, and Future v v v v




Chapter 2 Neurons and Glia v v




Chapter 3 The Neuronal Membrane at Rest v v v v




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Chapter 6 Neurotransmitter Systems T v V v T v V v TV




Chapter 7 The Structure of the Nervous System v v v v v




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 v v




Chapter 9 The Eye
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Chapter 11 The Auditory and Vestibular Systems v v v v




Chapter 12 The Somatic Sensory System
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Chapter 13 Spinal Control of Movement v v v




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 v v v v v v




Chapter 16 Motivation
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Chapter 17 Sex and the Brain v v v




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Brain Mechanisms of Emotion Chapter
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Chapter 20 Language
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Chapter 23 Wiring the Brain
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Memory Systems
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,Chapter 1: Neuroscience: Past, Present, and Future
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4. What notion was displaced bythe concept of nerves being described as wires? Choos e
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, 6. For what purpose did Franz Joseph Gall studythe dimensions of the human head
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7. On what basis did Broca defend functional localization of the brain? Choose the corre ct
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episodes of weakness, lack of coordination, and speech disturbance.
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