NEUROSCIENCE 6TH EDITION 2026
DETAILED CHAPTER REVIEW
◉ planum temporale. Answer: Teri's pediatrician tried to explain
what might have happened to her little boy's brain to cause his
dyslexia; it is likely that the boy's _____ is larger in the right
hemisphere than it should be.
◉ angular gyrus. Answer: A person reports to the emergency room
with a complaint that he or she can understand and produce speech,
but are unable to write thoughts down or read aloud. What area of
the brain may be injured?
◉ areas in the opposite hemisphere assuming the role of the
damaged areas. Answer: When children recover from brain damage
to language areas and the resultant aphasia, recovery is most likely
the result of
◉ .0035%. Answer: What percent of the EM spectrum can people
see
◉ 400 is violet, 450 dark blue, 500 light blue, 550 green, 600 yellow
orange, 650 red, 700 dark red.. Answer: Describe the visual
wavelength and the colors associated
,◉ Receptors. Answer: The translation of light energy into neural
energy occurs in the:
◉ A band of circular pigmented muscles (*). Answer: The iris of the
eye is:
◉ Changing the shape of the lens (*). Answer: The process of
focusing on near or distant objects involves:
◉ Rods and cones, bipolar cells, ganglion cells (*). Answer: The
correct order of retinal cells, from detection of light to transmission
to the brain, is:
◉ They contract to change the shape of the lens. (*). Answer: What
roles do the muscles connected to the lens play in focusing on near
objects?
◉ Lie at the back of the retina. Answer: The photoreceptors
◉ Are normally very active. Answer: Photoreceptors are unusual in
that the cells:
, ◉ A decrease in the release of a neurotransmitter. Answer: When
light strikes a molecule of photopigment, the photoreceptor
undergoes
◉ open. Answer: The cell membranes of photoreceptors contain
sodium and calcium channels that are normally
◉ The release of transmitter substance ceases. Answer: When light
strikes photoreceptors, which of the following takes place?
◉ They hyperpolarize the photoreceptors. Answer: When light
strikes photoreceptors, which of the following does not take place in
bipolar cells?
◉ release less neurotransmitter; release more neurotransmitter.
Answer: When light hits photoreceptors, the photoreceptors ___, and
the bipolar cells
◉ Closes Na+ channels (*). Answer: When light strikes a molecule of
photopigment, the photoreceptor
◉ on the edges of your visual field; an object in shades of gray.
Answer: If you are looking for something moving in your darkened
bedroom at night, you are most likely to see it ___, and it will be ___.
DETAILED CHAPTER REVIEW
◉ planum temporale. Answer: Teri's pediatrician tried to explain
what might have happened to her little boy's brain to cause his
dyslexia; it is likely that the boy's _____ is larger in the right
hemisphere than it should be.
◉ angular gyrus. Answer: A person reports to the emergency room
with a complaint that he or she can understand and produce speech,
but are unable to write thoughts down or read aloud. What area of
the brain may be injured?
◉ areas in the opposite hemisphere assuming the role of the
damaged areas. Answer: When children recover from brain damage
to language areas and the resultant aphasia, recovery is most likely
the result of
◉ .0035%. Answer: What percent of the EM spectrum can people
see
◉ 400 is violet, 450 dark blue, 500 light blue, 550 green, 600 yellow
orange, 650 red, 700 dark red.. Answer: Describe the visual
wavelength and the colors associated
,◉ Receptors. Answer: The translation of light energy into neural
energy occurs in the:
◉ A band of circular pigmented muscles (*). Answer: The iris of the
eye is:
◉ Changing the shape of the lens (*). Answer: The process of
focusing on near or distant objects involves:
◉ Rods and cones, bipolar cells, ganglion cells (*). Answer: The
correct order of retinal cells, from detection of light to transmission
to the brain, is:
◉ They contract to change the shape of the lens. (*). Answer: What
roles do the muscles connected to the lens play in focusing on near
objects?
◉ Lie at the back of the retina. Answer: The photoreceptors
◉ Are normally very active. Answer: Photoreceptors are unusual in
that the cells:
, ◉ A decrease in the release of a neurotransmitter. Answer: When
light strikes a molecule of photopigment, the photoreceptor
undergoes
◉ open. Answer: The cell membranes of photoreceptors contain
sodium and calcium channels that are normally
◉ The release of transmitter substance ceases. Answer: When light
strikes photoreceptors, which of the following takes place?
◉ They hyperpolarize the photoreceptors. Answer: When light
strikes photoreceptors, which of the following does not take place in
bipolar cells?
◉ release less neurotransmitter; release more neurotransmitter.
Answer: When light hits photoreceptors, the photoreceptors ___, and
the bipolar cells
◉ Closes Na+ channels (*). Answer: When light strikes a molecule of
photopigment, the photoreceptor
◉ on the edges of your visual field; an object in shades of gray.
Answer: If you are looking for something moving in your darkened
bedroom at night, you are most likely to see it ___, and it will be ___.
