FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Which of the following would NOT terminate the effects of the neurotransmitter?
- Answer: Presence of calcium ions in the presynaptic neuron
Summation that results from the cumulative effect of multiple synapses at multiple places on the neuron is
designated
- Answer: Spatial summation
The same can have different effects depending on the properties of the
- Answer: Neurotransmitter;receptors
Cholinergic Synapse use the neurotransmitter
- Answer:Acetylcholine
Neurotransmitter that bind ionotropic receptors control:
- Answer: The movement of ions into or out of the postsynaptic neuron
After acetylcholinesterase (AChE) acts, the presynaptic neuron:
- Answer: Reabsorbs the choline
Where are neuronal pools located?
- Answer: Within the CNS
Neuronal pools are collections of:
- Answer: Interneurons
What brain region is responsible for learning, memory, and personality?
- Answer: Cerebrum
The brain stem connects the brain and the:
- Answer: Spinal cord
The cerebellum functions in
- Answer: The planning and coordination of movement
Bundles of white matter in the cerebrum are known as:
- Answer: Tracts
Which description best matches the location of white matter?
- Answer: In the spinal cord, white matter is superficial while cerebral white matter is deep
What are the three primary brain vesicles that form from the neural tube?
- Answer: Forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain
What is the correct pathway of development of the cerebellum?
- Answer: Neural tube, hindbrain, metencephalon, cerebellum
, The majority of synapses in the nervous system are?:
- Answer: Chemical
The presence of synaptic cleft between cells is characteristic of:
- Answer: Chemical Synapse
A neuron that receives neurotransmitters from another neuron is called:
- Answer: The postsynaptic neuron
What is NOT associated with a chemical synapse?
- Answer: Gap junction
What type of synapse must have receptors to transmit signals?
- Answer: Chemical Synapse
What ion triggers synaptic vesicles to release neurotransmitter into the synaptic cleft?
- Answer: Calcium
If the receptor site for a neurotransmitter were completely blocked:
- Answer: Synaptic transmission would fail
Which of the following must happen first in the order events at a chemical synapse?
- Answer: Calcium ions channels in the axon terminal open
What secondary brain vesicles form from the forebrain?
- Answer: Diencephalon and telencephalon
An elevated ridge on the surface of the cerebrum is known as a:
- Answer: Gyrus
What is NOT part of the cerebrum?
- Answer: Brain stem
The majority of the cerebral cortex is:
- Answer: Neocortex
Which lobe is situated posteriorly in each cerebral hemisphere?
- Answer: Occipital
What information is received by the primary vestibular cortex?
- Answer: Equilibrium
Where are color, object movement, and depth processed?
- Answer: Visual association areas
The primary motor cortex of the right cerebral hemisphere:
- Answer: Control the motor activity on the left side of the body
What results when the corpus is cut?
- Answer: Communication between the right and left cerebral hemisphere would be impaired