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NEUROSCIENCE EXAM 2 VAN MILLER Q&A What impairs spatial ability in males? - Answer-Low testosterone What do female-to-male transsexuals show after taking testosterone? - Answer-Spatial improvement and loss of verbal fluency What part of the brain do males use in verbal tasks? - Answer-Left hemisphere What part of the brain do females use in verbal tasks? - Answer-Both temporal areas What part of the brain do males use in spatial tasks? - Answer-Cortical surface in parietal lobe ...

NEUROSCIENCE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE Who was Renee Descartes and what did he contribute to the history of neuroscience and physiology as a whole? - Answer-- Descartes was a predecessor of Vesalius, as well as a mathematician and philosopher - he was a chief advocate for the fluid-mechanical theory of brain function, but did not believe it accounted for the full range of human behavior as he believed the "mind" was a separate entity that received sensations an...

NEUROSCIENCE 2025 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS Stereotaxic Surgery in Animals - Answer-provides ways to experimentally study brain damage on a targeted and isolated area, implant something to measure an area and can leave it there, done with ablation studies, temporary lesions and direct measure of brain activity. Ablation studies - Answer-most common, either remove a brain stucture or sever brain connections (destroying brain tissue) then study the effects that it has on animal beh...

NEUROSCIENCE EXAM SET 1 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS The voltage-gated sodium channel opens quickly, but then __ about 1 msec after it opens. It cannot reopen until the membrane potential goes back to the resting value. The colatge-gated potassium channel opens slowly, about 1 msec after it is stimulated, but does not ___. - Answer-inactivates(closes). inactivate. Which of the following currents occurs first(fastest) in the action potential? - Answer-Sodium. Place the components of t...

NEUROSCIENCE EXAM (A) QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS Ventricles - Answer-hollow spaces/ cavities within the brain Purpose of Cerebrospinal fluid - Answer-• Serves as a cushion between CNS and surrounding bone • Aids in regulation of intracranial pressure • Provides nourishment to nervous tissue • Removes waste products from the CNS - minimizes shock - carries information Summary of neurodevelopment - Answer-- nervous system starts as a hollow tube - ectotherm thickens a...

NEUROSCIENCE EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS EPSP Summation - Answer-The simplest form of synaptic integration in the CNS. There are two types: spatial and temporal Spatial Summation - Answer-addition of EPSPs generated simultaneously at many different synapses on a dendrite Temporal Summation - Answer-addition of EPSPs generated at the same synapses as they occur in rapid succession (1/15 m sec apart) Length Constant (λ) - Answer-Distance from the synapse where the depolariz...

NEUROSCIENCE TEST QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS Anatomy of a neuron - Answer-dendrites, soma/cell body, nucleus, axon, myelin (oligodendrocytes/ Schwann cells), nodes of Ranvier, axon terminal, synapses, axonal hillock Hypothesized evolutionary origin of neurons: neurosecretory network hypothesis - Answer--neurons evolved to coordinate ciliary activity over larger spatial scale -neurotransmitters are diffusion-limited and signaling at a distance require other mechanisms -neural networks...

NEUROSCIENCE Q&A False - Answer-Brainstem related to sensory? Microglial cells - Answer-pathogens by phagocytosis Medulla oblongata - Answer-lateral corticospinal/ pyramidal tract crosses to the other side where Basilar artery - Answer-Which of the following is not a part of the circle of willis ? Bas / POSTEROIR CEREBRAL ARTERY ISOLATERAL - Answer-The occipital lobe of the brain is required by the occipital posterior Posterior cerebral artery - Answer-Which of the following ar...

NEUROSCIENCE EXAM PRACTICE TEST GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS Oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells differ in what way: a) Oligodendrocytes are found in the central nervous system, whereas Schwann cells are found in the peripheral nervous system. b) Oligodendrocytes are myelinating glia, whereas Schwann cells are microglia c) One oligodendrocyte will surround one axon, whereas each Schwann cell affiliates with several axons. d) Oligodendrocytes form nodes of Ranvier, while Schwann...

NEUROSCIENCE EXAM (CHAPTERS 1-4) CORRECT ANSWERS peripheral nervous system (PNS) - Answer-includes the sensory neurons that link sensory receptors on the body surface or deeper within it w/ relevant processing circuits in the CNS ganglia - Answer-local accumulations of nerve cell bodies and supporting cells nuclei - Answer-local accumulations of nerve cell bodies and supporting cells cortex - Answer-sheet-like array of nerve cells gray matter - Answer-any accumulation of cell bodi...

NEUROSCIENCE (CH-5) EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS Which study demonstrated that cells in the superior temporal sulcus are responsive to gaze direction? - Answer-Perett et al (1992) reaction times are faster to a stimulus if that stimulus is preceded by a previously related stimulus - Answer-priming What is a "grandmother cell"? - Answer-A hypothetical neuron that responds only to one's own grandmother Who put forward a hierarchical model of vision based on single-cell ...

NEUROSCIENCE EXAM SET QUESTION AND ANSWERS In the mammalian neurons, which of the following sets of approximate ionic concentrations (in mM) is correct? - Answer-Outside: Na+ [150], K + [3.5], Ca2+ [2.5] Astrocyte resting membrane potential is mostly dependent on the conductances of these ions: - Answer-Potassium Identify correct statement about Nernst and Goldmann equations? - Answer-Nernst equation takes into consideration only the absolute but not the relative ionic permeabilities. ...

NEUROSCIENCE EXAM #1 DRQ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS What does the PNS consist of? - Answer-All nerves outside of the CNS. How are the CNS and PNS related? - Answer-The PNS has afferent and efferent pathways that both provide the CNS with sensory input and carries out the commands of the CNS. What is the difference between the ANS and SNS? - Answer-SNS associated with voluntary movements while ANS involved with automatic processes such as heart rate and digestion. How does the ANS and SNS ...

NEUROSCIENCE PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS Nucleolus - Answer-A substructure within the cell nucleus where ribosomes are produced Ribosome - Answer-An organelle in the cell body involved with protein synthesis Endoplasmic Reticulum - Answer-An organelle in the cell body that participates in protein synthesis Golgi Apparatus - Answer-An organelle in the cell body that packages proteins in the vesicles Mitochondria - Answer-Organelles that provide energy to the cell ...

NEUROSCIENCE - WEEK 6 TEST Q&A What are symptoms of autonomic dysreflexia - Answer-Sweating, blurred vision, pounding headache, blotchy red face In order to minimize the risk of autonomic dysreflexia: - Answer-keep sheets under body straight and smooth, avoid clothing or shoes that are too tight, keep catheter well managed Common side effects caused by SSRIs - Answer-nausea, diarrhea, constipation What is the ENS - Answer-independent circuit of ganglionic cells that is loosely connect...

NEUROSCIENCE - EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Joseph Gall - Answer-Curious of bump on skull Thought it correlated to bumps on brain Phrenology Bumps and depressions on skulls correlated to mental capabilities and mental illness Became a huge deal and people paid to be tested to know Started crainoscopy - used to measure the skull's bumps and depressions Told you about your personality, instructed who was criminals People used this to see if they were a good match with their partn...

PHOENIX VOLUME 2 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Command Procedures 201.01 Roles and responsibilities w/in the ICS for shift commanders. South, East, West Deputies... - answer- Manage Battalions Supervise BC's Assume Senior Advisor Command Procedures 201.01 Roles and responsibilities of Company Officers w/in ICS... - answer- 1. Occupy command when appropriate 2. Occupy Sectors when appropriate 3. Manage Task level activities Command Procedures 201.01 Tactical objectives ...

PHOENIX FIRE VOLUME 2 SOPs EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS What does the acronym CALSSRC stand for? (201.00) - answer- Central Arizona Life Safety System Response Council What questions can a member ask themselves to determine whether or not they are empowered to provide exceptional customer service? (201.00) - answer- Is it the right thing for the customer? Is it the right thing for the department? Is it legal, ethical, and nice? Is it safe? Is it on your organizational level? Is it som...

PHOENIX VOLUME 2 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS The ______________________ is responsible for the completion of the tactical objectives. - answer- Incident Commander The Incident Command System (ICS) never "____________". - answer- sleeps A _____________ is a smaller, more manageable unit of incident scene organization. - answer- Sector ______________________ is a standard system of dividing incident scene command into smaller units or pieces. - answer- Sectoring Whenever there ...

SAS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS The following SAS program is submitted: data ; length word $7; amount = 7; if amount = 5 then word 'CAT'; else if amount = 7 then word = 'DOG'; else word = 'NONE!!!'; amount = 5; run; Which of the following represents the values of the AMOUNT and WORD variables? - answer- amount word 5 DOG The following SAS program is submitted: data do until (prod gt 6); prod + 1; end; run; What is the value of the variable PROD in the ...