EPPP BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR FINAL
EXAMS ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE
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✔✔Afferent Nerves - ✔✔Part of the somatic nervous system responsible for relaying
sensation information from the body to the brain
✔✔Efferent Nerves - ✔✔Part of the somatic nervous system which relay signals from
the brain to the body to initiate functions, actions, and behaviors
✔✔Quadriplegia - ✔✔Inability to move arms and legs
✔✔Paraplegia - ✔✔Inability to move legs
✔✔Anterior - ✔✔Top
✔✔Posterior - ✔✔Bottom
✔✔Paresis - ✔✔Muscle weakness
✔✔Paralysis - ✔✔Immobility
, ✔✔.5 seconds (Biology) - ✔✔Length of time for a reflex response
✔✔Myelin Sheath - ✔✔Insulating wrap around neurons which increase speed of signal
transmission
✔✔Neurons - ✔✔Brain cells which transmit and interpret signals
✔✔Glia - ✔✔Brain cells which provide support, structure, and nutrients
✔✔Synapse - ✔✔Communicating junction between two neurons
✔✔Axon - ✔✔Extending arm of the neuron
✔✔Dendrite - ✔✔Fibers on the cell body of neurons that receive signals from other
neurons
✔✔Trabeculae - ✔✔Network of arteries, veins, and connective tissues in the meninges
✔✔Cortex - ✔✔Collection of neurons in the cerebrum; made up of six layers of cells
✔✔Central Sulcus - ✔✔Major dividing sulcus in the cortex, separating the frontal lobe
from the parietal lobe
✔✔Primary Motor Cortex - ✔✔Part of the frontal lobe responsible for coordination and
initiation of voluntary movement
✔✔Superior - ✔✔Above
✔✔Inferior - ✔✔Below
✔✔Homunculus - ✔✔Representation of body parts in the brain are directly proportional
to level of movement, not size of body part (e.g. hands have a larger representation
than torso because hands have more movement potential)
✔✔Premotor Cortex - ✔✔Responsible for planning voluntary movement; contains mirror
neurons
✔✔Mirror Neurons - ✔✔Neurons which activate when viewing someone doing
something or imagining yourself doing something; believed to be primary neurological
component of empathy
✔✔Prefrontal Cortex - ✔✔Responsible for complex executive functions such as
reasoning, judgement, decision making, and inhibition
EXAMS ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE
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✔✔Afferent Nerves - ✔✔Part of the somatic nervous system responsible for relaying
sensation information from the body to the brain
✔✔Efferent Nerves - ✔✔Part of the somatic nervous system which relay signals from
the brain to the body to initiate functions, actions, and behaviors
✔✔Quadriplegia - ✔✔Inability to move arms and legs
✔✔Paraplegia - ✔✔Inability to move legs
✔✔Anterior - ✔✔Top
✔✔Posterior - ✔✔Bottom
✔✔Paresis - ✔✔Muscle weakness
✔✔Paralysis - ✔✔Immobility
, ✔✔.5 seconds (Biology) - ✔✔Length of time for a reflex response
✔✔Myelin Sheath - ✔✔Insulating wrap around neurons which increase speed of signal
transmission
✔✔Neurons - ✔✔Brain cells which transmit and interpret signals
✔✔Glia - ✔✔Brain cells which provide support, structure, and nutrients
✔✔Synapse - ✔✔Communicating junction between two neurons
✔✔Axon - ✔✔Extending arm of the neuron
✔✔Dendrite - ✔✔Fibers on the cell body of neurons that receive signals from other
neurons
✔✔Trabeculae - ✔✔Network of arteries, veins, and connective tissues in the meninges
✔✔Cortex - ✔✔Collection of neurons in the cerebrum; made up of six layers of cells
✔✔Central Sulcus - ✔✔Major dividing sulcus in the cortex, separating the frontal lobe
from the parietal lobe
✔✔Primary Motor Cortex - ✔✔Part of the frontal lobe responsible for coordination and
initiation of voluntary movement
✔✔Superior - ✔✔Above
✔✔Inferior - ✔✔Below
✔✔Homunculus - ✔✔Representation of body parts in the brain are directly proportional
to level of movement, not size of body part (e.g. hands have a larger representation
than torso because hands have more movement potential)
✔✔Premotor Cortex - ✔✔Responsible for planning voluntary movement; contains mirror
neurons
✔✔Mirror Neurons - ✔✔Neurons which activate when viewing someone doing
something or imagining yourself doing something; believed to be primary neurological
component of empathy
✔✔Prefrontal Cortex - ✔✔Responsible for complex executive functions such as
reasoning, judgement, decision making, and inhibition
