How does the sympathetic nervous system prepare the body for strenuous activity?

By increasing blood flow to the muscles

Why might scientists cut or destroy a part of an animal's brain

To learn which areas of the brain control certain behaviors

Why might doctors decide to sever a patient's corpus callosum?

To prevent seizures from spreading across brain hemispheres

Doctors today rarely perform lobotomies because

Less intrusive ways to study the brain are available

The left hemisphere of the brain controls

the movements of the right side of the body

Electrical activity in the brain

What are the two parts of the nervous system?

Central Nervous System and Peripheral Nervous System

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Nervous System & Brain Review

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Psychology - Nervous System & the Brain

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1
What is the main function of a neuron?
To transmit messages
To fight infection
To protect the spinal cord
To conserve energy
2
A person suffered a brain injury & can't form new memories, the injury most likely affected the
Hypothalamus
Amygdala
Hippocampus
Thalamus
3
How does the sympathetic nervous system prepare the body for strenuous activity?
By increasing digestion
By increasing blood flow to the muscles
By reducing the heart rate
By reducing blood pressure
4
The autonomic nervous system regulates the action of the
Voluntary skeletal muscles
Somatic nervous system
Involuntary muscles and organs
Central nervous system
5
Why might scientists cut or destroy a part of an animal's brain
To prevent animals from fighting each other
To control the population of that species of animal
To learn which areas of the brain control certain behaviors
The operations had no effect on patients
6
Doctors treating a patient with speech problems would be most interested in the person's
Left brain
Occipital lobe
Spinal cord
Right brain
7
The space between the neurons is called the
Axon terminal
Synapse
Dendrite
Myelin sheath
8
What are the three parts of the brain?
medulla, thalamus, hypothalamus
lobe, pons, cortex
cerebellum, medulla, pituitary gland
hindbrain, midbrain, forebrain
9
This cortex deals with movement
Visual Cortex
Somatosensory Cortex
Motor Cortex
Broca's Area
10
This lobe deals with vision.
Parietal lobe
Frontal Lobe
Temporal Lobe
Occipital lobe
11
What do neurotransmitters determine?
The rate at which neurons fire
The number of dendrites produced
The location of axon terminals
The distance across the synapse
12
Why might doctors decide to sever a patient's corpus callosum?
To prevent seizures from spreading across brain hemispheres
To improve communications between brain hemispheres
To improve the patient's musical abilities
To treat the patient's depression
13
Doctors today rarely perform lobotomies because
Less intrusive ways to study the brain are available
The operations had no effect on patients
Patients displayed too much emotion after the procedure
They are too expensive
14
Which part of the neuron receives messages from other neurons?
Dendrites
Axon terminals
Synapse
Cell body
15
The left hemisphere of the brain controls
the movements of the right side of the body
the movements of the left side of the body
creativity and intuition
visual and spatial ability
16
What are long, thin cells along which messages travel to and from the brain?
Hormones
Neurons
Brain stem
Synapse
17
This structure of the brain coordinates automatic & voluntary movement, balance, & equilibrium.
Pons
Hippocampus
Cerebellum
Medulla
18
Someone who is very creative and a talented musician, means this part of the brain is dominant
left hemisphere
. bottom hemisphere
top hemisphere
right hemisphere
19
An undersupply of this neurotransmitter is associated with paralysis and Alzheimer disease
Dopamine
GABA
Serotonin
Acetylcholine
20
An EEG monitors
Electrical activity in the endocrine system
The functioning of the hypothalamus
Injuries to the brain
Electrical activity in the brain
21
A person with multiple sclerosis lacks
Dendrites
Axon terminals
Neurotransmitters
The myelin sheath
22
The act of shooting a basketball relies primarily on
Interneurons
Afferent neurons
Efferent neurons
Sensory neurons
23
What part of the brain is responsible for sensory & motor control & higher thinking processes?
Forebrain
Parietal Lobe
Midbrain
Hindbrain
24
What are the two parts of the nervous system?
Somatic and Autonomic
Sympathetic Nervous System & Parasympathetic Nervous System
Brain and Spinal Cord
Central Nervous System and Peripheral Nervous System
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The action of swinging a tennis racket involves the...
Autonomic nervous system.
Parasympathetic nervous system.
Sympathetic nervous system.
Somatic nervous system

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