Chapter 2

The brain's change in response to experience

Which brain imaging creates an x-ray camera picture showing only brain structure?

Part of the hindbrain responsible for breathing and blood pressure

Glial cells are NOT responsible for this function...

The trigger point for firing of an action potential is called the

Which is the "master gland?"

True or False. During action potential, smaller currents are more likely than large currents

Phineas Gage had damage to this part of the brain

Which hemisphere is associated with imagination and creativity?

The fatty layer coating some axons is known as

Which of the following is responsible for your fight or flight response?

The peripheral nervous system is comprised of

Part responsible for speech production

Which of the following is not a neurotransmitter?

Function of the dendrite

What is the bulb shaped structure at the end of an axon called?

Which cells produce the myelin sheath?

Lobe of brain responsible for vision

Structure in lower brain responsible for relaying sensory information to other parts of the brain

Split brain patients have a severed

Organ that secretes insulin and glucagon

Which lobe contains the somatosensory strip

Increased levels of this neurotransmitter has been correlated with schizophrenia

Structure responsible for balance

Part of limbic system responsible for memory

Which records electrical activity of the brain

Natural pain killers