Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Control of temperature, endocrine activity, and thirst are functions associated with the _______.
Answer Options:
cerebrum
medulla
hypothalamus
thalamus
Answer: hypothalamus
Question: Which category of memory is involved when playing the piano?
Answer Options:
a) declarative
b) emotional
c) procedural
d) motor
Answer: c) procedural
Question: Maintenance of relatively stable internal conditions despite continuous changes in environment is known as homeostatic equilibrium.
Answer Options:
a) True
b) False
Answer: a) True
Question: Which of the following nerves does not arise from the brachial plexus?
Answer Options:
radial
median
ulnar
phrenic
Answer: phrenic
Question: Sympathetic division stimulation causes _______.
Answer Options:
increased blood glucose, increased GI peristalsis, and decreased heart rate and blood pressure
decreased blood glucose, increased GI peristalsis, and decreased heart rate and blood pressure
decreased blood glucose, increased GI peristalsis, and increased heart rate and blood pressure
increased blood glucose, decreased GI peristalsis, and increased heart rate and blood pressure
Answer: increased blood glucose, decreased GI peristalsis, and increased heart rate and blood pressure
Question: After axonal injury, regeneration in peripheral nerves is guided by ________.
Answer Options:
A. Schwann cells
B. Wallerian cells
C. dendrites
D. Golgi organs
Answer Options:
A. Schwann cells
B. Wallerian cells
C. dendrites
D. Golgi organs
Answer: A. Schwann cells
Question: Preparing the body for the ‘fight-or-flight’ response is the role of the _______.
Answer Options:
a) cerebrum
b) parasympathetic nervous system
c) somatic nervous system
d) sympathetic nervous system
Answer: d) sympathetic nervous system
Question: The blood-brain barrier is effective against ________.
Answer Options:
a) anesthetics
b) nutrients such as glucose
c) alcohol
d) metabolic waste such as urea
Answer: d) metabolic waste such as urea
Question: The term central nervous system refers to the _______.
Answer Options:
a) spinal cord and spinal nerves
b) peripheral and spinal nerves
c) brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves
d) brain and spinal cord
Answer: d) brain and spinal cord
Question: A shallow groove on the surface of the cortex is called a _______.
Answer Options:
a) furrow
b) fissure
c) sulcus
d) gyrus
Answer: c) sulcus
Question: Potentially damaging stimuli that result in pain are selectively detected by _______.
Answer Options:
interoceptors
proprioceptors
nociceptors
photoreceptors
Answer: nociceptors
Question: An impulse from one nerve cell is communicated to another nerve cell via the _______.
Answer Options:
a) receptor
b) effector
c) cell body
d) synapse
Answer: d) synapse