Question 1

One of the two major sleep states is non-REM sleep, the last stage of which is characterized by the _______ EEG pattern.

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Question 2

_______ area in the temporal lobe is involved with sensory aspects of language.

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Question 3

Refer to the figure.  A football player sustains an injury to his head and as a result suffers from an agnosia that leaves him unable to recognize faces.First define agnosia.Then select the number that represents the region of his brain that is likely impaired.Additionally, identify the region.

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Question 4

In the visual system, each retinal ganglion cell communicates information to the brain.The ganglion cell has collected this information from a number of other retinal cells called _______, which respond directly to light stimulation.

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Question 5

The part of the brain that is essential for the acquisition of declarative memories is called the _______.

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Question 6

When you are looking straight ahead, visual information from the left side of your visual field goes to the right side of your brain, and information from the right side goes to the left side of your brain.This crossing over occurs at the ________.

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Question 7

During _______ sleep, we experience vivid dreams and are capable of cortical processing of thoughts.

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Question 8

In response to a loud noise, the autonomic nervous system sends messages to accelerate the heartbeat and inhibit digestive tract activity.The efferent pathway for these commands begins in the central nervous system, and the next synapse will occur in a(n) _______ outside of the central nervous system.

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Question 9

The receptive field of most retinal ganglion cells is circular, with a center and a concentric surround.If a particular ganglion cell is inhibited when light falls on its surround, we can conclude that it is a(n) _______ ganglion cell.

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Question 10

Compare the potential outcomes of damage to the brain or spinal cord below the level of the reticular-activating system and above the level of the reticular-activating system.

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Question 11

Analyze the differences between the size and structure of the brain of a human and the brain of a rat.

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Question 12

During storytelling hour at the local library, a college student volunteers to read aloud to preschoolers.This act requires an ability to integrate the written word and the spoken word that is controlled by the _______.

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Question 13

In humans, front-facing eyes provide us with the ability to perceive overlapping but slightly different visual fields; that is, we have _______ vision, which also helps in discriminating distances.

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Question 14

Refer to the figure.  Identify the divisions of the autonomic nervous system labeled 1 and 2 in the figure based on their anatomy.Then compare these divisions with respect to neurotransmitters used and effect on heartbeat.

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Question 15

The _______ division of the autonomic nervous system has cholinergic preganglionic and postganglionic neurons and constricts airways.

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Question 16

Axons from neurons in nuclei of the reticular-activating system of the brainstem extend to the thalamus and throughout the _______, where they release neurotransmitters that maintain brain responsiveness when we are awake.

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Question 17

Damage to the embryonic diencephalon could potentially damage development of which two brain structures?

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Question 18

Refer to the figure.  If a person's vision is intact but he is unable to detect motion, which numbered region of the brain is most likely damaged? Identify the region.

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Question 19

The sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system decreases digestive activity and stimulates release of epinephrine and norepinephrine from the _______.

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Question 20

The process by which experiences modify behavior is called learning the ability of the brain to retain this information is called _______.

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Quiz 46: The Mammalian Nervous System: Structure and Higher Functions