PSY 334 Week 2 Quiz

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Week 2 Quiz

Question 1

Your biopsychology professor keeps correcting you to remind you to refer to single cells of the nervous system as _____________ and not as __________________.  

·         neurons; nerves  

·         nerve cells; nerves  

·         ganglion; nerves 

·         nerves; neurons

 

Question 2

The cells supporting the neurons of the brain are the ________  

·         neurons. 

·         glia. 

·         neurofilaments.  

·         Schwann cells.

 

 Question 3

______________ have a branched structure and receive stimulation from other neurons.  

·         Dendrites 

·         Axons  

·         Glial cells 

·         Soma

 

 Question 4

The part of a neuron that contains the nucleus is called the ________  

·         axon.  

·         soma.  

·         dendrite. 

·         mitochondrion.

 

Question 5

The part of a neuron that sends information to another neuron is the ________

·         soma. 

·         axon.  

·         dendrite. 

·         synapse.

 

Question 6

The axon of a neuron ________  

·         ends in swellings known as terminal branches.  

·         receives messages from other neurons.  

·         transmits neural impulses to the soma. 

·         contains the cell s nucleus.

 

Question 7

Sensory neurons ________  

·         control muscles and produce movement.  

·         send messages away from the brain toward the periphery. 

·         gather information from the environment and convey it into the central nervous system.  

·         produce axons covered with myelin.

 

Question 8

Negotiations can be said to involve an intermediary who communicates between two parties. The intermediary between a sensory neuron and a motor neuron is a ________ 

·         synapse.  

·         projection neuron.  

·         glial cell.  

·         interneuron.

 

Question 9

A disease that destroys myelin is ________  

·         Alzheimer s disease.  

·         multiple sclerosis. 

·         Parkinson s disease.

·         neuropathy.

 

 Question 10

Immediately_______ to the thalamus is the ____________.  

·         dorsal; pituitary gland  

·         ventral; pituitary gland  

·         dorsal; hypothalamus  

·         ventral; hypothalamus

 

Question 11

Which of the cranial nerves extends to the body s organs?  

·         optic  

·         auditory  

·         olfactory  

·         vagus

 

Question 12

The sites of protein synthesis in neurons are called ________  

·         granule.  

·         ribosomes.  

·         liposomes.  

·         Golgi bodies.

 

Question 13

The cells that produce myelin in the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) are called ________  

·         Astrocytes.  

·         Oligodendrocytes  

·         Schwann cells.  

·         Microglia.

 

Question 14

A cut through the brain that divides the two hemispheres (a cut "between the eyes") is called a ____________ section. 

·         sagittal  

·         coronal  

·         horizontal  

·         superior

 

 Question 15

Which structure is part of the temporal lobes?  

·         Cerebellum  

·         Hippocampus  

·         Tectum  

·         Tegmentum

 

Question 16

The visual information is processed in the ________ lobe.  

·         parietal  

·         occipital  

·         olfactory  

·         frontal

 

 Question 17

The basal ganglia are important for ________  

·         processing visual information.  

·         processing auditory information.  

·         directing attention.  

·         regulating movement.

 

Question 18

The lowest level of the brain is called the ________  

·         telencephalon.  

·         myelencephalon.  

·         metencephalon. 

·         mesencephalon.

 

 

Question 19

The highest level of the brain is called the ________.  

·         mesencephalon  

·         diencephalon  

·         telencephalon  

·         myelencephalon

 

Question 20

The choroid plexus renews the total volume of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) ___________ per day.  

·         once  

·         twice  

·         three times  

·         ten times

 

Question 21

Parkinson s disease results from suboptimal activation of the basal ganglia due to an inadequate supply of ________.  

·         cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).  

·         glucocorticoids.  

·         adrenaline.  

·         dopamine.

 

Question 22

The insertion of fluorescent protein genes found in jellyfish and coral into mouse genes is the basis of ________  

·         psychoneuroimmunology.  

·         biofeedback.  

·         Brainbow transgenic mice.  

·         allostasis.

 

Question 23

Which of the following would activate the adaptive immune system? 

·         Glucocorticoids  

·         Antigens  

·         Adrenaline  

·         Allostatic overload

 

 Question 24

If stress continues for too long the result can be described as  

·         allostatic overload.  

·         homeostasis.  

·         hypertension.  

·         hyperthyroidism.

 

Question 25

The ___________ provides buoyancy and physical space that acts as a buffer when the brain is jolted as a result of sudden movement.  

·         dura mater.  

·         cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)  

·         pia mater  

·         arachnoid mater