3rd Test

Question 1

What neurotransmitter would take longer to take effect once it arrived at the post-synaptic neuron

Answer 1

Substance P

Question 2

Ambidexterity leads to

Answer 2

Dyslexia

Question 3

To cause an action potential, neurotransmitters released in several waves unto the next neuron

Answer 3

Temporal summation

Question 4

definition of “consciousness”

Answer 4

awareness of one’s self

Question 5

brain waves produced when under anesthesia

Answer 5

Delta waves

Question 6

Which part of the neuron produces neurotransmitters

Answer 6

the cell body

Question 7

Origin for the flexor carpi ulnaris is most likely found on the

Answer 7

Ulna

Question 8

Efferent neurons are also known as

Answer 8

Motor Neurons

Question 9

The muscle “pectoralis minor” is named this because

Answer 9

of the relative size it has to another muscle

Question 10

Aspartate could affect memory by

Answer 10

causing depolarizations in the CNS

Question 11

Parts of the blood-brain barrier

Answer 11

Thick basal lamina and astrocytes

Question 12

What is a short protein used as a neurotransmitter

Answer 12

Enkephalin

Question 13

Process of action potential occuring

Answer 13

Action potential arrives at cell body, it travels past axon hillock and goes down axon collateral, calcium channels open allowing calcium to enter cell, synaptic vessels fuse to membrane of cell, and neurotransmitter is released

Question 14

Which parts of the brain is involved in emotions

Answer 14

Limbic system and Hypothalamus

Question 15

Neurons classified as unipolar

Answer 15

neurons in the dorsal root ganglion

Question 16

Using the”staircase effect”

Answer 16

swinging a golf club a few times prior to teeing off

Question 17

slow twitch muscle

Answer 17

the leg of a cow

Question 18

the cerebral cortex is made mainly of

Answer 18

gray matter

Question 19

Which of the following supporting cells produce myelin sheaths in the peripheral nervous system

Answer 19

Schwann Cells

Question 20

The ability for a muscle to stretch beyond its normal length is

Answer 20

extensibility

Question 21

The functional unit of a skeletal muscle is

Answer 21

sarcomere

Question 22

Frontal lobotomies led to

Answer 22

the inability to make decisions and verbalize one’s thoughts

Question 23

Drainage areas for cerebrospinal fluid in the brain are called

Answer 23

dural sinuses

Question 24

what would not be a reason to routinely exercise

Answer 24

to reduce the excess lactic acid building up in the muscles

Question 25

what is the charge of a cell membrane following hyperpolarization if it had been inactive

Answer 25

-90mV

Question 26

When flexing the elbow, the antagonist to this movement would be the

Answer 26

triceps brachii

Question 27

What would contain a multiunit smooth muscle

Answer 27

irises of the eyes

Question 28

If a tumor causes constant lose of balance, what part of the brain is it on

Answer 28

cerebellum

Question 29

Which stage of sleep would a person have dreams

Answer 29

REM sleep

Question 30

for a cordotomy, a surgeon must carefully cut which of the following to relieve pain that doesn’t seem to go away

Answer 30

an ascending tract of the spinal cord

Question 31

Electrical synapses would be found

Answer 31

only in the CNS

Question 32

What situation is most likely to be handled almost entirely by the cerebrum

Answer 32

Deciding to hold your breath