Lecture 8- Nervous system

Question 1

True or False: The central nervous system includes only the brain.

Answer 1

False, brain and spinal column

Question 2

What is the primary neurotransmitter for the sympathetic nervous system?

Answer 2

norepinephrine

Question 3

What is the primary neurotransmitter for the parasympathetic nervous system?

Answer 3

norepinephrine

Question 4

True or false? The parasympathetic nervous system is responsible for controlling functions when the body is at rest.

Answer 4

True (rest and digest)

Question 5

What happens to the pupils when stimulated by the sympathetic nervous system?

Answer 5

they dilate

Question 6

which autonomic division mostly involves cranial nerves?

Answer 6

parasympathetic

Question 7

which autonomic division mostly involves spinal nerves?

Answer 7

sympathetic

Question 8

true or false: pre-ganglionic sympathetic neurons release norepinephrine and acetylcholine

Answer 8

False, only acetylcholine

Question 9

Which motor neuron release norepinephrine to effectors?

Answer 9

autonomic, sympathetic neuron

Question 10

True or False: parasympathetic neurons release norepinephrine

Answer 10

False, only acetylcholine

Question 11

what is a lack of dopamine called?

Answer 11

Parkinson’s disease

Question 12

what is the excessive dopamine called?

Answer 12

Schizophrenia

Question 13

What happens to the salivary gland secretion when stimulated by the parasympathetic nervous system?

Answer 13

they are stimulated

Question 14

What happens to the pupils when stimulated by the parasympathetic nervous system?

Answer 14

they constrict

Question 15

What happens to the bronchi in lungs when stimulated by the sympathetic nervous system?

Answer 15

they relax

Question 16

What happens to the heart when stimulated by the sympathetic nervous system?

Answer 16

it accelerates

Question 17

What happens to the activity in stomach when stimulated by the parasympathetic nervous system?

Answer 17

they are stimulated

Question 18

What happens to the pancreas when stimulated by the sympathetic nervous system?

Answer 18

inhibits activity of pancreas

Question 19

What happens to the gallbladder when stimulated by the sympathetic nervous system?

Answer 19

stimulates release of glucose from liver and inhibits gallbladder

Question 20

What happens to the bladder when stimulated by the parasympathetic nervous system?

Answer 20

promotes the emptying

Question 21

Does the sympathetic or parasympathetic stimulate the adrenal medulla?

Answer 21

sympathetic

Question 22

true or false: sympathetic nervous system inhibits ejaculation and vaginal contractions.

Answer 22

False

Question 23

what does the medulla oblongata do?

Answer 23

control visceral functions (autonomic)

Question 24

what does the pons do?

Answer 24

same thing as medulla oblongata

Question 25

what functions as our biological clock or an internal timekeeper (circadian rhythm)?

Answer 25

superchiasmatic nuclei SCN in the hypothalamus

Question 26

what does the basal nuclei do?

Answer 26

involved major brain functions

Question 27

cerebrum is involved in c_____,____ and ___

Answer 27

conscious thoughts, voluntary actions, and personality

Question 28

Broca’s area of the brain is responsible for what? In what part of the brain does it happen?

Answer 28

speech production, in left hemisphere, frontal lobe

Question 29

Wernicke’s area of the brain is responsible for what? In what part of the brain does it happen?

Answer 29

speech comprehension/ language, in left hemisphere, in temporal lobe

Question 30

What does the limbic system consists of?

Answer 30

-hypothalamus
-olfactory cortex
-inner portion of cerebral cortex
-thalamus
-hippocampus
-amygdala

Question 31

what are explicit memories?

Answer 31

memorized facts that can be recalled

Question 32

what are implicit memories?

Answer 32

procedural, remembering how to do something