Quiz Questions - Week 2

Question 1

What do we call the neurons on the sending side of a synaptic cleft?

Answer 1

Presynaptic

Question 2

Which parts of the neuron make up the white areas in an MRI image?

Answer 2

Myelinated Axons

Question 3

What is the ratio of electrical charges inside versus outside the neuron during the resting potential?

Answer 3

The inside is more negative than the outside

Question 4

Consider the synapse shown schematically here. If neuron A causes neuron B to become hyperpolarized relative to B’s resting state:

Answer 4

neuron B is less likely to release neurotransmitter molecules from its own axon terminal.

Question 5

Neurons in two different regions of Brodmann’s cytoarchitectonic map always

Answer 5

Differ in cell morphology and organization

Question 6

The temporal lobe is to the occipital lobe as ______ is to _______

Answer 6

Audition; vision

Question 7

The primary auditory cortex is organized using a tonotopic map, which means that there is an orderly representation of

Answer 7

Frequency

Question 8

Injury to the hypothalamus would most likely interfere with

Answer 8

Hormone regulation

Question 9

As a result of a brain injury to the medial temporal lobes and neighboring subcortical structures, a patient exhibits a number of cognitive and behavioral changes. Of the following options, which is the LEAST likely to be affected?

• Memory
• Emotional processing
• Learning
• Somatosensation

Answer 9

Somatosensation

Question 10

The corpus callosum…

Answer 10

Permits communication between the two cerebral hemispheres