Unit 2 Test Review(Chapter 3)

The system that sends messages with hormones is

• the nervous system

• the endocrine system

• the somatic system

• the peripheral system

part of autonomic nervous, calms you down

• Parasympathetic 
• sympathetic 

Plasticity is

• the flexibility of memory

• the mold-able nature of human behavior

• how much one's thought process can change

• the brain's capacity for modification

The auditory cortex is in the

• Frontal Lobe

• Occipital Lobe

• Temporal Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

The pituitary gland

• controlled only by itself

• the master gland of the brain

• the master gland of growth and control for endocrine glands

• is influenced by the hypothalamus

Emotions like fear and aggression are associated with

• only the amygdala

• only the limbic system

• neither the limbic system nor the amygdala

• both the limbic system and the amygala

In transmitting sensory information to the brain, an electrical signal travels from the ________ of a single neuron.

• dendrites to the cell body to the axon
• axon to the dendrites to the cell body
• axon to the cell body to the dendrites
• dendrites to the axon to the cell body

The speed at which a neural impulse travels is increased when the axon is encased by a(n)

• synaptic vesicle.
• pituitary gland.
• endocrine gland.
• myelin sheath.

As you are reading this question, the cells in your eyes are firing in response to the light coming from this screen. Which type of neuron is carrying this message to the brain?

• sensory
• presynaptic
• motor
• efferent

The minimum level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse is called the

• refractory period.
• action potential.
• synapes.
• threshold.