Biopsychology

Producing a cut or destroying a part of the animal's brain is called a

• lesion

• electrode

• lobe

• neuron

wires that are inserted in the brain to detect firing neurons as well as to record it

• lobes

• electrodes

• cerebrum

• pons

regions of the brain are also called this

• cerebellum

• neurons

• effectors

• lobes

The Latin term for "brain" is

• corpus callosum

• cerebellum

• thalamus

• cerebrum

The outermost layer of the cerebrum; part of the brain that controls the way we think as well as our memory, emotions, language and complex motor functions.

• cerebrum

• receptors

• effectors

• cerebral cortex

This part is located behind the brain stem; responsible for movement, posture and balance.

• cerebellum

• lesion

• lobes

• thalamus

Messages are carried along these long, thin, stringy nerve cells hundreds of times over and over again. What are this nerve cells in our brain called?

• pons

• effectors

• neurons

• hypothalamus

A chemical communication system using hormones, by which messages are sent through the bloodstream to particular organs of the body.

• central nervous system

• nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

• endocrine system

Relay station between the cerebellum and the cerebral cortex are

• neurons

• effectors

• pons

• lobes

Cells whose function is to gather information. The brain monitors what is happening inside and outside the body by receiving messages from these cells. What is the name of the cell?

• lesion

• electrodes

• receptors

• pons