AP Psych Unit 2

Which type of neuron conveys messages from your brain and spinal cord to your muscles in order to control your body's movements?

• Interneuron

• Afferent

• Mirror

• Efferent

• Somatic

The function of dendrites is to...

• Receive incoming signals from other neurons

• Release neurotransmitters into the synaptic gap between neurons

• Coordinate the activation of the parasympathetic nervous system

• Control pain through the release of opiate like chemicals into the brain

• Regulate the refractory period

39 year old Daisy has a disease that has slowed down the transmission of her nerve impulses as a result of the loss of myelin sheath. What has she most likely been diagnosed with?

• Cerebral palsy

• Polio

• Alzheimer's

• Multiple Sclerosis

• Parkinson's

Serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine are examples of which type of chemical in the body?

• Neuron

• Neurotransmitter

• Glutamate

• Antagonist

• Agonist

Neurotransmitters send messages to other neurons by crossing what space?

• Receptor site

• Synaptic cleft

• Cerebral cortex

• Adrenal cortex

• Hypothalamus

What term describes a factor that blocks the passage of a neural message to another neuron?

• Agonist

• Antagonist

• Anti-agonist

• Selective Reuptake

• Reuptake inhibitor

During what phase of neural transmission does the neuron "take a break" from all activity immediately after firing?

• Action potential

• Resting potential

• All-or-none response

• Refractory period

• Terminal Action

What function is the somatic nervous system responsible for?

• Carrying motor messages and sensory information to and from the nervous system

• Receiving motor messages and sensory information from the autonomic nervous system

• Processing information from the other parts of the nervous system

• Mobilizing the body in times of activation

• Restoring the body back to a resting state

Damage to the Broca's area in the left cerebral hemisphere on the brain would likely result in which of the following?

• a repetition of the speech of others

• a loss of the ability to speak

• a loss of the ability to visually integrate information

• a loss of in the ability to comprehend speech

• an inability to solve verbal problems

Veronica is having trouble balancing as she walks, and her muscles seem to have lost strength and tone. A neurotranatomist looking into her condition would most likely suspect a problem with Veronica's

• medulla oblongata

• right cerebral hemisphere

• cerebellum

• occipital lobes

• thalamus