AP Unit 2 Review Part 1 and 2

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

• Sensory

• Presynaptic

• Motor

• Efferent

Which part of the cerebral cortex directs the muscle movements involved in producing speech?

• amygdala

• Broca's area

• reticular formation

• Wernicke's area

A drug that enhances the effect of a neurotransmitter by mimicking its effects or by preventing its breakdown in the synapse is referred to as what?

• an antagonist

• an excitatory postsynaptic potential

• an agonist

• a transducer

What is the brief electrical charge that travels down an axon called?

• refractory period

• resting potential

• action potential

• all-or-one impulse

Which school year did Mr. Kisker start teaching?

• 1999-2000

• 2000-2001

• 2001-2002

• 2002-2003

Which part of the neuron covers the axon, speeding up the transmission? It deteriorates in MS patients.

• Myelin Sheath

• Dendrite

• Mirror neurons

• Terminal buttons

This sleep disorder tends to run in families with a history of sleep disorders, and is related to issues with hypocretin/orexin.

• Sleep apnea

• Restless leg syndrome (RLS)

• Narcolepsy

• Sleep paralysis

Your body’s natural time clock that tells you when to wake up and when to sleep.

• Insomnia
• Circadian rhythm
• Frontal Lobe
• Sleep apnea

Freud's wish fulfillment theory of dreams involved deconstructing the ______________________ and _________________ content of the dream.

• manifest; latent

• realistic; unrealistic

• id; ego

• supergo; collective unconscious

What brain scan uses radioactive dye to monitor glucose levels in the brain?

• PET scan

• EEG scan

• MRI scan

• CAT scan