WorksheetsBiological Perspective
Total questions: 119
Worksheet time: 57mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
helps with controlling arousal.
a)
reticular formation
b)
brain stem
2.
influences aggression and fear
a)
pituitary gland
b)
amygdala
3.
processes memory
a)
hypothalamus
b)
hippocampus
4.
master gland
a)
pituitary gland
b)
cerebellum
5.
balance
a)
cerebral cortex
b)
cerebellum
6.
executive command center
a)
temporal lobe
b)
frontal lobe
7.
receives information from sensory, touch and body position
a)
temporal lobe
b)
parietal lobe
8.
higher mental functions, such as critical thinking, remembering and speaking
a)
pons
b)
association areas
9.
transforms words into auditory code
a)
association areas
b)
angular gyrus
10.
speech
a)
broca
b)
wernicke area
11.
band of axon fibers connects 2 hemisphere
a)
cerebellum
b)
corpus callosum
12.
inside of the neuron is negatively charged relative to the outside of membrane
a)
polarization
b)
depolarization
13.
chemical messager, released into the bloodstream, slow but long lasting
a)
neurotransmitter
b)
hormones
14.
electric charge on the inside and the outside of the cell membrane and is when the cell becomes positively charged
a)
polarization
b)
depolarization
15.
regulates blood sugar, secreting insulin
a)
pancrease
b)
gall bladder
16.
electrical charged particles found both inside and outside neuron
a)
ion
b)
vessicles
c)
synapes
17.
sending end of a neuron
a)
dendrites
b)
axon terminals
18.
receiving end of a neuron
a)
dendrites
b)
synapatics
19.
neurotransmitter that promotes (gas pedal) action potentials. Arousing or accelerating physiological
a)
excitatory
b)
inhibitory
20.
Soma
a)
cell body
b)
vessicles
21.
mimic molecule that binds to receptors, gains the benefit of that molecule
a)
antagonist
b)
agonist
22.
When you run, jump and wave your hand, this voluntary nervous system kicks in?
a)
Motor neurons
b)
Spinal cord
c)
Somatic Nervous system
d)
Autonomic Nervous system
23.
Which part of the neuron receives messages from other cells?
a)
Axon
b)
Dendrite
c)
Soma
d)
Myelin
24.
Study how biology and behavior and mind affect each other, what is the definition word?
a)
Biopsychosocial
b)
Biological Psychologists
c)
Psychologist
d)
Biologist
25.
What is your “fight or flight” gland?
a)
Sympathetic division
b)
Adrenal gland
c)
Pituitary gland
d)
Parasympathetic division
26.
What is the cells support center?
a)
Neurons
b)
Axons
c)
Axon terminals
d)
Cell body
27.
What is a common cause of multiple sclerosis?
a)
Myelin sheath degeneration
b)
Axon terminals
c)
Cell body
d)
Synapse gap
28.
When neither the researcher nor the participants know who is in each group is the definition of what word?
a)
Double-blind
b)
Blind procedure
c)
Placebo effect
d)
Control group
29.
What natural morphine does the body create that is considered a “runner’s high”
a)
Dopamine
b)
Serotonin
c)
Glutamate
d)
Endorphins
30.
Drugs that occupy(block) receptors but do not activate them are called?
a)
Antagonists
b)
Agonists
c)
Acetylcholine
d)
Gamma-aminobutyric acid
31.
Which action is NOT controlled by the somatic nervous system?
a)
Jumping
b)
Waving of hand
c)
Running
d)
Breathing
32.
Which type of neuron carries information from the CNS to the muscles and glands?
a)
Neurotransmitter
b)
Motor Neuron
c)
Sensory Neuron
d)
Interneurons
33.
Which of the following is NOT part of a neuron?
a)
Dendrite
b)
Axon
c)
Synapse
d)
Myelin Sheath
34.
Which of the following neurotransmitters enables muscle action, leaning, and memory?
a)
Serotonin
b)
Acetylcholine
c)
Dopamine
d)
Glutamate
35.
Which part of the brain is known as the "sorting station" ?
a)
Medulla
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Thalamus
d)
Hypothalamus
36.
A hemispherectomy is the severing of the _____
a)
Corpus Callosum
b)
Brain Stem
c)
Hippocampus
d)
Cerebellum
37.
Which of the following is NOT a main type of neuron?
a)
Interneuron
b)
Sensory neuron
c)
Motor neuron
d)
Sensual neuron
38.
What are the two main divisions of the nervous system?
a)
Autonomic and Somatic
b)
Peripheral and Central
c)
Sensory and Motor
d)
Sympathetic and Parasympathetic
39.
What is a visual display of brain activity that detects where a radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a given task?
a)
CT
b)
MRI
c)
PET
d)
EEG
40.
In what order does an electrical impulse travel through a neuron?
a)
Nucleus, cell body, Dendrite, axon terminal, axon
b)
Synapse, Nucleus, Dendrite, Axon
c)
Dendrite, Cell Body, Axon, Axon Terminals
d)
Cell Body, Dendrite, Axon Terminals, Synapse
41.
What is the basic building block of the nervous system?
a)
Neurons
b)
Axon
c)
Dendrite
d)
Synapse
42.
What is the small gap/space between one neuron's axon terminal and another's dendrite?
a)
Myaline sheath
b)
Synapse
c)
Cell Body
d)
Receptor Site
43.
What is it called when a brief electrical charge travels down a neuron's axon?
a)
Resting Potential
b)
Depolarization
c)
Action Potential
d)
Repolarization
44.
What is the amount of stimuli that triggers action potential?
a)
Threshold
b)
Agonists
c)
Antagonist
d)
Reuptake
45.
What is the gap between the myaline sheath?
a)
Synapse
b)
Axon
c)
Nucleus
d)
Nodes of Ranvier
46.
What is the master gland of the brain?
a)
Hippocampus
b)
Thalamus
c)
Pituitary Gland
d)
Pons
47.
Rebecca got into a car accident and now has halting speech. What part of the brain did she injur?
a)
Wernicke's area
b)
Broca's area
c)
Hippocampus
d)
Thalamus
48.
What is the definition for Myelin sheath?
a)
Cell life support
b)
Passes information away from cell
c)
Fatty tissue that encases the axon
d)
Forms junction with other cells
49.
What is the process called when extra neurotransmitters are reabsorbed?
a)
Reuptake
b)
Excitatory
c)
Repolarization
d)
Action potential
50.
What are the two parts in the CNS?
a)
Brain and Spinal cord
b)
Somatic and automatic
c)
Motor and sensory
d)
Sympathetic and parasympathetic
51.
Which one is NOT a trait of the nervous system?
a)
Superfast
b)
Travels through blood stream
c)
Neurotransmitters
d)
Has two parts
52.
What connects the right and left hemispheres of the brain?
a)
Pons
b)
Thalamus
c)
Corpus Callosum
d)
Amygdala
53.
Where does the neurotransmitter go after it passes the cell body?
a)
Synapse
b)
Axon
c)
Terminals
d)
Dendrites
54.
Steven is a 5 year old boy who just had a hemispherectomy. Because of _______, his brain will create new learning pathways to regain normal function.
a)
Association areas
b)
Dual processing
c)
Lateralization
d)
Placticity
55.
Which neural communication accelarates the neural impulse through a neuraon?
a)
Excelarator
b)
Excitatory
c)
Inhibitory
d)
All-or-None response
56.
Which is the correct function of sensory neurons?
a)
Carry info to CNS from sensory
b)
Within brain and spinal cord and carry signals
c)
Carry info from CNS to muscles and glands
d)
Gathers info and transmits to other parts
57.
What is the neural process of the reuptake?
a)
The transmitting neuron retracts excess neurotransmitters that are no longer being used
b)
When neurotransmitters are no longer needed, so they dissolve into the surrounding membrane
c)
When the electracl impulse is stopped in one neuron
d)
The process of storing excess neurotranmitters, in the nueral cell
58.
Which is the correct function of motor neurons?
a)
Within brain and spinal cord and carry signals
b)
Makes decisions
c)
Carry info from CNS to muscles and glands
d)
Carry info to CNS from sensory
59.
Which gland of the nervous system is the master gland?
a)
Thyroid Gland
b)
Adrenal gland
c)
Pituitary Gland
d)
Pineal Gland
60.
Which organ of the brain controls balance, posture, and coordinates voluntary muscle movement?
a)
Cerebellum
b)
Thalamus
c)
amygdala
d)
frontal cortex
61.
What part of the brain controls the basic functions of life?
a)
midbrain
b)
hypothalamus
c)
brain stem
d)
basal ganglia
62.
Which organ of the brain processes the emotions of fear and anger?
a)
Thalamus
b)
pons
c)
medulla oblongata
d)
amygdala
63.
What is the function of the hippocampus with in the brain?
a)
The organization of emotional events
b)
To store long term memorie and regulate short term memories
c)
to regulate fear and anger
d)
the process of connecting the left and right hemispheres
64.
In a CT (computed tomography) scan, what signals are used to detect the structure of the brain?
a)
Magnetic Fields
b)
Electrodes placed on the skull
c)
the pass of X-rays through the brain
d)
detection of glucose
65.
What does the Amygdala do in the brain?
a)
Controls posture and balance of the body
b)
Controls fear and rage (emotions)
c)
Sorting station of the brain
d)
Controls language and comprehension in the brain
66.
What is the Biopsychosocial?
a)
Study of behavior with others human beings
b)
Study how these biological, psychological, and social systems work/interact
c)
Study of how our environment affects our behaviors
d)
Study of behavior
67.
What does a dendrite do?
a)
Receives messages and conducts impulses towards the cell body
b)
Lets the neurons travel to the synapse
c)
Forms junctions with other cells
d)
It’s the cell’s life support
68.
What is a threshold?
a)
A response that either fires all of it or doesn’t at all
b)
Maximum amount of stimulation that a response can have
c)
Level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse
d)
Minimum amount of stimulation that a response can have
69.
What is an agonist?
a)
Helps make the threshold larger so that there can be a greater response
b)
Makes a reaction go faster
c)
Block neurotransmitters from making a response
d)
They take place of a neural transmitter by binding to the receptors and producing a temporary high
70.
What is the job of the sensory neuron?
a)
Neurons that carry out going information from brain and spinal cord to muscles and glands
b)
Neurons that carry out going information from brain and spinal cord to muscles and glands
c)
Give the fight or flight response
d)
Gives the rest or digest response
71.
A space between the axon terminal of one neuron and the dendrite of another is called?
a)
myelin sheath
b)
synaptic gap
c)
neurotransmitters
d)
reuptake
72.
Which brain scan is used to see areas that are being activated while performing different task?
a)
EEG
b)
CT Scan
c)
MRI
d)
PET
73.
Which of the following guides neural connections, provides nutrients and insulating myelin, and mop up ions and nutrients?
a)
Glial Cells
b)
Frontal Lobes
c)
Parietal Lobes
d)
Occipital Lobes
74.
What enables muscle action, learning, and memory?
a)
Dopamine
b)
Ach
c)
Serotonin
d)
GABA
75.
To walk across the street, a person would rely most directly on his:
a)
Autonomic Nervous System
b)
Sympathetic Nervous System
c)
Parasympathetic Nervous System
d)
Somatic Nervous System
76.
what is a PET scan used for?
a)
to see which areas are being activated while performing different tasks
b)
study structure
c)
find injuries
d)
diagnose epilepsy
77.
where is the somatosensory cortex?
a)
frontal lobe
b)
occipital lobe
c)
parietal Lobes
d)
temporal lobe
78.
fMRI is used for
a)
finding tumors
b)
brain mapping
c)
diagnose epilepsy
d)
finding strokes
79.
what is the part of the brain we share with all other animals
a)
Cerebellum
b)
limbic system
c)
corpus Callosum
d)
brain stem
80.
what does the medulla not control?
a)
breathing
b)
heartrate
c)
emotions
d)
digestion
81.
What are the effects if the broca’s area is damaged?
a)
broken and repetitive speech
b)
lack of coordination
c)
hallucinations
d)
long and short term memory loss
82.
Why do they sometimes sever the corpus callosum?
a)
Seizures
b)
heart attacks
c)
Alziehmers
d)
Cerbral Palsy
83.
What type of brain scan measures the function and the structure of the brain?
a)
EEG
b)
EKG
c)
fMRI
d)
CT
84.
What are the human body’s natural “morphine” producers?
a)
Serotonin
b)
Glutamate
c)
Endorphins
d)
Acetylcholine (ACh)
85.
What is the cell's life support system?
a)
Axon
b)
Dendrites
c)
Axon terminal
d)
Soma
86.
Where is the reticular formation located?
a)
Thalamus
b)
Hypothalamus
c)
Amygdala
d)
Brainstem
87.
What is NOT a difference between the Nervous system and the Endocrine system?
a)
The Nervous system is fast while the Endocrine system is slow.
b)
The Nervous system sends out neurotransmitters and the Endocrine system sends out hormones.
c)
The Endocrine system travels in the bloodstream while the Nervous system travels across synapse from one neuron to another.
d)
The Nervous system transmits chemical messages throughout the body while the Endocrine system transmits hormonal messages throughout the body.
88.
What is the difference between the Somatic Nervous System and the Autonomic Nervous System?
a)
Somatic controls involuntary muscle movements while Autonomic controls voluntary movements.
b)
Somatic controls voluntary muscle movements while Autonomic controls involuntary movements.
c)
The Somatic can be further subdivided into the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system.
d)
Somatic controls breathing, heartbeat, and blinking while Autonomic controls running, jumping, and walking.
89.
Heartbeat, digestion, and other self-regulating bodily functions are governed by the:
a)
Voluntary Nervous System
b)
Autonomic Nervous System
c)
Sympathetic Nervous System
d)
Somatic Nervous System
90.
Voluntary movements, such as writing with a pencil, are directed by the:
a)
Sympathetic Nervous System
b)
Somatic Nervous System
c)
Parasympathetic Nervous System
d)
Autonomic Nervous System
91.
Your brother has been taking prescription medicine and experiencing a number of unpleasant side effects, including unusually rapid heartbeat and excessive perspiration. It is likely that the medicine is exaggerating activity in the:
a)
Reticular Formation
b)
Sympathetic Nervous System
c)
Parasympathetic Nervous System
d)
Amygdala
92.
You are able to pull your hand quickly away from hot water before pain is felt because:
a)
Movement of hand is a reflex that involves intervention of the spinal cord only
b)
Movement of the hand does not require intervention by the central nervous system
c)
The brain reacts quickly to prevent severe injury
d)
The autonomic division of the peripheral nervous system intervenes to speed contraction of the muscles of the hand
93.
Chemical messengers produced by endocrine glands are called:
a)
Agonists
b)
Neurotransmitters
c)
Hormones
d)
Enzymes
94.
A tissue or group of tissues that make and releases hormones.
a)
Endocrine System
b)
Pancreas
c)
Flight or Fight Response
d)
Glands
95.
regulates blood-sugar levels.
a)
Endocrine System
b)
Pancreas
c)
Flight or Fight Response
d)
Glands
96.
is a network of tissues and organs that release chemicals that control certain body functions.
a)
Hormones
b)
Pituitary Gland
c)
Endocrine System
d)
Type 2 Diabetes
97.
a disease that is characterized by high levels of sugar in the blood. Usually caused by the pancreas producing too little insulin or body not responding to insulin.
a)
Hormones
b)
Pituitary Gland
c)
Endocrine System
d)
Type 2 Diabetes
98.
The gland that stimulates body metabolism
a)
Thyroid
b)
testes
c)
ovary
d)
adrenal
99.
The gland that stimulates secondary sex characteristics in females.
a)
Thyroid
b)
testes
c)
ovary
d)
adrenal
100.
Gigantism is a disorder in which an individual has a very large body; caused by excess human growth hormons
a)
True
b)
False
101.
a condition in which the thyroid gland produces TOO much of the thyroid hormones and many body systems become too active. Can cause rapid unhealthy weight loss
a)
Hypothyroidism
b)
Hyperthyroidism
c)
Testosterone
d)
Estrogen
102.
stimulates secondary sex characteristics in males and stimulates sperm production.
a)
Hypothyroidism
b)
Hyperthyroidism
c)
Testosterone
d)
Estrogen
103.
The pituitary gland is sometimes referred to as the mastery gland.
a)
True
b)
False
104.
The response to stress is called
a)
Flight or Fussy Response
b)
Fight or Afraid
c)
Fish or Flee
d)
Fight or Flight Response
105.
Are chemicals that travel in the blood and cause changes in different parts of the body
a)
Hormones
b)
Glands
c)
Parathyroid
d)
Adrenal Gland
106.
The gland that helps the body respond to stress and danger
a)
Hormones
b)
Glands
c)
Parathyroid
d)
Adrenal Gland
107.
A gland that secretes hormones that affect other glands and organs is called the pituitary gland.
a)
True
b)
False
108.
Testosterone is produced in the
a)
ovary
b)
testes
c)
pancrease
d)
thyroid
109.
Which imaging method involves the use of radioactive isotopes?
a)
X-Ray
b)
MRI
c)
EEG
d)
PET
110.
Which imaging technique would produce this image?
a)
MRI
b)
fMRI
c)
PET
d)
CAT
111.
Which imaging technique would produce this image?
a)
MRI
b)
fMRI
c)
PET
d)
CAT
112.
Which imaging technique would produce this image?
a)
MRI
b)
fMRI
c)
PET
d)
CAT
113.
Which imaging technique would produce this image?
a)
MRI
b)
fMRI
c)
PET
d)
CAT
114.
This equipment is for what scan?
a)
X-ray
b)
EEG
c)
PET
d)
SPECT
115.
This equipment is for what scan?
a)
X-ray
b)
EEG
c)
PET
d)
SPECT
116.
a 25-year-old railroad worker in the 19th century who survived the passing of an iron rod through his head/skull.
It entered below his left cheek and exited through the top of his skull on the frontal lobe.
It entered below his left cheek and exited through the top of his skull on the frontal lobe.
a)
HM
b)
Phineas Gage
c)
Tan
d)
Brocca
117.
This case study found that the patients could redraw pictures with their left hands, but not with their right.
This could be due to the fact that the left hand side of the body is controlled by the right hemisphere, which is also the creative hemisphere.
This could be due to the fact that the left hand side of the body is controlled by the right hemisphere, which is also the creative hemisphere.
a)
Draganski et al. 2004
b)
Maguire 2000
c)
Schacter and Singer 1962
d)
Sperry 1968
118.
This area of the brain is associated with speech expression.
a)
Broca's Area
b)
Wernicke's Area
c)
Boccia's Area
d)
Degobah's Area
119.
This part of the brain is associated with speech comprehension.
a)
Broca's Area
b)
Wernicke's Area
c)
Boccia's Area
d)
Degobah's Area
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