The cerebellum exhibits folds called gyri separated by grooves called sulci.

The medulla oblongata is the most rostral part of the brain.

The right and left cerebral hemispheres are separated from each other by

During rapid eye movement (REM) sleep

Nonfluent aphasia, due to a lesion in the ___, results in slow speech, difficulty in choosing words, or use of words that only approximate the correct word.

Which of the following functions would most likely be controlled by the representational hemisphere of the cerebrum?

Both cerebrum and cerebellum have gray matter in their surface cortex and deeper nuclei, and white matter deep to the cortex.

Structures in the diencephalon control homeostasis and relay sensory signals to specific regions of the cerebral cortex.

There are three cranial nerves involved in eye movement and two in the sense of taste.

This is the largest of the cranial nerves and the most important sensory nerve of the face.

This nerve innervates most of the viscera in the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities.

The ___ division tends to prepare the body for "fight and flight".

___ neurons are the most common type of neurons.

____ are the primary site for receiving signals from other neurons.

The myelin sheath is formed by

___ has the greatest influence on the resting membrane potential.

Local potentials are _____, meaning they vary in magnitude according to the strength of the stimulus.

___ binds to ligand-regulated gates, and is the most common inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain.

Unipolar neurons have only a single process leading away from the soma.

Oligodendrocytes serve the same purpose in the CNS that satellite cells do in the PNS.

In a myelinated fiber only the initial segment in the trigger zone have voltage-regulated channels.

Memories are formed by neural pathways of modified synapses.

A ganglion is a

Which one of the following best describes the order of a somatic reflex?

Which of the following groups of muscles have the most muscle spindles?

The quickest reflex arcs involve only two neurons, thus forming __ reflex arcs.

Cervical and lumbar enlargements are wide points in the spinal cord marking the emergence of motor nerves.

Somatic reflexes are responses of skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscles.

The spinal cord conducts signals up and down the body passing through gray and white matter, respectively.

Most nerves are motor nerves.

This figure shows a detail of the spinal cord, meninges, and spinal nerves. What does "1" represent?

This figure shows a cross section of the spinal cord. What does "3" represent?

A nurse pricks your finger to type your blood. You flinch at the pain, pulling your hand back. This is called the

The bundle of nerve roots that occupy the vertebral canal from L2 to S5 is called the

Which nerve(s) carries the most parasympathetic fibers?

Damage to the ___ may affect near vision accommodation.

The parasympathetic division stimulates digestion.

The effect of autonomic fibers on target cells is ___, and/whereas the effect of somatic fibers is ___.

Sympathetic fibers arise only from the ____ region(s) of the spinal cord.

Both divisions of the autonomic nervous system are normally active simultaneously.

Fibers of the vagus nerve end very near or within their target organs.

The autonomic nervous system controls all of the following except the

Autonomic nervous system fibers are involved in all of the following except

In response to high blood pressure, stretch receptors called ____ in the walls of arteries carrying blood to the head will trigger a reflex that causes the heart to ____ its beats per minute.

This figure shows a division of the autonomic nervous system. The label __ represents the Vagus Nerve (CN X).

A patient is experiencing a high fever, stiff neck, drowsiness, and intense headaches. A spinal tap showed bacteria and white blood cells in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). This individual most likely has

The initial effect of a stimulus on a sensory receptor is a local electrical change specifically called a(an)

What is a sensation?

___ is the only sense in which signals can reach the cerebral cortex without passing first through the thalamus.

This figure shows the internal anatomy of the ear. What does "3" represent?

A 100 dB sound (loud) of 150 Hz (low pitch) would cause the

When you spin while sitting in a swivel chair with your eyes closed, you can sense this movement by means of your

Nerve fibers from all regions of the retina converge on the ___ and exit the eye by way of the optic nerve.

___ are responsible for photopic (day) vision as well as trichromatic (color) vision.

Divergent sensory pathways explain the phenomenon of referred pain.

Olfaction results from the stimulation of chemoreceptors.

The macula sacculi is nearly horizontal and the macula utriculi is nearly vertical.

Vitamin A is necessary for the synthesis of rhodopsin.