Lesson Practice Tests

Which portion of the brain is responsible for sensory functions?

Cerebrum

A neurotransmitter is a type of

Chemical signal

A person not wearing their seat belt in a car crash on the highway. They fly through the windshield and crash into the pavement. The impact slams their brain into the back of their skull and both the front and back brain are injured. Which type of traumatic brain injury best describes this event?

Contrecoup

Sensorimotor processing does not include

Coughing

Procrastination belongs in the subcategory of behavioral neuroscience that involves

Decision-making

The part of the neuron that receives signals is called a

Dendrite

What is false about depression?

Depression is rare

A patient comes into the emergency room unconscious from a car crash and experienced extensive whiplash. Doctors examine the brain and find that the white matter in the brain is torn, causing problems with communication in the brain. What type of traumatic brain injury would most likely be diagnosed?

Diffuse axonal injury

Which type of stroke leads to a leaking of blood into the brain?

Hemorrhagic

Which of the following drugs can be used to thin blood in the event of a stroke?

Heparin

The study of learning and memory would include an investigation of

How dementia affects a person's brain

How can parts of the Limbic system be remembered?

Hungry hounds ate pavlov

An action potential occurs when

Neural impulse travels along an axon

The all or none law states that

Neurons must fire a signal once it starts

During a refractory period

Neurons remove sodium ions

A football player slams into a member of the other team during a big game. He momentarily blacks out and lies on the field. His coach insists he see a doctor, even though the injury is mild. What is the most likely treatment for this incident?

Rest and over the counter medication

* Which part of the brain is composed of nerve cells that filter stimuli and runs from the spinal cord through the brain stem and thalamus?

Reticular formation

Which of the following statements is not true?

The brain comes into direct contact with blood from cerebral blood vessels which is how nutrients and gas exchange occurs

How do the roles of the hippocampus and hypothalamus differ?

The hippocampus processes long term memory while the hypothalamus regulates hunger

What does neuroscience mean?

The study of the brain

The oldest parts of the brain are

Brain stem, thalamus, reticular formation, and cerebellum

What is a ruptured aneurysm

A blood vessel that has bulged or popped

What is a traumatic brain injury?

A condition caused by a force to the head that causes brain damage

The temporal lobe processes information about ___, the parietal lobe processes information about ___, and the occipital lobe processes information about ___ respectively.

sound, touch, sight