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TEST Your 1: Foundation PSY308 Biopsychology Spring12 Multiple-choice questions (2 points each)
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Prof. H.J. Lee
1. An experiment where you stimulate a brain region and then observe movement towards an object would support which of the following views?
a. b. c. d.
Dualism Monism Fundamentalism Naturalism
2. If you were interested in determining if the volume of the hippocampus is associated with the amount of stress a person has experienced, which of the following methods would be the best choice? a. fMRI b. MRI c. PET d. EEG 3. Which of the following is a CORRECT statement about your nervous system?
a. Sympathetic system is important for digesting food. b. Cranial nerves all have a set of afferent and efferent nerves.
c. Parasympathetic system is part of somatic nervous system. d. Afferent nerves tend to carry information from the environment to CNS 4. In which section would you be able to visualize the dorsal/ventral and anterior/posterior boundaries of the thalamus?
a. b. c. d.
Horizontal Coronal Sagittal Cross
5. ________________ is located just caudal to central sulcus. a. b. c. d. Parietal cortex Temporal cortex Occipital cortex Frontal cortex
6. Which of the following information is NOT mediated by the tegmentum.
a. motor b. pain c. visual
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7. Ribosomes are the part of a cell that: a. performs metabolic activities. b. breaks down harmful chemicals. c. transports proteins. d. synthesizes new proteins.
8. Which lobe of the cerebral cortex is most important for visual information? a. b. c. d. occipital parietal temporal frontal
9. Which of the following statements is NOT correct about the spinal cord?
a. Sensory information comes via ventral root. b. Dorsal root ganglion contains cell bodies of unipolar neurons. c. Sensory neurons convey information to motor neurons via interneurons.
d. White matter is composed largely of myelinated axons. 10. Which of the following brain region shows dopamine cell death in people with Parkinson's disease?
a. b. c. d.
Hippocampus Ventral tegmental area Hypothalamus Substantia nigra
11. Reflexive changes in heart rate and breathing are regulated by which of the following? a. b. c. d. thalamus forebrain medulla Pons
12. If you were to accidentally touch a hot stove with your hand, you would quickly pull your hand away. The information carried to the muscles in your arm to make them contract was carried by: a. b. c. d. efferent neurons. afferent neurons. intrinsic neurons. sensory neurons.
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13. The unequal distribution of ions that plays a role in the resting membrane potential refers to the __________.
a. b. c. d.
higher concentration of Na+ inside vs. outside higher concentration of K+ inside vs outside higher concentration of Cl- inside vs. outside all of the above
14. What is the result if a stimulus shifts the potential inside a neuron from the resting potential to a more negative potential? a. b. c. d. hyperpolarization depolarization an action potential Gap junction
15. Increasing the amplitude and frequency of a stimulus will do all of the following, EXCEPT __________.
a. b. c. d.
increase the size of the action potential increase the frequency of the action potential increase the size of the postsynaptic potential increase the frequency of the postsynaptic potential.
16. Which ions flow into the post-synaptic cells when IPSP occurs?
a. b. c. d.
Chloride Sodium Postassium Calcium
17. Which of the following action requires energy (i.e. ATP) provided by mitochondria?
a. b. c. d.
Opening of Dopamine metabotropic channels Activating Chloride pumps Keeping anions from leaking out of the cells Activating Sodium/potassium Which pumps
18. of the following is the correct order of transmission of information within a neuron? a. cell body, dendrite, axon b. dendrite, axon, cell body c. axon, cell body, dendrite d. dendrite, cell body, axon
19. Glial cells whose function most closely resembles that of the immune system are called:
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a. b. c. d.
oligodendrocytes. Schwann cells. microglia. astrocytes.
20. Which effect is consistently associated with a "second messenger"? a. b. c. d. ionotropic metabotropic inhibitory excitatory
21. Which of the following is the major neurotransmitter found at the neuromuscular junction?
a. b. c. d.
Glutamate Epinephrine Serotonin Acetylcholine
22. If you were to stub your toe and feel the pressure a second or two before you feel the pain, then which of the following statements is most likely true? a. b. c. d. Pain sensitive neurons are large and myelinated. Pain sensitive neurons are longer. Pressure sensitive neurons are small and lightly myelinated. Pressure sensitive neurons are large and myelinated.
23. Which phenomenon can explain why experienced drug users die of drug overdose at times?
a. b. c. d.
Conditioned drug tolerance Functional drug tolerance Contingent drug tolerance Metabolic drug tolerance
24. Which is the telencephalic brain region that is also known as the pleasure center?
a. b. c. d.
Ventral tegmental area Amygdala Nucleus Accumbens Hypothalamus
25. Which of the following statement is NOT true about alcohol?
a. Heavy long-term use can lead to neuronal excitotoxicity. b. It does not develop cross-tolerance with other CNS depressants.
Your name: c. Its effects can be antagonized by CNS stimulants. d. It has different behavioral effects at different doses.
26. Cannabinoid receptors are located on the: a. b. c. d. the postsynaptic neuron the presynaptic neuron the cell body Axon
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27. Who is most likely to suffer from Korsakoff's syndrome? a. b. c. d. alcoholics heroin addicts diabetics cocaine addicts
Short answer questions (3 points each) 1. Damage to the ____________________________ often causes people to lose their social inhibitions and to ignore the rules of polite conduct. 2. Which fibers are sometimes cut to prevent the seizure activities from spreading to the other hemisphere?
3. What type of glial cells myelinates axons in the brain and spinal cord?
5. The release of neurotransmitter from the presynaptic terminal is most dependent on the influx of what ion?
6. An impairment of eating, drinking, or sexual behavior suggests possible damage to which brain structure?
Short answer questions (4 points each) 1. Define "resting potential" of a neuron.
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2. The postganglionic synapses of the sympathetic nervous system use __________________________ neurotransmitter while the postganglionic synapses of the parasympathetic nervous system use _____________________________ neurotransmitter. 3. Name a monoamine neurotransmitter and the brain area where the neurotransmitter is produced.
4. Based on the H.M. case study, we learned that _________________________ (brain structure) is crucial for ___________________________ (psychological process).
5. What is saltatory conduction?
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6. I would like to find out whether the neurons in area A project to area B. What should I do?
7. What drug action does Aricept (commonly prescribed to people with Alzheimer's disease) have?
Bonus questions (2 points each) 1. The cerebral cortex of many mammals is covered with "bumps and grooves". What are the technical names for the bumps and grooves?
2. What neurotransmitter is Vagusstoff that was discovered by Otto Lowei?