PSYC 380 Exam 1 Answers

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Professor Peach is lecturing in her class about glial cells. She will tell her class that glial cells ______. Dr. Delillo studies the resting potential of neurons. He has found that _______ is the ma... in reason the neuron is able to maintain the resting potential. The resting potential is mainly the result of ____. Professor Rhodus is lecturing about selective permeability of neurons. What would he tell the class? What type of glial cells myelinate axons in the brain and spinal cord? Radial glia ____. The membrane of a neuron is composed of ____ with ____ embedded in them Neurons typically have one ____, but many ____ When a neuron’s membrane is at rest, the concentration gradient tends to move potassium ____ the cell and the electrical gradient tends to move it ____ the cell. Pok is in the lab and is measuring the resting potential of neurons. Approximately what should she measure as the resting potential? In order to change the amount of polarization of a neuron, Professor Alley would need to change the difference in voltage between _____. Terrance went to the dentist and was given some Novocain. This prevented him from feeling pain because the drug ____ When a neuron’s membrane is at rest, the concentration gradient tends to move sodium ____ the cell and the electrical gradient tends to move it ____ the cell. Why is the speed of conduction through a reflex arc slower than the speed of conduction of an action potential along an axon? In addition to influencing other neurons, ____ increases blood flow to a specific area of the brain. A temporary hyperpolarization is known as an ____. Even at rest, most neurons have periodic production of action potentials, known as the ____. Vesicles are located ____. Raylene is studying for an exam on neurotransmission. She wrote in her notes that one difference between ionotropic and metabotropic effects is that _____. Professor Kinsley is lecturing on EPSPs and action potentials. She tells the class that _____ Paris is studying for a quiz on neurotransmitters. She should remember that all of the following are catecholamines except _____. What is the primary difference between temporal summation and spatial summation? Brock is working in the lab and has been able to demonstrate that ______. A neuron excretes neurotransmitters through its membrane by a process called ____ An action potential causes the release of neurotransmitters by ____. Dr. Edmonson is working in the lab with cultured neurons. He applies a drug that inhibits acetylcholinesterase. What does he expect to have occur? Mardell is in the lab studying for a physiology exam. She is studying a brain that has been dissected from the front. The brain was cut with _____ sections. Prefrontal lobotomies were conducted in the United States in an attempt to ____ Professor Alba is lecturing about the cerebral cortex. She tells the class that neurons in the ______ have more dendritic spines than neurons in other areas. The prefrontal cortex is important for ____ If Geri had disruptions to her limbic system, she would likely have problems with _____ Computerized axial tomography creates an image from ____ Franz Gall noticed that some people with superb verbal skills had protruding eyes. He inferred that verbal memory must be stored in the brain behind the eyes. This method of attempting to understand the brain was called _____. If you could selectively damage the individual laminae of the cortex, damage to which layer would most likely affect visual sensation? In addition to problems with balance and coordination, a person with damage to the cerebellum will likely have problems with ____. Professor Tutson is lecturing about the peripheral nervous system. She tells her class that the parasympathetic system primarily uses ____ to communicate. After damage to the dorsal roots of the spinal cord, an individual will suffer what kind of loss? Danica is studying for a quiz. She writes in her notes that the _____ matter is in the center of the spinal cord and is made up of _____. Which plane shows brain structures as they would be seen from above? Vision is to ____ as hearing is to ____. [Show More]

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