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Name: ________________________ Class: ___________________ Date: __________
Quiz CH 2
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. Neurons are made up of dendrites, a soma, and
a. axons
b. synapses
c. diatons
d. peptides
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2. Which of the following is/are TRUE regarding axons?
a. Some axons are only 0.1 millimeter long.
b. Some axons stretch up to a meter in length throughout the nervous system.
c. The human brain contains about three million miles of axons.
d. All of these statements are true.
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3. Ions
a.
b.
c.
d.
can be found both inside and outside the nerve cell.
have a positive electric charge while neutrons have a negative charge.
have neither a positive nor a negative electrical charge.
can be found only inside the neuron, creating in your brain an electronic charge of
about minus 90 millivolts.
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4. The conduction of a nerve impulse down the axon is called a(n)
a. ion potential.
b. action potentia
c. resting discharge.
d. synapse.
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5. The fastest neurons can send impulses at about __________ miles per hour.
a. 200
b. 425
c. 150
d. 45
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6.
Scott was challenged to catch a dollar bill as fast as he could with his thumb and index finger as it fell between the. Scott
was successful one time out of five trials. Which statement best explains why Scott failed to catch the dollar bill?
a. Scott’s injury to the temporal lobe has caused him to not see when the dollar bill falls.
b. This simple yet common test signifies that Scott has serious cognitive deficits..
c. From the time Scott processes the information to when his brain tells the muscles to grab the dollar
bill, the dollar bill has already slipped by.
d. None of these statements explains the situation.
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7. Large bundles of axons and dendrites visible to the unaided eye are
a. neurons
b. neurilemma
c. nerves
d. neurotransmitters
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8.
The whitish, fatty substance that surrounds the axon and aids conduction of a nerve impulse down the axon is called
myelin
neurilemma
synaptic vesicles
neurotransmitters
a.
b.
c.
d.
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9.
Miriam has been suffering from numbness, weakness, and partial paralysis. Miriam’s doctor told her that her immune
system has attacked and destroyed the myelin in her
body causing her to have
a. rheumatoid arthritis
b. multiple sclerosis
c. Huntington’s disease.
d. muscular dysthrophy.
____ 10. The fact that some peripheral nerves can regenerate after being damaged is made
a.
b.
c.
d.
possible by the presence of
neurilemma
myelin
acetylcholine
none of these, since peripheral nerves cannot regenerate
____ 11. The autonomic system carries messages to and from the ________, while the somatic
system carries messages to and from the __________.
a. sense organs and skeletal muscles; internal organs and glands
b. central nervous system; peripheral nervous system
c. internal organs and glands; sense organs and skeletal muscles
d. brain; spinal column
____ 12.
You are in the forest and see a large, snarling, drooling grizzly bear running directly toward you. The adrenaline rush
you feel is controlled by the
a. sympathetic nervous system.
b. parasympathetic nervous system.
c. central nervous system.
d. neurotransmitter dopamine.
____ 13. The simplest behavior sequence, organized in the spinal cord, is the
a. reflex arc.
b. autonomic reflex.
c. somatic reflex.
d. central synapse.
____ 14.
A barefoot child steps on a bee, then jerks his or her foot back in response to the sting. This response has likely involved
all parts of the nervous system EXCEPT
a. the brain.
b. the spinal cord.
c. motor neurons.
d. connector neurons or interneurons.
____ 15.
When a researcher tries to identify which structures in the brain control specific psychological or behavioral functions,
such as recognizing faces or moving your hands, the basic research strategy is to ________ .
a. localize function
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b. use a lock-in enhancement
c. image enhance
d. extrapolate function
____ 16. Which of the following is most closely associated with surgical removal of parts of the
a.
b.
c.
d.
brain?
clinical studies
ablation
MRI scan
EEG
____ 17. Ellie had a right hemisphere stroke. During her rehabilitation period, her family and
the hospital staff noticed that she placed all articles on the right side of the dresser and
did not notice an article if it were placed on the left side until it was brought to her
attention. Even when eating, she tended to eat the food items on the right side of
the plate before she even noticed food items on the left side. Ellie was exhibiting
a. aphasia.
b. agnosia.
c. perceptual neglect.
d. spatial neglect.
____ 18. LaMonte excels in algebra, solving each problem one step at a time. Brittany can easily
a.
b.
c.
d.
visualize three-dimensional geometry problems.
LaMonte’s preferred activity is centered in the left hemisphere, Brittany’s in the right.
LaMonte’s preferred activity is centered in the right hemisphere, Brittany’s in the left.
Both are mathematical activities of the left brain.
Both are holistic activities of the right brain.
____ 19. A person with brain damage who said “car” when shown a picture of a “boat” would
a.
b.
c.
d.
most likely have damage to
the visual cortex.
Broca’s area.
Wernicke’s area.
the corpus callosum.
____ 20. Jose has lost his ability to speak following a stroke, although he is still able to
a.
b.
c.
d.
understand words spoken to him. Damage was most likely to
the occipital lobe.
Broca’s area.
Wernicke’s area.
the limbic system.
____ 21. Aphasia is a(n)
a. inability to recognize objects in one’s left visual field.
b. loss of tactile sensation due to brain damage.
c. language disturbance resulting from brain damage.
d. blind spot due to damage in the occipital lobe.
____ 22. Another term for “mindblindness” is
a. aphasia.
b. spatial neglect.
c. dyslexia.
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d. agnosia.
____ 23. The hypothalamus, the hippocampus, the amygdala, and parts of the thalamus make up
a.
b.
c.
d.
the _______ system.
somatosensory
endocrine
limbic
reticular activating
____ 24. Damage to which part of the limbic system would most likely impair memory?
a. thalamus
b. hypothalamus
c. amygdala
d. hippocampus
____ 25. Hormones are poured into the bloodstream by glands of the __________ system.
a. parasympathetic
b. exocrine
c. endocrine
d. somatic