Question: The gland of the body serve as ___________?

• 1. effectors
• 2. receptors
• 3. afferent nerves
• 4. efferent verves

Question: The thalamus serves which of the following functions?

• 1. relay center from spinal cord to cerebrum
• 2. regulate external expression of emotion
• 3. relay center for sensory impulses
• 4. all of the above

Question: _____________ is credited with first inferring the existence of synapses?

• 1. Johannes Muller
• 2. Franz Gall
• 3. William James
• 4. Charles Sherrington

Question: Which brain structure is important in causing, awakening a person from sleep?

• 1. limbic activating system
• 2. cerebral activating system
• 3. reticular activating system
• 4. thalamic activating system

Question: As one moves from external stimulus to moto response, which of the following constitutes an accurate sequential pattern?

• 1. afferent nerve, efferent nerve, neural modulator
• 2. efferent nerve, interneuron, afferent nerve
• 3. afferent nerve, interneuron, efferent nerve
• 4. efferent nerve, afferent nerve, neural modulator

Question: Follicle-stimulating hormone is secreted by the ____________?

• 1. ovaries
• 2. testes
• 3. pituitary gland
• 4. hypothalamus

Question: What effect does adrenaline have on human body?

• 1. constriction of the pupils
• 2. increased rate of digestion
• 3. accelerated heart beat
• 4. increased hormone production

Question: The head injured patient lost the ability to breath. Autopsy revealed neural damage in the ____________?

• 1. medulla
• 2. midbrain
• 3. cerebellum
• 4. pons

Question: The action potential ‘jumps’ along an axon. The gaps in a myelinated axon that the action potential ‘jumps’ to are called the ____________?

• 1. Broca’s area
• 2. Nodes of Ranvier
• 3. terminal buttons
• 4. Wernicke’s area

Question: The ____________ gland is frequently referred as ‘master gland’ since it regulates the activity of many other glands?

• 1. thyroid
• 2. adrenal
• 3. pituitary
• 4. pineal