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

Question: Suppose that psychosurgery is tried to remedy the incontrollable violent behavior of a convicted serial murderer. Which brain structure should probably be operated on?

• 1. amygdala
• 2. cerebellum
• 3. thalamus
• 4. medulla

Question: A knee jerk is an example of _____________?

• 1. synaptic reflex
• 2. spastic movement
• 3. monosynaptic reflex
• 4. double innervations

Question: A neuron does not contain _______________?

• 1. a cell body
• 2. septum
• 3. myelin sheath
• 4. dendrites