| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A(n) ________ is a sudden, permanent change in a sequence of DNA. | mutation allele chromosome epigenetic |
| ________ refers to a person’s genetic makeup, while ________ refers to a person’s physical characteristics. | Genotype; phenotype Phenotype; genotype DNA; gene Gene; DNA |
| ________ is the field of study that focuses on genes and their expression. | Epigenetics Social psychology Evolutionary psychology Behavioral neuroscience |
| Humans have ________ pairs of chromosomes. | 23 15 46 78 |
| The ________ receive(s) incoming signals from other neurons. | dendrites soma terminal buttons myelin sheath |
| A(n) ________ facilitates or mimics the activity of a given neurotransmitter system. | agonist axon SSRI antagonist |
| Multiple sclerosis involves a breakdown of the ________. | myelin sheath soma synaptic vesicles dendrites |
| An action potential involves Na+ moving ________ the cell and K+ moving ________ the cell. | inside; outside outside; inside inside; inside outside; outside |
| Our ability to make our legs move as we walk across the room is controlled by the ________ nervous system. | somatic autonomic sympathetic parasympathetic |
| If your ________ is activated, you will feel relatively at ease. | parasympathetic nervous system somatic nervous system sympathetic nervous system spinal cord |
| The central nervous system is comprised of ________. | brain and spinal cord sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems organs and glands somatic and autonomic nervous systems |
| Sympathetic activation is associated with ________. | both pupil dilation and increased heart rate pupil dilation storage of glucose in the liver increased heart rate |
| The ________ is a sensory relay station where all sensory information, except for smell, goes before being sent to other areas of the brain for further processing. | thalamus amygdala hippocampus hypothalamus |
| Damage to the ________ disrupts one’s ability to comprehend language, but it leaves one’s ability to produce words intact. | Wernicke’s Area amygdala Broca’s Area occipital lobe |
| A(n) ________ uses magnetic fields to create pictures of a given tissue. | MRI EEG PET scan CT scan |
| Which of the following is not a structure of the forebrain? | substantia nigra thalamus hippocampus amygdala |
| The two major hormones secreted from the pancreas are: | glucagon and insulin estrogen and progesterone norepinephrine and epinephrine thyroxine and oxytocin |
| The ________ secretes messenger hormones that direct the function of the rest of the endocrine glands. | pituitary ovary thyroid pancreas |
| The ________ gland secretes epinephrine. | adrenal thyroid pituitary master |
| The ________ secretes hormones that regulate the body’s fluid levels. | pituitary adrenal testes thyroid |
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