PSY 379 Test 2 Quizzes | Questions with 100% Correct Answers
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PSY 379 Test 2 Quizzes | Questions with 100% Correct Answers The part of the brainstem that controls breathing, heart rate, salivation, coughing, and sneezing is called the: Medulla Because raccoons have much greater control of their paws than dogs, you would expect raccoons to have more cortica...
The part of the brainstem that controls breathing, heart rate, salivation, coughing, and
sneezing is called the:
Medulla
Because raccoons have much greater control of their paws than dogs, you would
expect raccoons to have more cortical tissue dedicated to paw control in the motor
cortex, which is located at the back of the _____ lobes of their brains.
Frontal
Of these systems, which one enables the brain to communicate with the stomach?
the autonomic nervous system
Compared to carnivores that may eat only once every few days, mammals that eat
more frequently have:
smaller stomachs
_____ are inflammation-causing chemicals released by the body in response to
antigens.
Histamines
A group of tissues that work together to perform a specific function is a(n):
Organ
Most human traits are:
influenced by genes acting together
One hour after stepping on a piece of glass, Luke feels sick and feverish and his foot
becomes red and swollen. These are all signs of:
the inflammatory response
The epigenome refers to the:
layer of proteins that package a person's hereditary information and point cells to
specific instructions.
Sheila hears her stomach growl. She hasn't eaten for four hours and she's starting to
feel hungry. The region of the brain responsible for making Sheila feel hungry is the:
Hypothalamus
The thyroid gland is important because it:
helps regulate the body's metabolism.
, White blood cells are circulated by the cardiovascular system. However, they play an
important part in defending against infection; thus, white blood cells are part of the
body's _____ system.
Immune
After Darren's serious motorcycle accident, doctors detected damage to his cerebellum.
Darren is most likely to have difficulty:
playing his guitar
Should scientists refer to the pituitary gland as the master gland of the endocrine
system?
No, the hypothalamus more properly deserves the title, because it directly controls
pituitary functioning.
A friend has been taking a particular prescription drug and is experiencing a number of
unpleasant side effects, including unusually rapid heartbeat and excessive perspiration.
It is likely that the medication is stimulating increased activity in your friend's:
sympathetic nervous system
Arti ordered food from a local restaurant. After placing her order, she thought about how
delicious it would taste. She could smell the food being prepared, then watched as it
was brought to her table. Finally, she took a bite and enjoyed the combination of flavors
in her mouth. At which point in this sequence was her body capable of triggering the
flow of gastric juices?
when she thought about the food
Your neurons are constantly communicating. As you read this question, what chemical
messengers are your neurons releasing?
Neurotransmitters
Which of these would prevent the sickness response from occurring?
cutting the vagus nerve
To demonstrate that brain stimulation can transform a violently aggressive animal into a
docile one, a neuroscientist should lesion the animal's:
Amygdala
Genotype is to phenotype as _____ is(are) to _____.
all of a person's genes; a person's observable traits
_____ play a crucial role in the body, as they are the basic unit of structure and function
in living things.
Cells
A fertilized egg will develop into a boy if, at conception:
the sperm contributes a Y chromosome
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