Exam 3

A  had less dendritic development.

B  none of these

C  all of these

D  had fewer synapses per neuron.

E  were thinner.

A  form permanent short-term memories.

B  form long-term working memories.

C  continue making formerly incorrect responses that are currently correct.

D  fasciculate.

E  continue making formerly correct responses that are currently incorrect.

A  half of the optic tectum degenerates.

B  the destroyed retina regenerates and then axons grow out from the complete retina and innervate the optic tectum in the species-typical fashion.

C  the axons grow out from the retinal ganglion cells in the remaining half of the retina to targets systematically distributed over the entire optic tectum.

D  the axons grow out from the retinal ganglion cells in the remaining half of the retina to their original targets on the optic tectum.

A  a pioneer cell.

B  an amoeba cell.

C  a growth cone.

D  a growth cell.

E  a blueprint cell.

A  inside out.

B  subventricular.

C  ependymal.

D  insidious.

E  accelerated.

A  multipolar.

B  myelinated.

C  totipotent.

D  mesodermal.

E  bipolar.

A  neural tube.

B  neural growth factors.

C  neural plate.

D  neural grove.

E  growth cones.

A  Contralateral primary motor and somatosensory cortices were equally activated during the performance of newly learned and well-practiced sequences.

B  The cerebellum was activated during both newly learned and well-practiced sequences but more during newly learned sequences.

C  all of these

D  Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex was activated during the performance of newly learned but not well-practiced sequences.

E  Posterior parietal cortex was more activated during the performance of both newly learned sequences than during the performance of well-practiced sequences.

A  descending motor pathways.

B  primary motor cortex.

C  association cortex.

D  secondary motor cortex.

E  spinal interneuronal pools.

A  most extensors.

B  fewest muscle fibers.

C  fewest motor neurons.

D  most muscle fibers.

E  most motor neurons.

A  ventromedial corticospinal tracts were transected.

B  dorsolateral corticospinal tracts were transected.

C  basal ganglia were lesioned.

D  dorsolateral corticorubrospinal tracts were transected.

E  cerebellum was lesioned.

A  muscles of the fingers and thumb.

B  muscles of the hands and wrists.

C  interneurons of the spinal gray matter that in turn synapse on motor neurons that project to the distal muscles of the arms and legs.

D  Betz cells.

E  motor neurons that project to the fingers.

A  ballistic neurons.

B  somatotopic neurons.

C  supplementary motor neurons.

D  premotor neurons.

E  mirror neurons.

A  Hebb.

B  Pinel.

C  Sperry.

D  Jackson.

E  Penfield and Boldrey.

A  all of these

B  individual responses are often integrated into continuous motor programs.

C  the locus of control is often shifted to lower levels of the sensorimotor hierarchy.

D  the locus of control is often shifted from conscious to unconscious control mechanisms.

A  functionally segregated.

B  all of these

C  hierarchical.

D  none of these

E  parallel.

A  stimulation of the PAG produces analgesia.

B  none of these

C  some opiates are endogenous.

D  all of these

E  the PAG contains opiate receptors.

A  Pacinian corpuscles.

B  nociceptors.

C  red corpuscles.

D  free nerve endings.

E  temperoceptors.

A  secondary sensory cortex.

B  hierarchical cortex.

C  association cortex.

D  primary sensory cortex.

A  glomeruli.

B  piriform cortex.

C  thalamus.

D  occipital lobe.

E  parietal lobe.

A  umami.

B  fatty.

C  oily.

D  mamawawa.

E  yumyumi.

A  they play important roles in the social lives of many species.

B  all of these

C  their anatomy and physiology are well understood.

D  their physiology is particularly simple.

A  intensity topic.

B  timbre topic.

C  spatiotopic.

D  tonotopic.

E  homotopic.

A  amplitude, frequency, and complexity

B  amplitude, complexity, and frequency

C  frequency, amplitude, and complexity

D  none of these

E  complexity, frequency, and amplitude