Nervous System Quiz

The brain stem's primary function is _________________.

• to direct essential functions
• to integrate information from our senses to focus attention
• to decode visual signals
• to regulate behavioral traits and provide working memory
• to house memory, language comprehension and emotions

The frontal lobe's primary function is _________________.

• to direct essential functions
• to integrate information from our senses to focus attention
• to decode visual signals
• to regulate behavioral traits and provide working memory
• to house memory, language comprehension and emotions

The occipital lobe's primary function is _________________.

• to direct essential functions
• to integrate information from our senses to focus attention
• to decode visual signals
• to regulate behavioral traits and provide working memory
• to house memory, language comprehension and emotions

The parietal lobe's primary function is _________________.

• to direct essential functions
• to integrate information from our senses to focus attention
• to decode visual signals
• to regulate behavioral traits and provide working memory
• to house memory, language comprehension and emotions

The temporal lobe's primary function is _________________.

• to direct essential functions
• to integrate information from our senses to focus attention
• to decode visual signals
• to regulate behavioral traits and provide working memory
• to house memory, language comprehension and emotions

Dendrites and axon terminals are related because...

• they both help to speed up the transmission of the action potential along the neuron
• they attach the axon to the cell body
• they both have synapses allowing them to communicate with other cells

When calcium ions enter and cause the release of a neurotransmitter, the neurotransmitter will bind to the receptors on the __________.

• presynaptic cell membrane
• postsynaptic cell membrane
• action potential
• reuptake

______________ is released from synaptic vesicles into the synapse to carry the signal from one neuron to the next

• presynaptic cell membrane
• neurotransmitter
• action potential
• reuptake

A neuron fires _____________________ to transmit the signal down the axon of the neuron.

• reuptake
• neurotransmitter
• action potential
• synapse

What are 3 things that can happen to a neurotransmitter?

• it can be broken down by enzymes
• it can diffuse away from the synapse
• it can be inactivated by an autoreceptor
• it can be reuptaken by the presynaptic neuron.