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Question 1 The vestibular apparatus is located nearest to the…
Question 1
The vestibular apparatus is located nearest to the ________.
occipital lobe.
cochlea.
thalamus.
hippocampus.
Question 2
{___1___] involves a problem with the vestibulo-ocular reflex.
Question 3
Nociception is the sensation of [____1___]
Question 4
The sensory homunculus is a representation of the ____________ arrangement of the ___________ cortex.
Question 5
The relationship between ________ and childbirth is an example of a ________ , a biological and behavioral mechanism to adjust the body’s internal state to maintaining homeostasis.
Question 6
The right hemisphere is mainly responsible for the processing of language.
True
False
Question 7
The ________________ membrane is at the end of the auditory canal and causes the movement of tiny ear bones.
symphonic
tectorial
basilar
tympanic
Question 8
The malleus, incus, and stapes make up the?
Inner ear
Ossicles
Cochlea
Semicircular canals
Question 9
Monique loves to play the piano, but when she plays certain notes, she gets visions of different colors. She often describes D major as blue and F sharp as orangish-yellow. Monique likely has
chromeothesia.
color dyskinesia.
synesthesia.
chromatic aphasia.
Question 10
While reading this question, you can move your head back and forth and still keep focus on each word. The is because of an interconnection between the sixth and eighth cranial nerves in what is called
a. the ocular stability network (OSN).
b. the vestibule-abducens correcting system (VACS).
c. the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR).
d. the ocular tracking reflex (OTR).
Question 11
The fluid in our semicircular canals is known as
ectoplasm
endolymph
mesolymph
dermolymph
Question 12
The _________ is the deepest layer of skin.
epidermis
ectodermis
hypodermis
hyperdermis
Question 13
What type of sensation do you experience if you get stung by a bee?
philoception
odoception
androception
nociception
Question 14
Throbbing pain, as opposed to sharp pain, is detected and signaled by
delta-fibers.
Beta nerve fibers.
alpha nerve fibers.
C-fibers.
Question 15
The idea that our body tries to keep a set point for such things as oxygen, sugar, water, and salt levels is known as
equilibrium.
homeostasis.
heterostasis.
physiological stasis.
Question 16
Dwayne Johnson drinks a giant glass of water. The body detects extra water in the blood and so shuts off all hormones related to water retention in the kidneys and brain. There are also signals sent to different areas of the brain so that Thorsten loses the desire to drink more water. This is an example of
Group of answer choices
regulatory stasis.
a negative feedback loop.
homeostasis.
physiological balance.
Question 17
[______1______] is released from the duodenum and helps in the digestion of lipids.
Question 18
Although many areas of the brain are involved in satiation (stopping eating), which area of the hypothalamus was known as the “feeding center” for a long time?
Group of answer choices
dorsolateral hypothalamus
lateral hypothalamus
ventral hypothalamus
dorsal hypothalamus
Question 19
__________ is a hormone released from the small intestine that affects neurons in the arcuate nucleus (ARC) causing a reduction in appetite.
Ghrelin
Insulin
Leptin
PYY
Question 20
Classical conditioning can affect
the release of insulin.
the release of ghrelin.
all are correct.
learned aversion to food that makes a person sick.
Question 21
The organum vaculosum of the lamina terminalis (OVLT) is most associated with
the area of the kidney that filters the blood and forms urine.
detecting lipid levels in the blood.
detecting glucose levels in the blood.
detecting water and salt concentration in the cerebral spinal fluid.
Question 22
Brandon got into a bad bike accident and lost a lot of blood. As the medics arrived, he complained that he was very thirsty. This is an example of
hypoaquatic thirst.
osmotic thirst.
hypovolemic thirst.
hypothalamic thirst.
Question 23
A person eats a very salty dinner. This increases the amount of salt in the extracellular fluid while decreasing the amount of water. This will create [_____________] thirst.
Question 24
The “sprinkles” in our ears are also known as otoliths.
True
False
