Chapter 2 Quiz

Question 1

The brain’s ability to change, especially during childhood, by reorganizing after damage or by building new pathways based on experience is referred to as:

Answer 1

Plasticity

Question 2

We refer to a neurotransmitter’s reabsorption by the sending neuron as:

Answer 2

Reuptake

Question 3

_______________ are part of the neuron that receive and integrate messages, conducting impulses toward the cell body.

Answer 3

Dendrites

Question 4

The neuron extension that passes messages through its branches to other neurons or to muscles or glands is known as a(n):

Answer 4

Axon

Question 5

The _______________ nervous system enables voluntary control of our skeletal muscles, while the _______________ nervous system controls our glands and internal organ muscles.

Answer 5

somatic; autonomic

Question 6

This division of the autonomic nervous system calms the body and conserves its energy.

Answer 6

parasympathetic nervous system

Question 7

The part of the brainstem that controls your heartbeat and breathing is the:

Answer 7

Medulla

Question 8

The body’s ultimate control and information processing center is the:

Answer 8

Cerebral Cortex

Question 9

Judging and planning are enabled by the _______________ lobes.

Answer 9

Frontal

Question 10

The division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses and expends energy is the:

Answer 10

sympathetic nervous system