What effect does adrenaline have on the human body?
Correct answer D. Accelerated heartbeat
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An action potential ‘jumps’ along a myelinated axon. What are the gaps it jumps between called?
Correct answer A. nodes of Ranvier
Which gland is often called the “master gland” because it regulates the activity of many other glands?
Correct answer B. Pituitary
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If psychosurgery were attempted to curb the uncontrollable violence of a convicted serial murderer, which brain structure would most likely be targeted?
Correct answer A. Amygdala
Which of the following plays an important role in regulating respiration?
Correct answer B. pons
Which technique measures brain activity, specifically emitted electrical potentials?
Correct answer A. EEG
The ‘fight or flight’ response to a perceived threat is linked with increased activity in which system?
Correct answer C. The sympathetic nervous system
In a patient with a demyelinating disease, where the myelin sheath around axons breaks down, which outcome is most likely?
Correct answer A. slower nerve conduction times
Which structure has direct control over the functioning of the pituitary gland?
Correct answer C. Hypothalamus
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Which of the following is not part of the brainstem?
Correct answer D. Corpus callosum
Which structure acts as a relay station for information travelling from the midbrain and hindbrain to the cortex?
Correct answer A. thalamus
In which sensory systems are afferent pathways involved?
Correct answer C. All sensory systems
Someone who claims that the shape of a person’s skull shows how argumentative and aggressive they are would be what?
Correct answer A. Phrenologist
Where does the comparison of current visual input with stored visual memories take place?
Correct answer A. association areas
What are the chemicals produced in the brain that allow nerve cells to communicate with one another called?
Correct answer B. Neurotransmitters
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During depolarisation ____ ions rush into the axon, and during repolarisation ____ ions rush out of it. Which pair fills the blanks?
Correct answer B. Sodium, potassium
Which part of a neuron releases neurotransmitters onto receiving cells?
Correct answer A. axon terminals
Which area of the brain is most closely linked with hunger, eating and satiety?
Correct answer C. Hypothalamus
The peripheral nervous system consists of extensions of the central nervous system known as what?
Correct answer B. Nerves
What are the cells that form the building blocks of the body’s information-processing system called?
Correct answer A. neurons