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PSYC 410 Exam 2 Ch 2-3 1. Which one of Sherrington's inferences about the synapse was WRONG? a. Transmission at the synapse is primarily an electrical process. 2. An EPSP is a(n) ____. a. graded depolarization 3. What provides the building blocks for synthesizing all neurotransmitters? a. proteins found in the diet 4. A temporary hyperpolarization is known as an ____. a. IPSP 5. Which neurotransmitter is released by stimulated neurons to dilate the blood vessels? a. nitric oxide 6. Most of the known neurotransmitters are synthesized from amino acids. a. True 7. Sherrington deduced that transmission at a synapse must be slower than conduction along an axon. This was based on what kind of evidence? a. the speed of reflexive responses 8. The basic building blocks for the majority of neurotransmitters are ____. a. Amino acids 9. What happens when a neurotransmitter is released by a presynaptic cell? a. The neurotransmitter passively spreads across the synaptic cleft. 10. Only sensory neurons are found in a reflex arc. a. False
11. Hormones exert their effects ____. a. similarly to metabotropic neurotransmitters 12. Metabotropic synapses use a large variety of transmitters. a. True 13. The amino acid tryptophan is the precursor to which neurotransmitter? a. Serotonin 14. Damage to the basal ganglia would most likely result in ____. a. a movement disorder 15. What is the primary area of the cerebral cortex for auditory sensations? a. Temporal 16. Where would you find the dorsal root ganglia? a. outside, but near, the spinal cord 17. Parasympathetic neurons use acetylcholine as their neurotransmitter. a. True 18. Which structure receives input from the hypothalamus and basal ganglia and sends axons that release acetylcholine to widespread areas in the cerebral cortex? a. Nucleus basilis 19. The central nervous system is composed of the ____. a. brain and spinal cord 20. Suppose you are interested in determining if the volume of the hippocampus is associated with the amount of stress a person was experiencing. Which method would be the best choice? a. CAT 21. If one structure is on the left side of the body and another is on the right, they are said to be ____ to each other.
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