Drugs And The Brain, Touch And Pain, Vision And Movement
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The area of sensory cortex devoted to a body region is relative to the _________
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Size of the body area
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Distance of the body area from the brain
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Number of motor units in the area of the body
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Number of sensory receptors in the area of the body
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Dependent drugs promote the release of neurotransmitter _____ to seek "pleasure" in the brain
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Dopamine
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Acetylcholine
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Noradrenaline
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GABA
Correct Answer
A. Dopamine -
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The high risk dependence drugs are __________
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Cocaine, alcohol and cannabis
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Amphetamines, heroin and nicotine
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Nicotine, cocaine and heroin
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Alcohol, cannabis and amphetamines
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A. Nicotine, cocaine and heroin -
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Alcohol interacts with what receptor to calm anxiety, impair muscle control and delay reaction time?
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GABA receptor
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NMDA receptor
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Acetyl choline receptor
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Neuropeptide Y receptor
Correct Answer
A. GABA receptor -
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The larger a receptive field, the ________________
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Larger the stimulus needed to stimulate a sensory receptor
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Fewer sensory receptor are there
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Harder it is to locate the exact point of stimulation
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Larger the area of the somatosensory cortex in the brain that deals with that area
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A. Harder it is to locate the exact point of stimulation -
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Which of the following is not a function of the basal ganglia
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Initiation of movements
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Complex filter that selects information from an enormous numbers of inputs received by cortex
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Important for speech
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Important for learning
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A. Important for speech -
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The following are touch receptors embedded in the dermal layer of the skin except _______
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Pacinian endings
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Meissner corpuscle
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Merkel's disk
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Ruffini endings
Correct Answer
A. Pacinian endings -
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The 2 types of touch receptors that respond best to rapidly changing indentations are ______________________
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Merkel's disk and Meissener corpuscle
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Merkel's disk and Ruffini's endings
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Ruffini's endings and Meissener corpuscle
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Pacinian corpuscle and Ruffini's endings
Correct Answer
A. Merkel's disk and Ruffini's endings -
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