Most sensory information is relayed to the cerebral cortex by the ____________?

A. Transducer
B. Medulla
C. Bipolar cells
D. Thalamus

The vocal apparatus for producing speech sounds are useless unless the organism has which area in its brain developed in order to coordinate these movements?

A. Hypothalamus
B. Thalamus
C. Broca’s area
D. Fissure of ronaldo

Damage to hippocampus would result in difficulty ____________?

A. Understanding language
B. Producing language
C. Encoding new information into long-term memory
D. Processing sensory information

Receptors are generally referred to as chemicals are ___________?

A. Visual and auditory
B. Auditory and temperature
C. Gustation and olfaction
D. Temperature and pressure

A physical stimulus is converted into a neural impulse by a process ____________?

A. Transposition
B. Transduction
C. Transition
D. Transference

The dominant hemisphere of the brain ___________?

A. Controls the non-dominant hand
B. Adept at spatial tasks
C. Works independently of non-dominant hemisphere
D. Controls the expression and comprehension of language

A term completely describing muscles and glands is ____________?

A. Receptors
B. Effectors
C. Innervates
D. Affectors

The gland of the body serve as ___________?

A. Effectors
B. Receptors
C. Afferent nerves
D. Efferent verves

The thalamus serves which of the following functions?

A. Relay center from spinal cord to cerebrum
B. Regulate external expression of emotion
C. Relay center for sensory impulses
D. All of the above

_____________ is credited with first inferring the existence of synapses?

A. Johannes muller
B. Franz gall
C. William james
D. Charles sherrington