Reference no: EM133302300

Assignment:

Question 1. The ________ secretes messenger hormones that direct the function of the rest of the endocrine glands.

1. ovary
2. thyroid
3. pituitary
4. pancreas

Question 2. A(n) ________ is a sudden, permanent change in a sequence of DNA.

1. allele
2. chromosome
3. epigenetic
4. mutation

Question 3. The central nervous system is comprised of ________.

1. sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems
2. organs and glands
3. somatic and autonomic nervous systems
4. brain and spinal cord

Question 4. Damage to the ________ disrupts one's ability to produce language, but leaves one's ability to comprehend language intact.

1. Wernicke's Area
2. thalamus
3. Broca's Area
4. frontal lobe

Question 5. Multiple sclerosis involves a breakdown of the ________.

1. soma
2. myelin sheath
3. synaptic vesicles
4. dendrites

Question 6. The ________ gland secretes epinephrine.

1. adrenal
2. thyroid
3. pituitary
4. master

Question 7. A(n) ________ facilitates or mimics the activity of a given neurotransmitter system.

1. axon
2. SSRI
3. agonist
4. antagonist

Question 8. The field of _________ studies how the same genotype can be expressed in different ways.

1. genetic environmental correlation
2. epigenetics
3. polygenetics
4. genetics

Question 9. Which of the following is not a structure of the forebrain?

1. thalamus
2. hippocampus
3. amygdala
4. substantia nigra

Question 10. Damage to the ________ disrupts one's ability to comprehend language, but it leaves one's ability to produce words intact.

1. amygdala
2. Broca's Area
3. Wernicke's Area
4. occipital lobe