This potential is when the sensory receptor is separate from the afferent neuron.
What is Receptor potential?
100
Pheromones affect these two aspects of organisms.
What is aggression and mating?
100
This is why white matter is white.
What is the myelination of axons?
100
This is the problem with the term basal ganglia.
What is ganglia is a term for PNS, since this structure is in CNS, should be called basal nuclei?
100
This is the loss of myelin in the brain.
What is multiple sclerosis?
200
This is the result of common transduction mechanism from various forms of sensory stimuli: electric signal of sensory neurons
What is psychophysics?
200
Key difference between odorants and tastants.
What is odorants are volatile and tastants are water-soluble?
200
This is where the 'blind spot' is.
What is the optic disk (where the optic nerve exits the retina)?
200
This part of the brain helps maintain body temperature, thirst, hunger, reproduction.
What is the hypothalamus?
200
This disease involves irregular neurotransmitter activity in the reticular formation.
What is ADHD?
300
These neurons help inhibit certain pathways to strengthen a central pathway.
What are lateral inhibitory neurons?
300
Body position activates this type of receptor in that the stimulus duration is detected.
What is tonic receptors?
300
This structure contains tight junctions in brain capillary endothelium, which limits passage of solutes from bloodstream into the CSF.
What is the blood brain barrier?
300
If a person lacks particular fear responses that are necessary for their safety, this part of their brain is likely lesioned.
What is the amygdala?
300
This disease is the loss of cholinergic neurons in this part of the brain.
What is Alzheimers, hippocampus?
400
Large change in stimulus causes a small change in AP
frequency, which leads to _______ sensory discrimination.
What is poor?
400
ENac channels are involved these two sensory receptors.
What are taste receptors and mechanoreceptors in invertebrates?
400
This part of the brain contains the thalamus, hypothalamus (pituitary) and the epithalamus.
What is the diencephalon?
400
Receives input from limbic system and all senses
except olfaction.
What is the thalamus?
400
This branch of the autonomic system affects digestion by innervating the organs of the alimentary canal.
What is the enteric system?
500
TRPM8 is the receptor for _______.
What is menthol/ cold receptor?
500
This structure in the ear detects linear acceleration and this structure in the ear detects angular acceleration.
What is maculae and cristae?
500
The medulla oblongata regulates ________________________________________________.
What is breathing, heart rate, diameter of blood
vessels, blood pressure?
500
Each region of the cortex corresponds to a specific
part of the body that it controls by motor output, or
from which it receives sensory input. That describes this theory of brain structure.
What is labelled line theory?
500
Describe the preganglionic and ganglia locations of the parasympathetic system.
What is preganglionic: hindbrain and sacral region of spinal cord, ganglia: close to the effector?