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Biological Rhythms and Sleep
Sleep Stages
Sleep stages pt.2
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AP Test Questions
100
biological clock that operates in human beings to adjust their functioning to night and day
What is circadian rhythm?
100
What happens in REM sleep?
heart rate rises, rapid breathing
100
false sensory experiences
What is hallucination?
100
True of False: Sleep walkers are acting out their dreams
False
100
Deep sleep occurs in which stage?
Delta
200
Awareness of ourselves and environment
What is consciousness?
200
loss of consciousness
What is sleep?
200
non rapid eye movement sleep
What is NREM Sleep?
200
Awareness of ourselves and of the environment
What is consciousness?
200
stage that transitions between awake and asleep
What is stage 1 of sleep cycle?
300
can tweak the circadian clock
What is bright light?
300
slow brain waves of relaxed and awake state
What are alpha wave?
300
recurring sleep stage during vivid dreams commonly occur
What is REM Sleep?
300
response to reduce brain metabolism
What is yawning?
300
Which sleep stage would it be if your body is basically paralyzed, and it is hard to wake up?
paradoxical
400
hormone that regulates sleep and wakefulness
What is melatonin?
400
happens in stage 1 of sleep
What are hallucinations?
400
the large slow brain waves associated with deep sleep.
What is delta waves?
400
What can happen at the end of stage 4? (children)
Children can wet their bed or begin sleep walking
400
The pineal gland's role in sleep involves...
the production of melatonin
500
protein that controls the circadian clock
What is superachiasmatic nucleus?
500
burst of rapid rhythmic brain wave activity
What are sleep spindles?
500
When does NREM sleep happen?
all sleep stages except for REM Sleep
500
another name for REM sleep
What is paradoxical sleep?
500
After flying from California to New York, you experience a restless, sleepless night. This problem was most likely caused by a disruption of ...
What is circadian rhythm?