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This structure of the brain is responsible for the perception of emotions such as anger, fear, and sadness, as well as the controlling of aggression.  It helps to store memories of events and emotions so that an individual may be able to recognize similar events in the future. What is the name of this structure?

While studying for this exam at home, you get sleepy and doze off for a few minutes.  You awaken with a start and realize the sounds of activity in your home have just “come back.”  While you were dozing, this auditory input was blocked from reaching your auditory cortex by

The reticular system is the part of the brain involved in our behavioural and emotional responses, especially when it comes to behaviours we need for survival: feeding, reproduction and caring for our young, and fight or flight responses.

Why do muscles fatigue?

An area where two bones are attached for the purpose of motion of body and is usually formed of fibrous connective tissue is called a (an) ______________________________ 

Which statement is not true of skeletal muscle?

Some ___________________ neurons are specialized to detect stimuli and send signals to the CNS while _________________ neurons send signals back from the CNS to the effectors.

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.   A _____________________________ is a gap between two neurons where information passes in the form of neurotransmitter molecules.  An _________________________________ is a gap which has channel proteins connecting the two neurons, so the impulse signal can travel straight over the gap.

Choose the correct answer in completing the sentences. A ____________________ is made up of a _______________ neuron and the skeletal muscle fibers innervated by that neuron’s axonal terminals.  _______________________ are specialized chemical synapses formed at the sites where the terminal branches of the axon of a neuron contact a target muscle cell.  

______________________________ tissues respond quickly to outside stimuli by means of changes in membrane potential.