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Nociceptive pain is caused by ____
____ is pain caused by damage or disease affecting the somatosensory nervous system
Neuropathic pain is pain caused by ____
____ is the sense by which an organism perceives temperature , or more accurately, temperature differences are inferred.
Of the three types of nerve fibers (shown above), fiber ____ will transmit signals the fastest.
The ____ is a specialized epithelial tissue inside the nasal cavity that is involved in smell.
The olfactory epithelium is a specialized ____ tissue inside the nasal cavity that is involved in smell.
The ____ is a sieve-like structure that is part of the ethmoid bone and supports the olfactory bulb .
The cribriform plate is a sieve-like structure that is part of the ethmoid bone and supports the ____.
The ____ is a bundle of nerves that sends projections through the cribriform plate into the olfactory epithelium .
The olfactory bulb is a bundle of nerves that sends projections through the <____.
The olfactory bulb is ____ that sends projections through the cribriform plate into the olfactory epithelium .
The olfactory bulb contains thousands of ____ where synapses form between the terminals of the olfactory nerve and the dendrites of mitral…
The olfactory bulb contains thousands of glomeruli where synapses form between the ____ .
The sense of ____ is the only human sense that bypasses the thalamus and connects directly to the forebrain.
The sense of smell is the only human sense that bypasses the ____.
____ is the partial or complete loss of the sense of smell .
Anosmia is ____ .
____ is the sense of taste.
Gustation is the sense of ____.
____ are small protrusions on the surface of the tongue which contain taste buds .
Papilla are small protrusions on the surface of the tongue which contain ____ .
____ are barrel-shaped structures that consist of many gustatory cells.
Taste buds are barrel-shaped structures that consist of many ____ cells.
Taste buds are concentrated at the ____ of the tongue.
____ are concentrated at the front of the tongue.
Give the location on the tongue for the three types of papillae : Fungiform: ____
One taste bud is capable of tasting up to ____ taste(s).
A ____ is a vivid, dream-like sensation that an individual hears, sees, feels or even smells and that occurs near the onset of sleep .
A hypnagogic hallucination is a ____ that an individual hears, sees, feels or even smells and that occurs near the onset of sleep .
A hypnagogic hallucination is a vivid, dream-like sensation that an individual ____ and that occurs near the onset of sleep .
A hypnagogic hallucination is a vivid, dream-like sensation that an individual hears, sees, feels or even smells and that occurs ____.
The ____ occurs when people devote so much time and attention to an activity that it begins to pattern their thoughts, mental images, and d…
The Tetris effect occurs when ____ .
A/an ____ is an involuntary twitch that occurs when a person is beginning to fall asleep , often causing the person to jump and awaken sudd…
A/an hypnic jerk is ____, often causing the person to jump and awaken suddenly for a moment.
A/an hypnic jerk is an involuntary twitch that occurs when a person is beginning to fall asleep , often causing the person to ____.
Our dreams sometimes contain visual images that are not logical . This is because activity in the ____ is decreased during REM sleep.
Our dreams sometimes contain visual images that are not ____ during REM sleep.
Sigmund Freud believed that dreams are ____.
____ believed that dreams are our unconscious thoughts and desires.
The ____ of dreaming states that the biological function of dreaming is to simulate threatening events in order to rehearse the perception…
The evolutionary theory of dreaming states that ____.
The ____ of dreams states that we use our dreams to sort out the problems and stresses of our day .
The memory consolidation theory of dreams states that ____ .
In Freud's wish fulfillment theory of dreams, the ____ content is the underlying meaning of these symbols.
In ____ theory of dreams, the manifest content is the actual literal subject matter of the dream while the latent content is the underlying…
In Freud's wish fulfillment theory of dreams, the manifest content is the ____.
Sleep walking occurs during ____.
____ occurs during slow-wave-sleep which is part of sleep stage 3.
____ refers to the way in which individuals change their behavior to meet the demands of a social environment . This theory can be used to…
Social influence refers to the way in which individuals change their behavior to meet the demands of a social environment . This theory can…
Social influence refers to the way in which individuals ____. This theory can be used to describe the effects of hypnosis .
The most popular depressant is ____.
The most popular ____ is alcohol.
____ are a class of drugs that were used extensively in the 1960s and 1970s as a treatment for anxiety, insomnia, and seizure disorders .
Barbiturates are a class of drugs that were used extensively in the 1960s and 1970s as a treatment for ____.
____ are a type of medication known as tranquilizers . Familiar names include Valium and Xanax.
Benzodiazepines are a type of medication known as ____. Familiar names include Valium and Xanax.
The primary mind altering ingredient in marijuana is ____.