BIOL
105: EXAM 4 STUDY GUIDE
1.
What are the principle parts of the nervous system? Know the
components and their functions.
2.
What is a neuron? What is its structure?
3.
What is the function of myelin?
4.
Describe what happens during synaptic transmission.
5.
Know the major divisions of the brain and their primary
function.
6.
What is the Limbic system?
What does it control?
7.
Distinguish the different types of memory.
8.
What is a drug? What is a psychoactive drug?
9.
What is the mechanism of the drugs mentioned in class?
10.
What are some example
disorders of the nervous system?
11.
What are the
different classifications of sensory receptors? Provide/identify examples of
each.
12.
Know the components
involved with taste and olfaction.
13.
What is
accommodation? What differences are there in eye shape?
14.
What photoreceptors
exist in the retina? How is light/color
detected?
15.
What disorders of
vision exist?
16.
What is the cell cycle?
What is the basic mechanism of mitosis?
17.
What is cancer? What
are the different types of tumors?
18.
How does a malignant
tumor develop?
19.
How does cancer
develop? What causes cancer?
20.
What are the
different types of cancers?
21.
How is cancer
diagnosed? How is cancer treated?
22.
What can be done to
prevent cancer?
23.
What is leukemia? What are the types? What are
the treatments?