Kevin’s symptoms involve abnormal contraction of muscles. What neurotransmitter would be causing these abnormal contractions? Why did you pick that one? 

Kevin’s doctor sent him for a brain scan to look for a tumor. What SPECIFIC part of the cerebrum would the scan focus on and what are two functions of that part?

Light CANNOT enter the eye from multiple directions due to the _________.

Which of these converts sound waves traveling through a gas to waves traveling through a solid?

The results of brain scan showed no evidence of a tumor. Kevin was relieved, but there was still no answer for his symptoms. The doctor suspected multiple sclerosis, so he ordered a nerve conduction study of Kevin’s left arm and leg to look for abnormal action potential rates.   Multiple sclerosis is a demyelinating disease, where the myelin in motor neurons breaks down over time. Where is myelin found in motor neurons? What is its function in those neurons? Finally, hypothesize why a breakdown of myelin would cause Kevin’s shaking.

Sending signals from the body to the correct part of the cerbrum is the job of the ____________.

The lens does NOT have any direct blood supply. Instead it receives nutrients from blood vessels in the _______.

An individual that has red-green color blindness cannot distinguish colors in the red to green spectrum. This is due to an issue in the _______.

The portion of a neuron that transmits action potentials is the  ______.

Cataracts cause cloudy or blurry vision due to clouding the organ that focuses light to effectively change its shape. This issue affects the _________.