Physiology 2: III to VI

Question 1

Area in Front of the Central Sulcus

Answer 1

Motor Area

Question 2

Motor speech area that coordinates muscles in mouth, tongue and larynx

Answer 2

Broca’s Area

Question 3

Sensory area that interprets sensations of pain, pressure, temperature and touch

Answer 3

Parietal Lobes

Question 4

Sensory area that interprets vision

Answer 4

Occipital Lobe

Question 5

Sensory area that interprets hearing

Answer 5

Temporal Lobes

Question 6

Masses of gray matter deep within the cerebral hemisphere that relay motor impulses

Answer 6

Basal Nuclei

Question 7

Neurotransmitter that basal nuclei use to inhibit motor impulses

Answer 7

Dopamine

Question 8

System that controls emotional behavior that may increase the chance of survival

Answer 8

Limbic System

Question 9

(top to bottom) Part of the Brain Stem

Answer 9

• Midbrain
• Pons
• Medulla Oblongata

Question 10

When sensory information reaches it, it awakens the cerebral cortx

Answer 10

Reticular Formation

Question 11

Integrates sensory information regarding body position and coordinates muscle activity

Answer 11

Cerebellum

Question 12

Action of a hormone is restricted to what?

Answer 12

Target Tissue/Cells

Question 13

What attaches the pituitary gland to the hypothalamus

Answer 13

Infundibulum

Question 14

Growth Hormone and Thyroid Stimulating Hormone are secreted from where?

Answer 14

Anterior Lobe of the Pituitary Gland

Question 15

Antidiuretic Hormone and Oxytocin are secreted from where?

Answer 15

Posterior Lobe of the Pituitary Gland

Question 16

Hormones secreted from the thyroid gland that regulate metabolism and require iodine

Answer 16

• Thyroxine
• Triiodothyronine

Question 17

Hormone secreted from the thyroid gland that lowers blood calcium and phosphorous

Answer 17

Calcitonin

Question 18

Hormone secreted from the parathyroid glands that increases calcium and decreases phosphorous (i.e., stimulates bone resorption)

Answer 18

Parathyroid Hormone

Question 19

Part of the adrenal glands that secrete norepinephrine and epinephrine

Answer 19

Adrenal Medulla

Question 20

Part of the adrenal glands that secrete aldosterone, cortisol, adrenal androgens

Answer 20

Adrenal Cortex

Question 21

Stress hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex that regulates blood glucose

Answer 21

Cortisol

Question 22

Hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex that K+ and Na+ concentration

Answer 22

Aldosterone

Question 23

Sex hormones secreted by the adrenal cortex

Answer 23

Adrenal Androgens

Question 24

Hormone secreted by the pancreas that increases blood glucose levels

Answer 24

Glucagon

Question 25

Hormone secreted by the pancreas that decreases blood glucose levels

Answer 25

Insulin

Question 26

Cardiac, vasomotor, and respiratory center located in the brainstem

Answer 26

Medulla Oblongata

Question 27

Systems that keep concentrations of most hormones relatively stable

Answer 27

Negative Feedback Systems