CNS

Question 0

Which region of the cerebral cortex carries out initial processing of visual input?

Answer 0

Occipital

Question 1

Which region of the brain plays a key role in most sophisticated neural functions?

Answer 1

Cerebral Cortex of Cerebrum

Question 2

Which region of the cerebral cortex is involved with initial reception of auditory (sound) sensation?

Answer 2

temporal

Question 3

Which region of the Cerebral Cortex receives and processes sensory input as well as somatosensory processing?

Answer 3

Parietal

Question 4

Which region of the cerebral cortex is involved in voluntary motor activity, speaking ability, and elaboration of thought?

Answer 4

frontal

Question 5

What depicts location and relative amount of motor cortex devoted to output to muscles of each body part?

Answer 5

Motor homunculus

Question 6

What is important in orienting the body and arms toward a specific target?

Answer 6

premotor cortex

Question 7

Which region of the brain is involved with sensory perception?

Answer 7

Cerebral cortex

Question 8

Which region of the brain is involved in inhibition of muscle tone?

Answer 8

basal nuclei

Question 9

Which region of the brain is the relay station for ALL synaptic input?

Answer 9

thalamus

Question 10

Which region of the brain is involved in regulation of many homeostatic functions, such as temp. control, thirst, urine output, and food intake?

Answer 10

hypothalamus

Question 11

Which region of the brain is an important link between nervous and endocrine systems?

Answer 11

hypothalamus

Question 12

Which region of the brain is involved in maintenance of balance?

Answer 12

cerebellum

Question 13

Which region of the brain is the origin of majority of peripheral cranial nerves?

Answer 13

brainstem

Question 14

Which region of the brain houses cardiovascular, respiratory, and digestive control centers?

Answer 14

brainstem

Question 15

Which region of the brain is involved in voluntary control of movement?

Answer 15

cerebral cortex

Question 16

Which region of the brain is involved in crude awareness of sensation?

Answer 16

thalamus

Question 17

Which region of the brain is involved in language?

Answer 17

cerebral cortex

Question 18

Which region of the brain is involved in coordination of slow, sustained movements?

Answer 18

basal nuclei

Question 19

Which region of the brain is involved in personality traits?

Answer 19

cerebral cortex

Question 20

Which region of the brain is extensively involved with emotion and basic behavioral patterns?

Answer 20

hypothalamus

Question 21

Which region of the brain is involved in sophisticated mental events, such as thinking, memory, decision making, creativity, and self-consciousness?

Answer 21

cerebral cortex

Question 22

Which region of the brain is involved in suppression of useless patterns of movement?

Answer 22

basal nuclei

Question 23

Which region of the brain is involved in coordination and planning of skilled voluntary muscle activity?

Answer 23

cerebellum

Question 24

Which region of the brain has a role in sleep-wake cycle?

Answer 24

hypothalamus & brainstem

Question 25

Which region of the brain is involved in enhancement of muscle tone?

Answer 25

cerebellum

Question 26

Which region of the brain is involved in reception and integration of ALL synaptic input from spinal cord; arousal and activation of cerebral cortex?

Answer 26

brain stem

Question 27

the ability of the brain to change or be functionally remodeled in response to the demands placed on it

Answer 27

plasticity

Question 28

T/F: the precise synaptic connections between neurons are not fixed but can be modified by experience.

Answer 28

true

Question 29

Which region of the brain is involved in motivation, emotion, and is extensively involved in memory?

Answer 29

limbic association cortex

Question 30

which cerebral hemisphere excels in logical, analytic, sequential, and verbal tasks?

Answer 30

left cerebral hemisphere