Exam 4

Question 1

Which ventricle is found under the corpus callosum

Answer 1

Lateral ventricle

Question 2

What passageway connects the third and fourth ventricles

Answer 2

Cerebral aqueduct

Question 3

What passageway is found in the spinal cord and ventricles

Answer 3

Central canal

Question 4

True or false? Cerebrospinal fluid is produced within the ventricles

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Are the ventricles all interconnected? True or false

Answer 5

True. Narrow passageways content them together

Question 6

What area takes visual info from one side of the body to the other?

Answer 6

Optic chaism

Question 7

What gland can be found on ventral surface of brain

Answer 7

Pituitary gland

Question 8

The _________ attaches the pituitary gland to the Brain

Answer 8

Infundibulum

Question 9

What structure connects the right and left cerebral hemispheres

Answer 9

Corpus callosum

Question 10

The third ventricle drains into the fourth via

Question 11

What brain nucleus serves as the body’s master clock

Answer 11

Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Question 12

And elevated ridge on the surface of cerebrum is called the

Answer 12

Gyrus

Question 13

2 brain structures directly associated with maint. Of homeostasis include

Answer 13

Certain nuclei in the brain stem and hypothalamus

Question 14

During development of nervous system, telencephalon becomes

Answer 14

Cerebral hemispheres

Question 15

Where is the primary visual cortex located

Answer 15

Occipital lobe

Question 16

All stimuli destined for the cerebral cortex first must pass thru

Answer 16

The thalamus

Question 17

What is not apart of the cerebrum

Answer 17

Brainstem

Question 18

What provides a link between nervous and endocrine system

Answer 18

Hypothalamus

Question 19

What gland of diencephalon secretes the hormone melatonin

Answer 19

Pineal gland

Question 20

Cerebella cortex is folded looking like trees of white matter, what are the trees called

Answer 20

Arbor vitae

Question 21

What regulates homeostasis, ANS, endocrine system, and the sleep/wake cycle

Answer 21

Hypothalamus

Question 22

What are the 3 primary vesicles that form the neural tube

Answer 22

Forebrain midbrain hindbrain

Question 23

What is the most important part of our brain for survival

Answer 23

Brainstem

Question 24

In the brain, the ability to produce language is the function of

Answer 24

Broca’s area

Question 25

The ability to UNDERSTAND language is the function of

Answer 25

Wernickis area

Question 26

The neurotransmitter orexin’s role is

Answer 26

Promotion of wakefulness

Question 27

The tracts of anterolateral system decussate in the

Answer 27

Posterior horn

Question 28

The tracts of posterior columns decussate in the

Answer 28

Medulla

Question 29

The difference between the intended movement and the actual movement that is taking place is regulated by

Answer 29

The cerebellum

Question 30

_ Is not carried out by anterolateral system

Answer 30

Discriminative touch

Question 31

Someone who has difficulty in continuing a movement regularly has damage to the

Answer 31

Cerebellum

Question 32

______ is not a mechanical sense

Answer 32

Temperature

Question 33

Where are lower motor neurons cell bodies located

Answer 33

Anterior horn of gray matter

Question 34

The________ special sense does not travel through the thalamus at all

Answer 34

Olfaction

Question 35

In what area do second-order neurons will synapse with third-order neurons

Answer 35

The thalamus

Question 36

The thalamus serves as a direct gateway into cerebral cortex for these special sensory stimuli

Answer 36

Hearing, vision, and taste

Question 37

What part of the brain modifies the activity of upper motor neurons, to produce vol. Movement and inhibit invol. Movements

Answer 37

Basal nuclei

Question 38

Where do the fibers off the corticospinal tracts decussate

Answer 38

Medulla

Question 39

Where 1s the first sensation of touch processed

Answer 39

Primary somatosensory cortex (s 1)

Question 40

Where are cell bodies of lower motor neurons located

Answer 40

Anterior horn of spinal gray matter

Question 41

What body region has the most sensory receptors, there for, has more space dedicated to them in the primary somatosensory cortex

Answer 41

Lips / tongue

Question 42

What info is received by the primary vestibular cortex

Answer 42

Equilibrium

Question 43

Motor areas of the cerebral cortex, basal nuclei the cerebellum and the spinal cord

Answer 43

Planning and coordinating voluntary movement

Question 44

A critical function of the basal nuclei is to

Answer 44

Inhibit inappropriate movement

Question 45

What somatic motor neuron innovates the lateral rictus muscle

Answer 45

Abducens(VI)

Question 46

Sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system are divisions of

Answer 46

Visceral motor division( ans)