Flashcards in Practice Test Deck (30)
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1
Area of cortex that receives input from more than one sensory system is called?
association cortex
2
The three principles of sensory systems organization of hierarchical organization,_______and parallel processing.
functional segregation
3
Fourier analysis breaks down complex sounds into component_______ waves.
sine
4
The highest frequency of which the various component frequencies of a sound are multiplied is their ______ frequencies.
fundamental
5
The middle______ is the incus
ossicle
6
The auditory nerve is a branch of cranial nerve VII, _____ nerve
auditor vestibular
7
The lay out of the auditory system tends to be?
tonotopic
8
The axon of the auditory nerve synapse in the ipsilateral ______ nuclei
Cochlear
9
one function of the superior olive is sound____
localization
10
Some area of the secondary auditory cortex are located in a band that is adjacent to and surrounds the primary auditory cortex. Theses areas are often called the _____ areas.
Belt
11
Although ______ have been widely used in electro-psychological studies, auditory neurons respond only weakly to them.
Pure Tone
12
Many studies of visual-auditory interactions have focused on association cortex in the _____ lobe.
Posterior Parietal
13
The inferior colliculi and the medial geniculate nuclei are components of _____ system
Auditory
14
The dorsal-column, medial-lemnisucs, and anterolateral system pathway are pathways of _________
Somatosensory
15
Pariaqueductal gray and raphe nuclei are involved in blocking the perception of _______
pain
16
One pathway of the _____ projects form the amygdala and piriform cortex to the obitofrontal cortex.
olfactory
17
Parts of the ventral posterior nuclei are thalamic relay nuclei of both somatosensory system and the ______ system
Gustatory
18
ventral posterior nuclei, intralaminar nuclei, and parafascicular nuclei are all thalmic nuclei of the ____ systeem
Somatosensory
19
unlike the neural projections of all other sensory systems, those of the ________ system are primary ipsilateral
Gustatory
20
Ageusia is caused by damage to the _______ system
Gustatory
21
Six weeks after conception, sry gene on the Y chromosome of the human male triggers the production of _______
Sry protein
22
In absence of sry protein, cortical cells of the primordial gonads develop into________.
Ovaries
23
The third month of a male fetal development, the testes secret testosterone and ____substances
Mullerian-Inhibiting
24
The hormonal factor that trigger the development of the human mullerian system is the lack of _______ around the third month of fetal development.
androgens
25
The scrotum and the ______ develop from the same bi-potential precursor.
Labia Majora
26
Female pattern of cyclic________ release from the anterior pituitary develops in adulthood unless androgen are present in the body during the perinatal period
gonadotropin
27
It has been hypothesized that perinatal testosterone must first be change to estradiol before it can masculinize the male rat brain this is called the ______hypothesis.
Aromatization
28
_________is normally responsible for pubic and axillary hair growth in human female during puberty.
Androstenedione
29
Girls usually hit puberty________boys do.
before
30
