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Which of these would you NOT find in the cerebral cortex?
Fiber tracts
White matter is found in all of the following locations EXCEPT the
cerebral cortex
The primary somatosensory cortex is located in the
parietal lobe
What groove separates the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe?
Central sulcus
Which of the following best describes the cerebrum?
Executive suite
An elevated ridge of the cortex is called a
gyrus
Which of the following generalizations does NOT describe the cerebral cortex?
The hemispheres are exactly equal in function.
The lateral sulcus separates which lobes?
temporal from parietal
Which of the following is NOT a role of the basal nuclei?
initiating protective reflex actions
Ridges of tissue on the surface of the cerebral hemispheres are called
Gyri
The frontal lobe is separated from the temporal lobe by the
Lateral sulcus
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
Damage to the primary (somatic) motor cortex results in the loss of both voluntary muscle control and all reflexive contractions.
An individual who could trace a picture of a bicycle with his or her finger but could not recognize it as a bicycle is most likely to have sustained damage to the
Visual association area
Broca's area
is considered a motor speech area
Which part of the cerebral cortex is involved in intellect, cognition, recall, and personality?
prefrontal cortex (anterior association area)
The area of the cortex that is responsible for sensing a full bladder and the feeling that your lungs will burst when you hold your breath too long is the
visceral sensory area
Loss of ability to perform skilled motor activities such as piano playing, with no paralysis or weakness in specific muscles, might suggest damage to the
premotor cortex
The large commissure that connects the right and left sides of the brain is called the
corpus callosum
Which brain structure functions to control the autonomic nervous system and to regulate body temperature?
hypothalamus
Injury to the hypothalamus may result in all of the following EXCEPT
loss of fine motor control
What connects the hypothalamus to the pituitary gland?
infundibulum
The ________ includes the thalamus, hypothalamus, and epithalamus
diencephalon
Nuclei of cranial nerves V (trigeminal), VI (abducens), and VII (facial) are found in the
pons
The brain stem consists of the
midbrain, medulla, and pons
Vital centers for the control of heart rate, respiration, and blood pressure are located in the
medulla oblongata
Important nuclei of the indirect (multineuronal) system that receive impulses from the equilibrium apparatus of the inner ear and help to maintain balance by varying muscle tone of postural muscles are the
Vestibular nuclei
Which of the following is (are) involved with motor activity (either initiation or coordination)?
Red nuclei
Degeneration of the dopamine-releasing neurons of the ________ is the ultimate cause of Parkinson's disease
substantia nigra
The two longitudinal ridges on the medulla oblongata where many descending fibers cross over are called the
pyramids
The corpora quadrigemina are found in the
midbrain
The arbor vitae refers to
cerebellar white matter
All of the following are structures of the limbic system EXCEPT the
caudate nucleus
The brain area that regulates activities that control the state of wakefulness or alertness of the cerebral cortex is the
Reticular formation
The light of dawn and the buzz of an alarm clock lead to wakefulness through the
Reticular activating system
The subarachnoid space lies between what two layers of meninges?
arachnoid and pia
The blood-brain barrier is effective against
metabolic waste such as urea
Which of the following would you NOT find in normal cerebrospinal fluid?
Red blood cells
Which of the following is NOT a function of the CSF?
initiation of some nerve impulses
Arachnoid granulations are knoblike projections that protrude superiorly through the ________ mater to absorb cerebrospinal fluid into venous blood
dura
Which of the following is a dural septum, described as a large sickle-shaped fold that dips into the longitudinal fissure between the cerebral hemispheres?
falx cerebri
Cell bodies of sensory neurons are located in
the dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord
The white matter of the spinal cord contains
myelinated and unmyelinated nerve fibers
An individual accidentally transected (cut across) the spinal cord between T1 and L1. This would result in
paraplegia
Spastic paralysis suggests involvement of the
Upper motor neurons
Interneurons receiving input from sensory neurons are located in the
dorsal (posterior) horn