Lecture Exam- Nervous System

Which areas of the brain have an outer layer of gray matter?

Cerebellum and Cerebrum

The middle primary brain vesicle, the mesencephalon, gives rise to which adult brain structure?

Midbrain

What type of cells line the ventricles of the brain?

Ependymal cells

Which of these would you NOT find in the cerebral cortex?

Fiber tracts

What Anatomical landmark of the cerebral cortex separates primary motor areas from somatosensory areas?

Central Sulcus

Which part of the brain is the "executive suite" that controls conscious brain activity?

Cerebral cortex

Which type of white matter fiber tract connects the cerebrum to lower centers, like the spinal cord?

Projection fibers

Which part of the CNS sorts almost all sensory information ascending to the cerebral cortex?

Thalamus

Which of the following best describes the hypothalamus?

visceral control center of the body

The ________ includes the thalamus, hypothalamus, and epithalamus.

diencephalon

Head and eye movements associated with visual and auditory reflexes are controlled by which brain stem region?

Midbrain

Which of the following regions of the brain stem carries one-way communications that advise the cerebellum of voluntary motor activities initiated by the motor cortex?

Pons

REM sleep is associated with___

temporary skeletal muscle inhibition except for ocular muscles and diaphragm