) Which of the following is correct about the telencephalon region of
the brain?
A) It develops as the neural tube
differentiates.
B) It develops from the midbrain.
C) It is
the brain region most like that of ancestral vertebrates.
D) It
gives rise to the cerebrum.
E) It divides further into the
metencephalon and myelencephalon.
D
What controls the heart rate?
A) neocortex
B)
medulla
C) thalamus
D) pituitary
E) cerebellum
B
Which area of the brain is most intimately associated with the
unconscious control of
respiration and circulation?
A)
thalamus
B) cerebellum
C) medulla
D) corpus
callosum
E) cerebrum
C
) Which selection is incorrectly paired?
A)
forebraindiencephalon
B) forebraincerebrum
C)
midbrainbrainstem
D) midbraincerebellum
E) brainstempons
D
Which of the following produces hormones that are secreted by the
pituitary gland?
A) cerebrum
B) cerebellum
C)
thalamus
D) hypothalamus
E) medulla oblongata
D
Which of the following coordinates muscle actions?
A)
cerebrum
B) cerebellum
C) thalamus
D)
hypothalamus
E) medulla oblongata
B
Which of the following regulates body temperature?
A)
cerebrum
B) cerebellum
C) thalamus
D)
hypothalamus
E) medulla oblongata
D
) Which of the following contains regulatory centers for the
respiratory and circulatory
systems?
A) cerebrum
B)
cerebellum
C) thalamus
D) hypothalamus
E) medulla oblongata
E
Which of the following contains regions that help regulate hunger and
thirst?
A) cerebrum
B) cerebellum
C) thalamus
D)
hypothalamus
E) medulla oblongata
D
Which processes in animals are regulated by circadian
rhythms?
A) sleep cycles
B) hormone release
C) sex
drive
D) A and B only
E) A, B, and C
E
) By comparing the size and degree of convolution of various
vertebrate cerebral cortices,
biologists would gain insight into
the relative
A) size of the brain centers of taxonomic
groups.
B) emotions and learning capabilities of vertebrate
classes.
C) motor impulse complexities.
D) sophistication of
behaviors.
E) sensory stimuli that regulate motor impulses.
D
The motor cortex is part of which part of the nervous system?
A)
cerebrum
B) cerebellum
C) spinal cord
D)
midbrain
E) medulla
A
) Melatonin is a hormone produced in the pineal gland. It can be used
to treat symptoms of
sleep disorders and seasonal affective
disorder because
A) it is normally produced only in the
light.
B) it increases production of serotonin.
C) it
increases production of tryptophan.
D) its peak production is
normally at night.
E) it activates the brainstem.
D
Suprachiasmatic nuclei are found in which structure?
A)
thalamus
B) hypothalamus
C) epithalamus
D)
amygdala
E) Brocaʹs area
B
Cerebral palsy, which disrupts motor messages from brain to muscle,
is usually due to
damage of
A) the cerebellum.
B) basal
nuclei of gray matter.
C) basal nuclei of white matter.
D)
the corpus callosum.
E) the neocortex.
C
Since in mammals, advanced cognition is usually correlated with a
large and very
convoluted neocortex, how can birds, which have no
such structure, be capable of
sophisticated processing?
A)
They have a more advanced cerebellum.
B) They have a pallium with
several flat layers.
C) They have a pallium with neurons
clustered into nuclei.
D) They have microvilli to increase the
brainʹs surface area.
C
Wakefulness is regulated by the reticular formation, which is present
in the
A) basal nuclei.
B) cerebral cortex.
C)
brainstem.
D) limbic system.
E) spinal cord.
C
) Which of the following structures or regions is incorrectly paired
with its function?
A) limbic systemmotor control of
speech
B) medulla oblongatahomeostatic control
C)
cerebellumcoordination of movement and balance
D) corpus
callosumcommunication between the left and right cerebral
cortices
E) hypothalamusregulation of temperature, hunger, and thirst
A
) What is the neocortex?
A) a primitive brain region that is
common to reptiles and mammals
B) a region deep in the cortex
that is associated with the formation of
emotional
memories
C) a central part of the cortex that
receives olfactory information
D) an additional outer layer of
neurons in the cerebral cortex that is unique to mammals
E) an
association area of the frontal lobe that is involved in higher
cognitive functions
D
Patients with damage to Wernickeʹs area have difficulty
A)
coordinating limb movement.
B) generating speech.
C)
recognizing faces.
D) understanding language.
E)
experiencing emotion.
D
The sympathetic division of the autonomic portion of the PNS does all
of the following
except
A) relaxing bronchi in
lungs.
B) inhibiting bladder emptying.
C) stimulating
glucose release.
D) accelerating heart rate.
E) stimulating
the salivary glands.
E
The cerebral cortex plays a major role in all of the following
except
A) short-term memory.
B) long-term memory.
C)
circadian rhythm.
D) foot-tapping rhythm.
E) breath holding.
C