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The Centeral Nervous system
front 1  Label the following: 1.) Pons 2.) Corpus Callosum 3.) Caudate Nucleus 4.) Globus pallidus 5.) Thalamus | back 1 1.)E 2.) A 3.) B 4.) C 5.) D |
front 2  1.) Site of efferent soma 2.)Site of axons and afferent neurons 3.)Site of sensory soma 4.) Gray commissure 5.)Horn containing autonomic neurons 6.) Site containing central canal 7.) Multipolar neurons are common here | back 2 1.) C 2.) B 3.) E 4.) A 5.) B 6.) A 7.) C |
front 3 Which brain waves are not normal for awake adults but are common for children? A) Delta B) Alpha C) Theta D) Beta | back 3 C |
front 4 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 ________. A) primary motor cortex B) spinal cord C) premotor cortex D) rubrospinal tracts | back 4 C |
front 5 Second-order neurons of both the specific and nonspecific ascending
pathways terminate in the ________. B) spinal cord C) somatosensory cortex D) medulla | back 5 A |
front 6 Which of the following is (are) involved with motor activity (either initiation or coordination)? A) gustatory cortex B) postcentral gyrus C) red nuclei D) Wernicke's area | back 6 C |
front 7 Tremor at rest, shuffling gait, stooped posture, and expressionless
face are characteristics of ________. B) cerebellar disease C) Huntington's disease D) Parkinson's disease | back 7 D |
front 8 The area of the cortex that is responsible for sensations of the full bladder and the feeling that your lungs will burst when you hold your breath too long is the ________. A) gustatory cortex B) vestibular cortex C) olfactory cortex D) visceral sensory area | back 8 D |
front 9 Which of the following structures is probably not directly involved in memory? A) hippocampus B) prefrontal cortex C) thalamus D) medulla | back 9 D |
front 10 Injury to the hypothalamus may result in all of the following except ________. A) pathologic sleep B) loss of proprioception C) loss of body temperature control D) production of excessive quantities of urine | back 10 B |
front 11 Which of the following is not a function of the CSF? A) nourishment of the brain B) initiation of some nerve impulses C) reduction of brain weight D) protection from blows | back 11 B |
front 12 Which category of memory is involved when playing the piano? A) procedural B) emotional C) motor D) declarative | back 12 A |
front 13 Which part of the cerebral cortex is involved in intellect, cognition, recall, and personality? A) limbic association area B) posterior association area C) combined primary somatosensory cortex and somatosensory association cortex D) prefrontal cortex | back 13 D |
front 14 Broca's area ________. A) serves the recognition of complex objects B) is considered a motor speech area C) is usually found in the right hemisphere D) corresponds to Brodmann's area 8 | back 14 B |
front 15 Two terms for the massive motor tracts serving voluntary movement are ________. A) supplementary and cerebellar-pontine B) extrapyramidal and rubrospinal C) pyramidal and corticospinal D) segmental and nigrostriatal | back 15 C |
front 16 Spastic paralysis suggests involvement of the ________. A) spinal nerve roots B) lower motor neurons C) upper motor neurons D) neuromotor junction | back 16 C |
front 17 An individual accidentally transected the spinal cord between T1 and
L1. This would result in ________. B) hemiplegia C) spinal shock only D) paraplegia | back 17 D |
front 18 The white matter of the spinal cord contains ________. A) soma that have both myelinated and unmyelinated nerve fibers B) myelinated nerve fibers only C) myelinated and unmyelinated nerve fibers D) unmyelinated nerve fibers only | back 18 C |
front 19 If the caudal portion of the neural tube failed to develop properly the ________. A) telencephalon would cease development B) cranial nerves would not form C) spinal cord may be affected D) hindbrain would not be present | back 19 C |
front 20 A shallow groove on the surface of the cortex is called a ________. A) gyrus B) fissure C) sulcus D) furrow | back 20 C |
front 21 Cell bodies of the sensory neurons of the spinal nerves are located in ________. A) the dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord B) the thalamus C) sympathetic ganglia D) the ventral root ganglia of the spinal cord | back 21 A |
front 22 The vital centers for the control of heart rate, respiration, and
blood pressure are located in the ________. | back 22 B |
front 23 The subarachnoid space lies between what two layers of meninges? A) arachnoid and dura B) arachnoid and pia C) dura and epidura D) arachnoid and epidura | back 23 B |
front 24 Spinocerebellar tracts ________. A) terminate in the spinal cord B) are found in the dorsal columns of the spinal cord C) give rise to conscious experience of perception D) carry proprioceptive inputs to the cerebellum | back 24 D |
front 25 What cells line the ventricles of the brain? A) epithelial cells B) ependymal cells C) astrocytes D) neurons | back 25 B |
front 26 The arbor vitae refers to ________. A) cerebellar white matter B) flocculonodular nodes C) the pleatlike convolutions of the cerebellum D) cerebellar gray matter | back 26 A |
front 27 Which brain nucleus is the body's "biological clock"? A) lentiform nucleus B) suprachiastmatic nucleus C) subthalamic nucleus D) dorsomedial nucleus | back 27 B |
front 28 True or False: Embryonic damage to the mesencephalon could result in improper formation of the midbrain | back 28 True |
front 29 True or False: NREM sleep normally exhibits four distinct stages, which appear to alternate | back 29 True |
front 30 True or False: Nuclei relating to the startle reflex are located in the corpora quadrigemina of the midbrain | back 30 True |
front 31 True or false: A flat EEG is a good indication of deep sleep | back 31 False |
front 32 True or False: The three basic regions of the cerebrum are the cerebral cortical gray matter, internal white matter, and the superior and inferior colliculi. | back 32 False |
front 33 True or False: Cell bodies of the somatic motor neurons of the spinal nerves are located in the ventral horn of the spinal cord. | back 33 True |
front 34 True or False: The adult spinal cord ends between L1and L2 | back 34 True |
front 35 True or False: Cerebrospinal fluid circulates within the ventricles of the brain and in the subarachnoid space | back 35 True |
front 36 The RAS is comprised of specific pathways primarily in the limbic system | back 36 False |
front 37 The left cerebral hemisphere is usually dominant | back 37 True |
front 38 Commissural fibers connect the cerebrum to the diencephalon. | back 38 False |
front 39 1.)Where nerves serving the upper limbs arise A) Conus medullaris | back 39 1.) C 2.) B 3.)C D.)4 |
front 40 1.)Gateway to the cerebrum A) Thalamus | back 40 1.) A 2.) B 3.) C 4.) E 5.) D |
front 41 1.) The stage when vital signs (blood pressure, heart rate, and body
temperature) reach their lowest normal levels. A) Stage 4 | back 41 1.) A 2.) C 3.) B 4.) D 5.) E 6.) C 7.) C |
front 42 1.)A major relay station for sensory information ascending to primary
sensory areas of the cerebral cortex. Contains many specialized
nuclei. A) Thalamus | back 42 1.) A 2.) D 3.) C 4.) B |
front 43 1.)Auditory area. | back 43 1.) C 2.) A 3.) B 4.) B 5.) B 6.) E 7.) D 8.) B |