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 ________.
  • fiber tracts
  • cerebral cortex
  • visceral sensory area
  • premotor cortex
Which fissure separates the cerebral hemispheres?
  • fiber tracts
  • longitudinal fissure
  • suprachiasmatic nucleus
  • frontal from parietal
Projection fibers in the brain mainly connect the right and left hemispheres.
  • gyri
  • F
  • T
  • loss of fine motor control
Vital centers for the control of heart rate, respiration, and blood pressure are located in the ________.
  • medulla oblongata
  • substantia nigra
  • infundibulum
  • cerebral cortex
Ridges of tissue on the surface of the cerebral hemispheres are called ________.
  • fiber tracts
  • gyri
  • sulcus
  • pyramids
Injury to the hypothalamus may result in all of the following EXCEPT ________.
  • visceral sensory area
  • The hemispheres are exactly equal in function.
  • spinal cord may be affected
  • loss of fine motor control
Specific motor and sensory functions are localized in specific areas called domains, whereas memory and language have overlapping domains.
  • F
  • T
  • pyramids
  • cerebral cortex
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
  • frontal from parietal
  • lateral sulcus
  • corpus callosum
Which of the following generalizations does not describe the cerebral cortex?
  • loss of fine motor control
  • prefrontal cortex (anterior association area)
  • fiber tracts
  • The hemispheres are exactly equal in function.
The two longitudinal ridges on the medulla oblongata where many descending fibers cross over are called the ________.
  • gyri
  • corpus callosum
  • lateral sulcus
  • pyramids
What type of cells line the ventricles of the brain?
  • lateral sulcus
  • cerebral cortex
  • infundibulum
  • ependymal cells
The three basic regions of the cerebrum are the cerebral cortical gray matter, internal white matter, and the superior and inferior colliculi.
  • pyramids
  • visceral sensory area
  • T
  • F
Embryonic damage to the mesencephalon could result in improper formation of the midbrain.
  • T
  • F
  • gyri
  • corpus callosum
If the caudal portion of the neural tube failed to develop properly the ________.
  • spinal cord may be affected
  • frontal from parietal
  • loss of fine motor control
  • cerebral cortex
What connects the hypothalamus to the pituitary gland?
  • fiber tracts
  • lateral sulcus
  • ependymal cells
  • infundibulum
The canal connecting the third and fourth ventricles and running through the midbrain is the interventricular foramen.
  • visceral sensory area
  • corpus callosum
  • F
  • T
The ________ includes the thalamus, hypothalamus, and epithalamus.
  • diencephalon
  • fiber tracts
  • temporal lobe
  • lateral sulcus
The large commissure that connects the right and left sides of the brain is called the ________.
  • cerebral cortex
  • diencephalon
  • corpus callosum
  • lateral sulcus
The frontal lobe is separated from the temporal lobe by the ________.
  • temporal lobe
  • lateral sulcus
  • cerebral cortex
  • fiber tracts
The brain and spinal cord begin as an embryonic structure called the neural plate.
  • lateral sulcus
  • F
  • T
  • temporal lobe
A shallow groove on the surface of the cortex is called a ________.
  • sulcus
  • gyri
  • lateral sulcus
  • fiber tracts
Which of these would you NOT find in the cerebral cortex?
  • ependymal cells
  • fiber tracts
  • infundibulum
  • lateral sulcus
Degeneration of the dopamine-releasing neurons of the ________ is the ultimate cause of Parkinson's disease.
  • substantia nigra
  • corpus callosum
  • cerebral cortex
  • medulla oblongata
Sorting of sensory information and relaying it to the appropriate cerebral sensory area occurs in the hypothalamus.
  • F
  • T
  • pyramids
  • gyri
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