Exam 13: Nervous System: Brain and Cranial Nerves

Association areas

The part of the limbic system involved in storing memories and forming long-term memory is the

The horizontally-oriented fold of dura mater that separates the occipital and temporal lobes of the cerebrum from the cerebellum is the

The scientific name for the embryonic midbrain is the ________.

Which part of the brain contains the epithalamus, hypothalamus, and the thalamus?

This portion of the brain forms part of the roof of the diencephalon and covers the third ventricle. Its posterior portion houses the pineal gland and the habenular nuclei.

The cranial nerve that passes through the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone is the ________ nerve.

Lobes of the brain are named for the bones that protect them, and these lobes are part of the

Which nucleus stimulates the muscles to produce the pattern of arm and leg movements associated with walking?

The mesencephalic (cerebral) aqueduct carries CSF from the lateral ventricles to the third ventricle.

The pituitary gland secretes melatonin, which is involved in regulating the sleep-wake cycle.

The tectal plate (corpora quadrigemina) is part of what portion of the brain?

The vasomotor center is an important regulator of ________ and is located in the ________.

The left hemisphere is dominant for speech in almost all right-handed people and in many left-handed ones.

The superior colliculi help you respond to

The advances in higher-order brain functioning that happen from birth to age five correlate with

The reticular formation is an area of the brain that

The Wernicke area is the motor speech area of the frontal lobe.

The portion of the adult brain that includes the cerebrum is derived from which secondary brain vesicle?

The gray matter of the brain houses motor neuron and interneuron cell bodies, dendrites, telodendria, and unmyelinated axons.