Exam 2: The Brain and Nervous System

The anatomical word for "on the opposite side" is:

When you raise your arm, kick a ball, or withdraw your hand from a hot plate, you are using the _____ nervous system.

Attention, awareness, and consciousness all critically depend on the information-conveying capacity of the:

The three fundamental bulges of the brain are clearly visible in a developing embryo at about:

The anatomical word for "on the same side" is:

The neurons in the ventral layers of gray matter are mostly _____ neurons.

To view the top and bottom of a structure running inferior to superior requires a _____ slice.

The primary motor cortex lies just anterior to the ____ sulcus.

T. Graham Brown proposed that the main functional unit of the nervous system is the:

A major function of the hypothalamus is controlling:

Longitudinal transmission of information is a key feature of _____ symmetric organisms.

Visceral motor neurons are the output neurons of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, sending control signals to the body's:

The olfactory cortex is important in the sense of:

Paralysis of all four limbs is called:

The gray matter of the cerebellum is densely packed into leaflike structures called:

A diffuse network of midbrain cells known as the midbrain _____ plays a central role in regulating states of consciousness.

The midbrain area called the _____ uses auditory inputs to direct movements.

When the brain refines one of its functions over evolutionary time scales, it often does so by inserting an additional layer of neurons between the existing inputs and outputs.

The primary visual cortex is located in the _____ lobe.

Sensory neurons are sensitive to: