Exam 2: The Brain and Nervous System

The occipital lobe is located directly behind the eyes.

_____ integrate sensory and motor functions, allowing more complex forms of sensory processing and motor planning.

These neurons convey a multitude of different kinds of sensory input to the body:

Damage to the prefrontal cortex may result in the inability to:

The anatomical word for "toward the middle" is:

The cerebral cortex is a subdivision of the:

A man remembers that on his 8th birthday, he received a red bicycle from his parents. This type of memory relies on the:

If damage occurred to the hippocampus, we would expect to see a decreased ability to process visual stimuli.

The frontal lobe is _____ to the occipital lobe

The primary auditory cortex is located within the:

The relay nuclei of the thalamus are tightly connected to the cerebral cortex.

It is not possible that both neurons and brains arose independently in several different lines of living creatures at different times.

Removing which structure would have the largest impact on conscious perception of the outside world?

The _____ reflex keeps the eye steady if the head is suddenly turned.

One key feature of a bilateral nervous system is the presence of local, centralized networks with each body segment.

The four _____ in the brain are filled with cerebrospinal fluid, not neurons.

This cranial nerve controls the muscles of chewing:

When you digest your lunch or your heart rate speeds up, you are using the _____ nervous system.

The thalamus and _____ are both subdivisions of the diencephalon.

The hippocampus plays an important role in spatial navigation and: