Exam 12: Integration of Nervous System Functions

The ________ contains projection fibers that connect the cerebrum to other parts of the brain.

How many neurons are part of the spinothalamic pathway?

What type of receptors help to locate a light touch?

What type of brain waves are observed when a person is in deep sleep or has a severe brain disorder?

Sensory input of the anterolateral system is considered contralateral.

The series of neurons that create a memory is called a memory engram.

Damage to corticospinal tracts will results in complete paralysis.

Emotion is an important part of explicit memory and appears to be necessary for movement from short-term memory to long-term memory.

The topographic map of the somatic sensory cortex is an upside down half homunculus representing the opposite side of the body.

The general sensory area is located on the

Lower motor neurons have their cell bodies in the anterior gray horns of the spinal cord or nuclei of the brainstem and extend to skeletal muscles by way of peripheral nerves.

Which cortical area initiates the movements needed for speech?

Implicit memory involves the

What type of brain waves are observed mainly in children?

What type of receptors respond to temperature changes?

What type of senses are found in the skin, muscles and joints?

Aging produces a smaller brain and always includes memory loss.

Which of the following is NOT part of the anterolateral sensory tract system?

Groups of muscles with few motor units will have a small area on the primary motor cortex.

The somatic sensory cortex is located in the _______ lobe.