Exam 5: The Central Nervous System

The ____________________ association area is the part of the brain that "thinks."

Match the following functions to their cranial nerves. a.hearing, body balance b.sense of smell c.sensory, motor function to facial regions, teeth d.controls many internal organs in the ventral body cavity e.moves the eye f.sense of vision -Optic

Parkinson's disease is associated with a deficiency of the neurotransmitter called ____________________.

Under resting conditions, the brain uses approximately 50% of the body's oxygen consumption and 20% of the body's glucose consumption.

Match spinal tract with correct characteristic. a.lateral spinothalamic b.rubrospinal c.lateral corticospinal d.ventral spinothalamic e.ventral spinocerebellar -Conducts impulses that originate in muscle stretch receptors to the brain, allowing the brain to enhance muscle tone and coordinate skilled, voluntary movements

Match the following functions to their cranial nerves. a.hearing, body balance b.sense of smell c.sensory, motor function to facial regions, teeth d.controls many internal organs in the ventral body cavity e.moves the eye f.sense of vision -Oculomotor

In Alzheimer patients, amyloid plaques may cause

Efferent neurons are the most abundant type of neuron.

Indicate which nervous pathway is being described by writing the appropriate letter in the blanks using the following answer code: a.ascending tracts b.descending tracts c.afferent neurons d.efferent neurons -Carry information from the CNS to the effectors

The blood-brain barrier prevents an increase in the concentration of potassium ions in the ECF surrounding brain cells.

Psychiatric disorders involve abnormal activity in specific neurotransmitter pathways in the absence of detectable brain lesions, whereas neurological disorders involve lesions.

Which of the following functions is not associated with the hypothalamus?

Sound sensation is initially received by the parietal lobes.

A person can have normal conscious experience as long as the cerebral cortex is functioning properly.

A neuromodulator implicated as a neural sleep factor is

In the condition called ____________________, letters of words are formed in reverse image.

The corpus callosum allows the cerebrum to communicate with the diencephalon.

Match the following structures to their descriptions. a.vestibulocerebellum b.spinocerebellum c.cerebrocerebellum -Important for balance and eye movement

The ____________________ lobes of the cerebral cortex are responsible for initial processing of visual input, and the ____________________ lobes are responsible for initial processing auditory input.

Which is not a function of the basal nuclei?