Exam 4: Incredible Nervous System

What part of your nervous system do you use to correctly answer this question,which requires deep thought?

Simon has difficulty in understanding spoken or written words.He also tends to talk gibberish and cannot utter meaningful sentences.Simon has most likely been diagnosed with:

fMRI is to ____ as MRI is to ____.

The three main divisions of the human brain are:

What is the main advantage of fMRI over PET scans?

Women tend to be better than men at tasks that measure:

If Candy is trying to remember a very frightening movie,her ____ would be especially active.

The story of Phineas Gage demonstrates that:

Leo's new roommate,Patrick,is a little odd.He seems to act strange in social situations,shows problems with his emotions,and has difficulty making decisions.You later learn that he has a tumor in one of his lobes and are not surprised to learn it is located in the ____ lobe.

Hormones are secreted from glands located throughout the body.The ____ is made up of these glands.

When you see a picture of yourself,you recognize your own face.Which part of the brain is responsible for that ability?

Turning visual sensations into complete,meaningful perception is a function of the primary visual cortex.

A crushing left hook to the head knocks down a boxer.He "sees stars" because:

As a physician,you need to have a very detailed view of the structure of your patient's brain.The method most appropriate given your needs is:

The gene for brown eyes is _____; the gene for blue eyes is ______.

The doctor explained to the patient's family that the pictures of their loved one's brain were normal.She passed radio frequencies through the brain.Which method was used by the doctor to study her patient's brain?

If you are able to recognize a picture of the White House,then your ____ has worked.

As you take this test,you feel the texture of the pencil you are using.Nerves that carry that sensory information from your fingers to your spinal cord are part of the:

The unusual drawing of the somatosensory cortex that illustrates how much of the cortex is devoted to various body parts is called the:

____ are secreted by the glands that make up the endocrine system.