Exam 14: The Brain and Cranial Nerves

There are no cranial nerves associated with which part of the brain?

The blood-CSF barrier is composed of dense regular connective tissue lining the ventricles.

Injury to the reticular formation can result in which of the following?

Structures in the midbrain control homeostasis and relay sensory signals to specific regions of the cerebral cortex.

Cerebrospinal fluid is secreted by choroid plexuses in the __________ ventricles and reabsorbed by arachnoid villi in the __________.

Short-term memory is associated with the __________,whereas long-term memory is associated with the __________.

Nonfluent aphasia,due to a lesion in the __________,results in slow speech,difficulty in choosing words,or use of words that only approximate the correct word.

Which cranial nerve innervates most of the viscera in the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities?

Which of the following pairings of brain wave names and descriptions is paired correctly?

The blood-brain barrier (BBB)helps prevent hemorrhages in the nervous tissue of the brain.

The following are all major components of the brainstem except the _________.

Nearly all the somatosensory input to the cerebrum passes by way of synapses in which region of the brain?

If the cerebrum was no longer able to communicate with the midbrain,what type of tract would you suspect has been damaged?

Degeneration of the neurons in which of the following structures leads to the muscle tremors associated with Parkinson disease?

The medulla oblongata originates from which structure?

The Wernicke area recognizes spoken and written language.

After a stroke,a patient complains about lack of sensitivity in her right hand.The stroke most likely affected which part of the brain?

The pons and cerebellum arise from which secondary embryonic vesicle?

What is the largest part of the hindbrain?

In the cerebral cortex,which cells process information on a local level?