Exam 14: The Brain and Cranial Nerves

Which cranial nerves control movements of the eyeball?

Damage to this nucleus would affect input from the limbic system,superior colliculi and cerebral cortex affecting the ability to express emotions.

Damage to which portion of the limbic system results in loss of memory of recent events and difficulty committing anything new to memory?

Which cranial nerve in the diagram is involved with speech and swallowing and has a purely motor function?

The central sulcus of the cerebrum separates the_____,and the lateral fissure separates the _____.

A child riding a bike falls and hits their head.The child was not wearing a helmet.In the emergency room,cerebrospinal fluid taken during a spinal tap reveals blood.The doctors diagnosed the child had torn cerebral veins as they pass to the superior sagittal sinus.What area of the body was the fluid taken?

Anosmia may result from head injuries in which the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone is fractured.This condition results in impaired function of which cranial nerve in the diagram?

Which portion of the cerebellum contributes to equilibrium and balance?

The pineal gland is located in the [dropdown 1] but the release of melatonin is controlled by the [dropdown 2] which is part of the [dropdown 3]. dropdown 1and dropdown 3 choices: thalamus hypothalamus epithalamus dropdown 2 choices: suprachiasmatic nucleus habenular nuclei midline nucleus reticular nucleus

Which functional area of the cerebrum is responsible for perception of touch,coldness and warmth?

Damage to which cranial nerve in the diagram will cause the inability of an eyeball to move laterally beyond the midpoint?

A stroke patient has a lesion on their trigeminal ophthalmic branch.Which symptom would the patient exhibit?

Cerebrospinal fluid passes through what structure in the midbrain as it moves from the third to the fourth ventricle?

Which region of the brain is separated by the third ventricle and projects most sensory information to the cerebral cortex from the spinal cord and brain stem?

Which cranial nerve is associated with nuclei in both the medulla oblongata and pons?

Which cranial nerve in the diagram has a somatic motor function primarily involved in moving the upper eyelid and eyeball and an autonomic function involved in iris muscle contraction?

A baseball player is hit by a line drive on the temporal area of his skull.At the hospital the doctors give a CT scan which shows an accumulation of blood between the dura mater and arachnoid mater,creating pressure on the cerebrum.The hemorrhage from the fracture would be located in which space?

Which type of brain wave occurs at regular intervals when a person is awake but not when a person is sleeping?

Damage to which cranial nerve may result in death?

During development,the [dropdown 1] gives rise to the midbrain and aqueduct of midbrain,the [dropdown 2] gives rise to the thalamus,hypothalamus,and third ventricle and the [dropdown 3] forms the medulla oblongata Answer options diencephalon mesencephalon metencephalon myelencephalon telencephalon