Exam 14: The Brain and Cranial Nerves

Which of the following functions would most likely be controlled by the representational hemisphere of the cerebrum?

The Wernicke area recognizes spoken and written language.

Purkinje cells are unusually large neurons found in the cerebellum.

Which structure forms the floor and part of the walls of the third ventricle?

A predominance of which waves in an electroencephalogram (EEG)might indicate that a person is physically and mentally relaxed?

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

The pineal gland is part of which larger region of the brain?

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

The neocortex contains which of the following cells?

The cerebellum is the largest part of the brain.

Destruction of the amygdala would mostly affect which of the following?

The medulla oblongata originates from which structure?

Which of the following cranial nerves is mispaired?

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

What is the largest part of the hindbrain?

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

The great majority of which tracts pass through the corpus callosum?

The __________ function(s)in visual attention,such as to look and follow the flight of a butterfly.

Most gray matter of the cerebrum is located in which region?

A lesion in which structure would cause a person to have an erratic waking/sleeping cycle?