Deck 4: The Brain

Question 1

How are the sensory and motor homunculi similar?

A) both are maps of the body that are not proportional to the body parts
B) both are by the same group of cortical neurons
C) both can be found in the parietal lobe
D) both control motor movements

Answer 1

A

Question 2

A lateral view of the brain is

A) a side view, also referred to as a sagittal view, showing four lobes of one hemisphere
B) a side view, showing the midline slice of the brain between the two hemispheres
C) also called a coronal view, showing both hemispheres
D) also called a horizontal view, showing the corpus callosum

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Why is the outward visible cortex referred to as the "neocortex"?

A) it has nine layers
B) it is developed prenatally
C) it is the newest in terms of evolution
D) it is a fundamental brain structure that all animals have in common

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The satellite structures of the subcortex include all of the following except

A) hippocampal complex
B) basal ganglia
C) cerebellum
D) corpus callosum

Question 5

A region of the brain that connects incoming efferent) nerve nuclei with the subcortex and cortex of the brain is called:

A) hippocampal complex
B) basal ganglia
C) cerebellum
D) the brainstem

Question 6

Which of the following brain regions does not have two structures, one in each hemisphere?

A) hippocampus
B) amygdala
C) brainstem
D) thalamus

Question 7

The neocortex is characterized by cortical layers of gray cells.

A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) 8

Question 8

Which of the following would most likely be unaffected by a lesion in the right hemisphere?

A) musical ability
B) ability to draw geometrical figures
C) speaking ability
D) understanding of spatial orientations

Question 9

The four lobes of the cortex are

A) the temporal, parietal, occipital, and frontal lobes
B) the frontal, medial, dorsal, and ventral lobes
C) not visible from a lateral view
D) contain identical Brodmann areas

Question 10

A mid-sagittal view of the brain is

A) a side view, also referred to as a sagittal view, showing four lobes of one hemisphere
B) a side view, showing the midline slice of the brain between the two hemispheres
C) also called a coronal view, showing both hemispheres
D) also called a horizontal view, showing the corpus callosum