Anatomy Chapter 10

Question 1

Which of the following is not part of the brain stem?

Answer 1

Diencephalon

Question 2

What lobe contains the primary visual cortex?

Answer 2

Occipital

Question 3

The cerebrum is divided into right and left hemispheres by the:

Answer 3

corpus callosum

Question 4

The raised areas on the surface of the cerebrum are called:

Answer 4

gyri.

Question 5

The role of Broca’s area is:

Answer 5

motor control of speech.

Question 6

After hitting the left side of her head, Kim has difficulty speaking and cannot move the right side of her body. Where is her injury?

Answer 6

Frontal lobe

Question 7

Deep islands of gray matter are known as

Answer 7

nuclei.

Question 8

Which of the following is not found in the diencephalon?

Thalamus

Pineal body

Postcentral gyrus

Hypothalamus

Answer 8

Postcentral gyrus

Question 9

The right and left hemispheres are connected by the:

Answer 9

corpus callosum.

Question 10

Which of the following is true of cranial nerves?

They are all mixed.

They all project from the cerebrum.

They may carry motor, sensory, or both kinds of information.

They carry information for the body below the neck.

Answer 10

They may carry motor, sensory, or both kinds of information.

Question 11

Hypoglossal

Answer 11

control tongue muscles

Question 12

Trigeminal

Answer 12

chewing

Question 13

Vestibulocochlear

Answer 13

balance

Question 14

Olfactory

Answer 14

smell

Question 15

Optic

Answer 15

vision

Question 16

What form of sensation includes fine and crude touch?

Answer 16

Somatic sensation

Question 17

The role of the somatic sensory association area is:

Answer 17

understanding and interpreting touch information.

Question 18

Which of the following spinal cord pathways carries pain and temperature information?

Dorsal column

Spinothalamic

Corticospinal

Thermostatic

Answer 18

Spinothalamic

Question 19

Where are the sensory neurons located that receive pain information from your body and send it to the brain?

Answer 19

Dorsal root ganglion

Question 20

How does somatic sensory information from your face get to your brain?

Answer 20

Via cranial nerves to brain stem nuclei

Question 21

The size of the map for a particular body part in the precentral gyrus is determined by:

Answer 21

the amount of fine motor control

Question 22

The cerebellum compares:

Answer 22

planned movement to actual movement.

Question 23

The motor plan is made in what part of the brain?

Answer 23

Frontal lobe

Question 24

Parkinson’s disease results from damage to what brain structure?

Answer 24

Basal nucleus

Question 25

The somatic nervous system controls

Answer 25

voluntary movements.