Chapter 6

Question 1

Part of the brain that relays sensory information, perception of pain, temperature, and touch, sense of pleasantness and noxiousness, maintains sleep/wake cycle

Answer 1

Thalamus

Question 2

Nuclei is ___ matter

Answer 2

Gray

Question 3

What is the pathway for sensation?

Answer 3

Cranial nerves 9/10 sense stimuli, sensation goes to the medulla, thalamus, sensory cortex

Question 4

Part of the thalamus that plays an important for language specifically for cognition and motor for language

Answer 4

Left ventrolateral thalamus

Question 5

Fluent verbal output with semantic paraphasia, mild auditory comprehension issues, mild to normal repeating skills

Answer 5

Thalamic aphasia

Question 6

Part of the brain responsible for linking the nervous system to the hormonal system (pituitary gland), body temperature, food intake, regulates autonomic nervous system control, metabolism, water balance

Answer 6

Hypothalamus

Question 7

This “master gland” controls other glands

and produces hormones.

Answer 7

Pituitary gland

Question 8

Hormone disorder caused by tumor on the pituitary gland; results in high levels of cortisol, moon face, emotional disturbances, osteoporosis, obesity, muscle weakness

Answer 8

Cushing’s disease

Question 9

Disease caused by a tumor on the pituitary gland producing too much growth hormone; results in large stature

Answer 9

Acromegaly

Question 10

Part of the brain that links the limbic system to the forebrain and other parts of the brain; helps with sleep/wake cycle, olfactory reflexes

Answer 10

Epithalamus

Question 11

Gland that produces melatonin

Answer 11

Pineal gland

Question 12

Part of the epithalamus responsible for gag, salivation, and response to smell; gray matter of epithalamus

Answer 12

Habenula

Question 13

White matter in the epithalamus

Answer 13

Stria medularis

Question 14

Part of the brain that connects basal ganglia to the motor cortex

Answer 14

Subthalamus

Question 15

Damage to the subthalamus can result in _____

Answer 15

Hemiballism

Question 16

What makes up the diencephalon (4)?

Answer 16

Epithalamus, thalamus, subthalamus, hypothalamus

Question 17

What are the 3 parts of the basal ganglia?

Answer 17

Caudate nucleus, putamen, globus pallidus

Question 18

Part of the brain that regulates motor functions such a posture, inhibits function, coordinates motor behavior, uses dopamine

Answer 18

Basal ganglia

Question 19

What disease is closely related to the basal ganglia?

Answer 19

Parkinson’s disease

Question 20

What are some symptoms a patient might have if there is damage to the basal ganglia?

Answer 20

Bradykinesia, gait issues, rigidity, tics, tremor, dystonia, chorea,