Exam 4: Chapter 14

Question 1

Functions of cerebrospinal fluid

Answer 1

cushion, support, transport nutrients, chemical messengers, and waste

Question 2

Where CSF is produced

Answer 2

choroid plexus

Question 3

Circulation of CSF

Answer 3

from choroid plexus, through ventricles, to central canal of spinal cord, into subarachnoid space around brain, spinal cord, and cauda equina

Question 4

Cerebrum functions

Answer 4

conscious thoughts, sensations, intellect, memory, and complex movements

Question 5

cerbellum functions

Answer 5

adjusts ongoing movements by comparing arriving sensations with previously experienced sensations

Question 6

thalamus functions

Answer 6

contains relay and processing centers for sensory information

Question 7

hypothalamus functions

Answer 7

contains centers involved with emotion, autonomic function, and hormone production

Question 8

midbrain functions

Answer 8

process visual and auditory information, controls reflexes triggered by those stimuli

Question 9

pons functions

Answer 9

contains CNS axons, and nuclei involved with domatic and visceral motor control

Question 10

medulla oblongata functions

Answer 10

relays sensory information to the thalamus and to other portions of the brainstem

Question 11

hippocampus functions

Answer 11

conversion of short term to long term memories

Question 12

limbic system functions

Answer 12

processing memories and creating emotional states, drives, and associated behaviors

Question 13

reticular activating system functions

Answer 13

sleep-wake cycles, attention

Question 14

primary motor cortex location

Answer 14

frontal lobe

Question 15

primary sensory cortex location

Answer 15

parietal lobe

Question 16

visual cortex location

Answer 16

occipital lobe

Question 17

auditory cortex location

Answer 17

temporal lobe

Question 18

primary motor cortex functions

Answer 18

voluntary control of skeletal muscles

Question 19

primary sensory cortex functions

Answer 19

conscious perception of touch, pressure, pain, vibration, taste, and temperature

Question 20

visual cortex function

Answer 20

conscious perception of visual stimuli

Question 21

auditory cortex function

Answer 21

conscious perception of auditory stimuli

Question 22

association areas locations

Answer 22

all lobes

Question 23

association areas functions

Answer 23

integration and processing of sensory data, processing and initiation of motor activities

Question 24

somatosensory cortex location

Answer 24

parietal lobe

Question 25

somatosensory cortex function

Answer 25

process sensory information from the body

Question 26

basal nuclei function

Answer 26

subconscious control of skeletal muscle activity

Question 27

corpus callosum function

Answer 27

links centers in the left and right cerebral hemispheres