EXAM IV CH12 True/False

Question 1

NREM sleep normally exhibits four distinct stages, which appear to alternate.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Petit mal seizures found in children generally go away with age.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Specific motor and sensory functions are localized in specific areas called domains, whereas memory and language have overlapping domains.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

A flat EEG is a good indication of deep sleep.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

The corpora quadrigemina superior colliculi are visual reflex centers, whereas the inferior colliculi are auditory reflex centers.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Cell bodies of the somatic motor neurons of the spinal nerves are located in the ventral horn of the spinal cord

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Meningitis is the most accurate term for inflammation of neurons.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

The adult spinal cord ends between L1 and L2.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Cerebrospinal fluid circulates within the ventricles of the brain and in the subarachnoid space outside the brain.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

The terms fainting and syncope describe the same thing.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

The RAS is comprised of specific pathways primarily in the limbic system.

Answer 11

Flase

Question 12

Nondeclarative memories preserve the circumstances in which they are learned.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

The first obvious sign that the nervous system is forming in the embryo is the thickening of the surface ectoderm to form the neural plate.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

The left cerebral hemisphere is usually dominant.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

The limbic system acts as our emotional, or affective, brain.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

The canal connecting the third and fourth ventricles and running through the midbrain is the foramen of Monro.

Answer 16

False

Question 17

Commissural fibers form the corpus striatum.

Answer 17

False

Question 18

A disturbance of posture, muscle tremors at rest, and uncontrolled muscle contraction are all symptoms of damage to the basal nuclei.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Projection fibers in the brain mainly connect the right and left hemispheres.

Answer 19

False

Question 20

Most of the ascending and descending pathways to and from the brain cross over from one side of the body to the other.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

The primary visual cortex contains a map of visual space.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

One functional center found within the medulla oblongata is a respiratory center involved in the control of the rate and depth of breathing.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

Sorting of sensory information and relaying it to the appropriate cerebral sensory area occurs in the hypothalamus.

Answer 23

False

Question 24

Embryonic damage to the mesencephalon could result in improper formation of the midbrain.

Answer 24

True