Mod 8 Flashcards
The reticular formation is located in the
Brainstem
The part of the brainstem that controls heartbeat and breathing is called the
Medulla
Which brain structure relays information from the eyes to the visual cortex
Thalamus
After Greg’s serious motorcycle accident doctors detected damage in his cerebellum. Greg is most likely to have difficulty
Playing his guitar
The technique that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce computer images of structures within the brain is called
MRI
The brain research technique that involves monitoring the brains usage of Glucose is called the
PET Scan
The long crack and the cerebral cortex between the right and left hemisphere is called the
Longitudinal fisher
The corpus Colossum them is a band of neural fibers that
Transmits information between the cerebral hemispheres
Auditory stimulation is the first processed in the blank lobes
Temporal
The surgical removal of a large tumor from Allen’s occipital lobe resulted in extensive loss of brain tissue all and is most likely to suffer some loss of
Vision
The somatosensory cortex is most critical for our sense of
Touch
The two language regions in the left hemisphere are called
Brokaw’s and Wernicke’s
The current popular idea that some people are right brained and some people are left brained is
An exaggeration of research on hemisphere differences
A patient with damage to Brokas area of the brain would probably have difficulty
Expressing thoughts in spoken language
One of the clearest differences between the functions of the left and right hemispheres involves
Spoken language
