Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology

Question 1

In what lobe of the brain do the following processes take place:
Judgment

Answer 1

Prefrontal (Frontal Area)

Question 2

In what lobe of the brain do the following processes take place:
Reasoning

Answer 2

Prefrontal (Frontal Area)

Question 3

In what lobe of the brain do the following processes take place:
Conceptual planning-

Answer 3

Prefrontal (Frontal Area)

Question 4

In what lobe of the brain do the following processes take place:
Abstract thinking

Answer 4

Prefrontal (Frontal Area)

Question 5

Aphasia is a disturbance in what function?

Answer 5

Difficulty with language

Question 6

What system incorporates the following- Amygdala

Answer 6

Limbic System

Question 7

What system incorporates the following- Hippocampus

Answer 7

Limbic System

Question 8

What system incorporates the following- Nucleus accumbens

Answer 8

Limbic System

Question 9

What system incorporates the following- Thalamus

Answer 9

Limbic System

Question 10

What structure is important for making new memories?

Answer 10

Hippocampus

Question 11

The sensory and relay center of the brain are

Answer 11

Thalamus

Question 12

Agonists increase or decrease the effect of a neurotransmitter?

Answer 12

Increase

Question 13

Which neurotransmitter is closely associated with the reward and pleasure circuit and implicated in addiction?

Answer 13

Dopamine

Question 14

Damage to this area of the brain can lead to Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s chorea, and Tourette’s?

Answer 14

Basal Ganglia

Question 15

Visual, tactile, and auditory input come into which area of the brain for processing?

Answer 15

Parietal Lobe

Question 16

The amygdala contributes to establishing emotional memories – True or False?

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Limbic system-structure that is NOT part of it is thalamus

Answer 17

False

Question 18

What part of the brain effects the processing of fear-related stimuli and the regulation of emotional responses?

Answer 18

Insular cortex

Question 19

Left Hemisphere

Answer 19

Controls Right side of body

Question 20

Right hempishere

Answer 20

Controls left side of body

Question 21

Frontal Lobe

Answer 21

Largest part

Question 22

Frontal Lobe
( Motor Functions)

Answer 22

Voluntarily motor of specific muscles

Question 23

Frontal Lobe (Premotor Area)

Answer 23

Coordinates movement of multiple muscles

Question 24

Frontal Lobe ( Association Cortex )

Answer 24

Multimodel sensory input to trigger memory and lead to decision -making

Question 25

Frontal Lobe( Seat of executive functions)

Answer 25

working memory, planning, reasoning, judgement, impulse control, intelliegence

Question 26

Frontal Lobe (Broca's area)

Answer 26

Expressive speech

Question 27

Frontal Lobe ( Personality Variables)

Answer 27

Most focal area for personality development

Question 28

Frontal Lobes Problems lead to ....

Answer 28

Personality change, emotional, and intellectual changes

Question 29

Temporal Lobe ( Functions)

Answer 29

momory , audiory area, emotion, vision with sensory, speech or language comphrension

Question 30

Temporal Lobe ( Wernicke's Area)

Answer 30

Receptive speech or language comprehension

Question 31

Temporal Lobe problem leads to....

Answer 31

visual or auditory hallucinations, aphasia, and amnesia

Question 32

Occipital Lobe function

Answer 32

Primary vision and other sensory

Question 33

Occipital problems lead too....

Answer 33

visual defects, blindness, and visual hallucinations

Question 34

Parietal Lobe function

Answer 34

Primary sensory, some vision, reading and writing

Question 35

Parietal lobe problems lead to

Answer 35

Sensory- perceptual disturbances and agnosia ( unable to recognize objects)

Question 36

Cerebral cortex

Answer 36

controls behaviors; speech, cognition, judgement m perception, motor function

Question 37

limbic system

Answer 37

Controls emotions and memory Consists: hypothamalus, thalamus, hippocampus, amygdala

Question 38

hypothalamus

Answer 38

Control center- appetite, hunger, thrist, water, circadian rhythms, body temp, libido, hormonal reg

Question 39

thalamus

Answer 39

sensory for smell , emotions, memeory

Question 40

hippocampus

Answer 40

short /long term memory

Question 41

amygdala

Answer 41

emotions; mood, fear , agression

Question 42

Basal gangia ( AKA Corpus striatum)

Answer 42

movement , walking , motor activities