Practice Test

Question 1

Area of cortex that receives input from more than one sensory system is called?

Answer 1

association cortex

Question 2

The three principles of sensory systems organization of hierarchical organization,_______and parallel processing.

Answer 2

functional segregation

Question 3

Fourier analysis breaks down complex sounds into component_______ waves.

Answer 3

sine

Question 4

The highest frequency of which the various component frequencies of a sound are multiplied is their ______ frequencies.

Answer 4

fundamental

Question 5

The middle______ is the incus

Answer 5

ossicle

Question 6

The auditory nerve is a branch of cranial nerve VII, _____ nerve

Answer 6

auditor vestibular

Question 7

The lay out of the auditory system tends to be?

Answer 7

tonotopic

Question 8

The axon of the auditory nerve synapse in the ipsilateral ______ nuclei

Answer 8

Cochlear

Question 9

one function of the superior olive is sound____

Answer 9

localization

Question 10

Some area of the secondary auditory cortex are located in a band that is adjacent to and surrounds the primary auditory cortex. Theses areas are often called the _____ areas.

Answer 10

Belt

Question 11

Although ______ have been widely used in electro-psychological studies, auditory neurons respond only weakly to them.

Answer 11

Pure Tone

Question 12

Many studies of visual-auditory interactions have focused on association cortex in the _____ lobe.

Answer 12

Posterior Parietal

Question 13

The inferior colliculi and the medial geniculate nuclei are components of _____ system

Answer 13

Auditory

Question 14

The dorsal-column, medial-lemnisucs, and anterolateral system pathway are pathways of _________

Answer 14

Somatosensory

Question 15

Pariaqueductal gray and raphe nuclei are involved in blocking the perception of _______

Answer 15

pain

Question 16

One pathway of the _____ projects form the amygdala and piriform cortex to the obitofrontal cortex.

Answer 16

olfactory

Question 17

Parts of the ventral posterior nuclei are thalamic relay nuclei of both somatosensory system and the ______ system

Answer 17

Gustatory

Question 18

ventral posterior nuclei, intralaminar nuclei, and parafascicular nuclei are all thalmic nuclei of the ____ systeem

Answer 18

Somatosensory

Question 19

unlike the neural projections of all other sensory systems, those of the ________ system are primary ipsilateral

Answer 19

Gustatory

Question 20

Ageusia is caused by damage to the _______ system

Answer 20

Gustatory

Question 21

Six weeks after conception, sry gene on the Y chromosome of the human male triggers the production of _______

Answer 21

Sry protein

Question 22

In absence of sry protein, cortical cells of the primordial gonads develop into________.

Answer 22

Ovaries

Question 23

The third month of a male fetal development, the testes secret testosterone and ____substances

Answer 23

Mullerian-Inhibiting

Question 24

The hormonal factor that trigger the development of the human mullerian system is the lack of _______ around the third month of fetal development.

Answer 24

androgens

Question 25

The scrotum and the ______ develop from the same bi-potential precursor.

Answer 25

Labia Majora

Question 26

Female pattern of cyclic________ release from the anterior pituitary develops in adulthood unless androgen are present in the body during the perinatal period

Answer 26

gonadotropin

Question 27

It has been hypothesized that perinatal testosterone must first be change to estradiol before it can masculinize the male rat brain this is called the ______hypothesis.

Answer 27

Aromatization

Question 28

_________is normally responsible for pubic and axillary hair growth in human female during puberty.

Answer 28

Androstenedione

Question 29

Girls usually hit puberty________boys do.

Answer 29

before

Question 30

The simplistic, seductive, but incorrect assumption that sexual differences occurs because male and female sex hormones trigger programs of development that are parallel but opposite to one another has been termed__________

Answer 30

Mamawawa