Practice Test Flashcards
Area of cortex that receives input from more than one sensory system is called?
association cortex
The three principles of sensory systems organization of hierarchical organization,_______and parallel processing.
functional segregation
Fourier analysis breaks down complex sounds into component_______ waves.
sine
The highest frequency of which the various component frequencies of a sound are multiplied is their ______ frequencies.
fundamental
The middle______ is the incus
ossicle
The auditory nerve is a branch of cranial nerve VII, _____ nerve
auditor vestibular
The lay out of the auditory system tends to be?
tonotopic
The axon of the auditory nerve synapse in the ipsilateral ______ nuclei
Cochlear
one function of the superior olive is sound____
localization
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.
Belt
Although ______ have been widely used in electro-psychological studies, auditory neurons respond only weakly to them.
Pure Tone
Many studies of visual-auditory interactions have focused on association cortex in the _____ lobe.
Posterior Parietal
The inferior colliculi and the medial geniculate nuclei are components of _____ system
Auditory
The dorsal-column, medial-lemnisucs, and anterolateral system pathway are pathways of _________
Somatosensory
Pariaqueductal gray and raphe nuclei are involved in blocking the perception of _______
pain
One pathway of the _____ projects form the amygdala and piriform cortex to the obitofrontal cortex.
olfactory
Parts of the ventral posterior nuclei are thalamic relay nuclei of both somatosensory system and the ______ system
Gustatory
ventral posterior nuclei, intralaminar nuclei, and parafascicular nuclei are all thalmic nuclei of the ____ systeem
Somatosensory
unlike the neural projections of all other sensory systems, those of the ________ system are primary ipsilateral
Gustatory
Ageusia is caused by damage to the _______ system
Gustatory
Six weeks after conception, sry gene on the Y chromosome of the human male triggers the production of _______
Sry protein
In absence of sry protein, cortical cells of the primordial gonads develop into________.
Ovaries
The third month of a male fetal development, the testes secret testosterone and ____substances
Mullerian-Inhibiting
The hormonal factor that trigger the development of the human mullerian system is the lack of _______ around the third month of fetal development.
androgens
