Quiz 9

Question 1

The primary language area for expressive speech is what?

Answer 1

Broca’s area

Question 2

Injury to Wernicke’s area is associated with what impairment?

Answer 2

Fluent aphasia

Question 3

Repeating spoken words back requires what pathway?

Answer 3

Arcuate Fasciculus

Question 4

What structure is located at the intersection of the temporal, parietal, and occipital lobes?

Answer 4

Angular Gyrus

Question 5

Loss of the ability to read in someone who had previously learned to read is what?

Answer 5

Alexia

Question 6

In the cochlea, what is the key diffusion force to compel K+ ions to enter the hair cells from the endolymph?

Answer 6

Electrical gradient

Question 7

To get from the cochlea to the brain, the auditory nerve travels through what?

Answer 7

Internal auditory canal

Question 8

Axons of auditory nerve neurons that are tuned to high frequencies can be found where on the auditory nerve?

Answer 8

Outer edges

Question 9

Which structure in the central auditory nervous system is the first to combine binaural information for horizontal sound localization?

Answer 9

Superior Olivary Complex

Question 10

What aspect of a sound is the auditory cortex most interested in?

Answer 10

Complexity