Thalamus/Hypothalamus

Question 1

Hypothalamus: master clock of our circadian rhythm

Answer 1

superchiasmic nucleus

Question 2

Hypothalamus: regulates parasympathetic nervous system

Answer 2

anterior and pre-optic nuclei

Question 3

Hypothalamus: destruction results in hyperthermia

Answer 3

anterior and pre-optic nuclei

Question 4

Hypothalamus: regulates the sympathetic nervous system

Answer 4

posterior and lateral nuclei

Question 5

Hypothalamus: produces antidiuretic hormone to regulate water balance

Answer 5

supraoptic nucleus

Question 6

Hypothalamus: receives input from the retina

Answer 6

suprachiasmic nucleus

Question 7

Hypothalamus: savage behavior and obesity result from stimulation

Answer 7

dorsal medial nucleus

Question 8

Hypothalamus: savage behavior and obesity results from destruction

Answer 8

ventral medial nucleus

Question 9

Hypothalamus: stimulation leads to eating, destruction leads to starvation

Answer 9

lateral nucleus

Question 10

Hypothalamus: regulates the release of gonadotropic hormones

Answer 10

pre-optic nucleus

Question 11

Hypothalamus: responsible for sweating and cutaneous vasodilation in hot temperatures

Answer 11

anterior and pre-optic nuclei

Question 12

Hypothalamus: responsible for shivering and decreased cutaneous blood flow in the cold

Answer 12

Posterior and lateral nuclei

Question 13

Destruction results in neurogenic diabetes insipidus

Answer 13

supraoptic nucleus

Question 14

Destruction results in inability to stay warm

Answer 14

posterior and lateral nuclei

Question 15

Hypothalamus: releases hormones affecting the anterior pituitary

Answer 15

Arcuate nucleus

Question 16

Thalamus: relays somatosensory info from body via medial leminiscus and spinothalamic tracts

Answer 16

VPL

Question 17

Thalamus: communications with prefrontal cortex, memory loss results if destroyed

Answer 17

medial dorsal

Question 18

Thalamus: cerebellum (dentate nucleus) and basal ganglia to the motor cortex

Answer 18

ventrolateral

Question 19

Thalamus: trigeminothalamic and taste, pathways to somatosensory cortex

Answer 19

VPM

Question 20

Thalamus: retina to occipital lobe

Answer 20

lateral geniculate body

Question 21

Thalamus: basal ganglia to prefrontal, premotor, and orbital cortices

Answer 21

ventral anterior nucleus

Question 22

Thalamus: mammilothalamic tract to cingulate gyrus

Answer 22

anterior nucleus

Question 23

Thalamus: integration of visual, auditory, and somesthetic input

Answer 23

pulvinar

Question 24

Thalamus: dentate nucleus and basal ganglia to supplementary motor cortex

Answer 24

ventrolateral

Question 25

Thalamus: brachium of inferior colliculus to primary auditory cortex

Answer 25

medial geniculate body