Elizabeth Quiz 8
Elizabeth Quiz 8
Question 1
Which cranial nerve is vital for the functioning of the visceral organs?
abducens
glossopharyngeal
hypoglossal
vagus
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Question 2
Which of the following is NOT required to coordinate movement?
cerebellum
pons
cerebral nuclei
motor cortex
0.5 points
Question 3
Which of the following is used to map neuronal activity with scalp electrodes?
MEG
PET
EEG
MRI
0.5 points
Question 4
Brain metabolism may be best studied by
electroencephalography.
computed tomography.
magnetic resonance imaging.
positron-emission tomography.
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Question 5
Chorea is most likely to result from
damage to the caudate nucleus.
damage to the spinal ganglia.
damage to the occipital lobe.
damage to the hypothalamus.
0.5 points
Question 6
Cerebrospinal fluid is found
within the central canal.
within the ventricles.
within the olfactory bulbs.
both within the central canal and within the ventricles.
0.5 points
Question 7
The cerebellum forms from the
telencephalon.
metencephalon.
myelencephalon.
diencephalon.
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Question 8
Interpretation of auditory inputs would be most affected by
ablation of the intralaminar nuclei of the thalamus.
ablation of the hypothalamus.
ablation to the medial geniculate nuclei of the thalamus.
ablation of the lateral geniculate nuclei of the thalamus.
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Question 9
Neural crest cells differentiate into
the telencephalon.
the red nucleus.
the basal nuclei.
peripheral nervous system ganglia.
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Question 10
What structure connects Wernicke's area to Broca's area?
corpus striatum
angular gyrus
arcuate fasciculus
corpus callosum
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Question 11
Being able to recognize the face of a schoolmate at your 30 year reunion, would be
a function of the
inferior temporal lobes.
occipital lobe.
medial temporal lobes.
anterior frontal lobes.
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Question 12
Which imaging technique uses magnetic fields produced by postsynaptic electric
currents to produce an image?
EEG
fMRI
MEG
PET
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Question 13
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) uses ______________ as its basis for
producing images.
x-rays
gamma rays
spinning protons
electrical currents
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Question 14
Which of the following neurotransmitters is NOT associated with cerebral nuclei
function?
dopamine
GABA
acetylcholine
glutamate
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Question 15
In the spinal cord, the gray matter is arranged into _____ and the white matter is
arranged into ______.
columns, horns
funiculi, tracts
horns, funiculi
tracts, funiculi
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Question 16
If the dorsal root of a spinal nerve were to be cut, the individual would
have no motor responses for that nerve.
have no sensory perception from that nerve.
have no reflexes involving that nerve.
Both have no sensory perception from that nerve and have no reflexes involving that
nerve are correct.
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Question 17
__________ innervate muscles and glands.
Sensory neurons
Ganglia
Motor neurons
Association neurons
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Question 18
Which type of EEG pattern in an awake adult is indicative of brain damage?
alpha waves
beta waves
theta waves
delta waves
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Question 19
The medulla oblongata
contains numerous vital centers.
contains the facial nuclei.
acts only as a relay center.
is the most advanced region of the brain.
0.5 points
Question 20
Which area of the brain contains neural stem cells that are apparently important in
learning and memory?
arcuate fasciculus
subgranular zone of the hippocampus
temporal lobe
cerebral cortex
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Question 21
Which cranial nerve is NOT involved with eye movements?
optic
oculomotor
abducens
trochlear
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Question 22
The ___________________ is the dorsal diencephalon, containing the choroid
plexus and the pineal gland.
epithalamus
hypothalamus
thalamus
third ventricle
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Question 23
MRI images of living amnesiac patients show a shrunken
hypothalamus.
epithalamus.
hippocampus.
pineal gland.
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Question 24
Which of the following RAS neurotransmitters stimulates the cerebral cortex for
wakefulness?
dopamine
GABA
norepinephrine
Both dopamine and norepinephrine are correct.
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Question 25
Which cranial nerve allows one to make facial expressions and secrete tears?
trigeminal
glossopharyngeal
hypoglossal
facial
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Question 26
Based on experimental evidence, the ___________ hypothalamus acts as the
body's thermostat.
preoptic-anterior
lateral
medial
supraoptic
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Question 27
Permanent aphasias often occur when
Wernicke's area is damaged.
Broca's area is damaged.
the angular gyrus is damaged.
spinal nerves are damaged.
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Question 28
A raised area on the cerebral cortex is a
sulcus.
fissure.
gyrus.
mirror neuron.
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Question 29
The suprachiasmatic nuclei
are located in the anterior hypothalamus.
controls melatonin secretion from the pineal gland.
contains "clock cells" that have patterns which repeat about every twenty-four hours.
All of the choices are correct.
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Question 30
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Alzheimer's disease?
an accumulation of intracellular proteins that form neurofibrillar tangles
loss of neurons in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex
an accumulation of extracellular proteins that form senile plaques
most cases are inherited