Brain Anatomy Physiology

1.

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1 pt

Involved in controlling attention, spatial perception and sensory information, for example: touch, pressure and pain.

Occipital lobe

Parietal lobe

Frontal lobe

Temporal lobe

2.

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The part of the brain that controls higher mental activities such as learning, perception, memory and making decisions.

cerebellum

cerebrum

thalamus

midbrain

3.

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The part of the brain that controls coordination, balance, and equilibrium

cerebrum

thalamus

cerebellum

medulla oblongata

4.

Multiple Choice

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Groove that separates the two hemispheres

longitudinal fissure

transvere fissure

corpus callosum

hippocampus

5.

Multiple Choice

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Lobe involved with making decisions, planning, reasoning, and carring out voluntary body movements.

Frontal Lobe

Parietal Lobe

Occipital Lobe

Temporal Lobe

6.

Multiple Choice

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Receives and processes auditory information and involved in language comprehension?

Frontal Lobe

Temporal Lobe

Occipital Lobe

Parietal Lobe

7.

Multiple Choice

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The amygdala, the hypothalamus and the hippocampus are all associated with the

limbic system

cerebral cortex

brainstem

pituitary gland

8.

Multiple Choice

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Alicia suffered a brain disease that destroyed major portions of her temporal lobes. Alicia is most likely to suffer some loss of:

AUDITORY PERCEPTION

THIRST AND HUNGER

PAIN SENSATIONS

MUSCULAR COORDINATION

9.

Multiple Choice

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Seeing is to hearing as the ________ lobes are to the _______ lobes.

FRONTAL , TEMPORAL

OCCIPITAL, PARIETAL

FRONTAL, PARIETAL

OCCIPITAL, TEMPORAL

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A young man was referred to a neurosurgeon after his frequent bouts of aggression could not be controlled. Diagnostic tests found an inoperable tumor in which location?

PONS

AMYGDALA

PITUITARY GLAND

BROCA'S AREA

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A loss of physical coordination and balance is most likely to result from damage to the:

HYPOTHALAMUS

CEREBELLUM

CORPUS CALLOSUM

PONS

12.

Multiple Choice

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THE PARIETAL LOBES ARE TO THE_________ AS THE OCCIPITAL LOBES ARE TO:

HEARING AND SPEAKING

SENSING TOUCH AND SEEING

TASTING AND SMELLING

SPEAKING AND SEEING

13.

Multiple Choice

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THE BRAIN AND THE SPINAL CORD MAKE UP THE __________NERVOUS SYSTEM

CENTRAL

PERIPHERAL

AUTONOMIC

SOMATIC

14.

Multiple Choice

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A person has a stroke on her occipital lobe. What might happen to her?

inability to speak

deafness

coma

blindness

15.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

Controls heartbeat and breathing

hypothalamus

medulla oblongata

Cerebellum

Thalamus

16.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The red portion is the ________

Cerebrum

Cerebellum

Brain Stem

Diencephalon

17.

Multiple Choice

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What is this?

Pons

Medulla Oblongata

Cerebellum

Hypothalamus

18.

Multiple Choice

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What are the dark blue and yellow lines tracing in this picture

gyri

sulci

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Label number 8

Medulla Oblongata

Pons

Cerebellum

Cerebrum

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Label number 7

Medulla Oblongata

Pons

Cerebellum

Cerebrum

21.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Label number 2

Medulla Oblongata

Pons

Cerebellum

Cerebrum

22.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Label number 1

Medulla Oblongata

Pons

Cerebellum

Cerebrum

23.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Label number 3

Mesencephalon

Thalamus

Hypothalamus

Spinal Cord

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