Chapt 12

Front 1

The vital centers for the control of heart rate, respiration, and blood pressure are located in the ________.

Back 1

medulla

Front 2

NREM sleep normally exhibits four distinct stages, which appear to alternate.

Back 2

True

Front 3

Spastic paralysis suggests involvement of the ________.

Back 3

upper motor neurons

Front 4

Which category of memory is involved when playing the piano?

Back 4

procedural

Front 5

White matter (myelinated fibers) is found in all of the following locations except the ________.

Back 5

cerebral cortex

Front 6

Which fissure separates the cerebral hemispheres?

Back 6

longitudinal fissure

Front 7

The white matter of the spinal cord contains ________.

Back 7

myelinated and unmyelinated nerve fibers

Front 8

A shallow groove on the surface of the cortex is called a ________.

Back 8

sulcus

Front 9

Meningitis is the most accurate term for inflammation of neurons.

Back 9

false

Front 10

Which statement about epilepsy is most accurate?

Back 10

Epilepsy is often genetically induced but also frequently caused by head trauma, stroke, infection, and tumor.

Front 11

Which statement is not true?

Back 11

Stage 4 sleep increases in old age.

Front 12

Second-order neurons of both the specific and nonspecific ascending pathways terminate in the ________.

Back 12

thalamus

Front 13

Which of the following is (are) involved with motor activity (either initiation or coordination)?

Back 13

red nuclei

Front 14

Cerebrospinal fluid circulates within the ventricles of the brain and in the subarachnoid space outside the brain

Back 14

True

Front 15

The first obvious sign that the nervous system is forming in the embryo is the thickening of the surface ectoderm to form the neural plate.

Back 15

True

Front 16

Which of the following is not a function of the CSF?

Back 16

initiation of some nerve impulses

Front 17

What cells line the ventricles of the brain?

Back 17

ependymal cells

Front 18

Neural tracts that convey life-saving information to the brain concerning burning pain would be ________.

Back 18

lateral spinothalamic

Front 19

Broca's area ________.

Back 19

is considered a motor speech area

Front 20

What descending pathway originates at the position indicated by the leader line?

Back 20

pyramidal tracts - Pyramidal tracts, also called direct pathways, originate in the primary motor cortex within the pre-central gyrus.

Front 21

Cell bodies of the somatic motor neurons of the spinal nerves are located in the ventral horn of the spinal cord.

Back 21

True

Front 22

The subarachnoid space lies between what two layers of meninges?

Back 22

arachnoid and pia

Front 23

The adult spinal cord ends between L1 and L2.

Back 23

True

Front 24

All of the following are structures of the limbic system except the ________

Back 24

caudate nucleus

Front 25

The frontal lobe is separated from the temporal lobe by the ________.

Back 25

lateral sulcus

Front 26

Which of the following would you not find in normal cerebrospinal fluid?

Back 26

red blood cells

Front 27

What process is indicated by the arrow on the right?

Back 27

formation of cerebro-spinal fluid

Front 28

What structure is indicated by B?

Back 28

corpus callosum

Front 29

Region A includes which of the following?

Back 29

Pre-frontal cortex

Front 30

Sorting of sensory information and relaying it to the appropriate cerebral sensory area occurs in the hypothalamus.

Back 30

False

Front 31

If the caudal portion of the neural tube failed to develop properly the ________.

Back 31

spinal cord may be affected

Front 32

The blood-brain barrier is effective against ________.

Back 32

metabolic waste such as urea