Question

What tract will information from the right and left ears use to compare the information between the cerebral hemispheres?

a) optic tract

b) cochlear tract

c) corpus callosum

d) spinothalamic

e) none of these

Answer 1

Option C-

There are three main Types of white matter tracts, which connect one part of the brain to another within the white matter.

1. projection:They Extend between upper and lower brain areas and spinal cord centers, carry information between the cerebrum & rest of the body.

2.commissural:Helps communication of left and right sides of the cerebrum

3. association:They connect different regions within the same hemisphere of the brain.

corpus collosum is largest white matter structure of the brain that forms commissural tract that connects the right and left hemispheres.