Question

Please match the following regions or parts of the brain with their function(s) (some parts are used more than once).

16.__ The auditory cortex, where sounds are made conscious, is located here

17.__ Contains the respiratory centers

18.__ The visual cortex is located here

29-40. Match each cranial nerve with its function/correct description.

29.___Nerve that carries sensory fibers (taste and touch) from the posterior 1/2 of the tongue to the brain

30.___Nerve that carries motor fibers from the brain to the Trapezius muscle

31.___Nerve that carries motor fibers to the superior oblique muscle (“down and out” rotation of eyeball)

32.___Nerve that carries sensory fibers from the nasal mucosa (smell) to the brain

33.___Nerve that carries motor fibers from the brain to the muscles of facial expression

34.___Nerve that carries motor fibers to the lateral rectus muscles (an extrinsic muscle of the eyeball)

35.___Nerve that carries motor and sensory fibers to/from the organs of the thoracic and abdominal cavities

36.___Nerve that carries motor fibers to 4 of the 6 extrinsic muscles of the eyeball

37.___Nerve that carries motor fibers to muscles of the tongue and anterior neck

38.___Nerve that carries sensory fibers from the inner ear (hearing and equilibrium) to the brain

39.___Nerve that carries sensory fibers from the retina (vision) to the brain

40.___Nerve that carries sensory fibers from the face and scalp to the brain.

I. Olfactory

II. Optic

III. Oculomotor

IV. Trochlear

V. Trigeminal

VI. Abducens

VII. Facial

VIII. Vestibulocochlear

IX. Glossopharyngeal

X. Vagus

XI. Accessory

XII. Hypoglossal

Choose the TRUE statement about the Subarachnoid Space.

a. It is filled with free blood in healthy individuals.

b. It is the space between Dura Mater and the Vertebral Bones

c. It is a space between the Dura Mater and Arachnoid Mater

d. It is the space between the Arachnoid Mater and The Pia Mater

Sacral and Lumbar Spinal Nerves that hang down past (more inferior than) the inferior end of the spinal cord are called the _________________.

a. Sacral Enlargement

b. Cauda Equina

c. Pia Mater

d. Central Canal

An intertwining of the branches of several spinal nerves is called a ___________________.

a. column

b. horn

c. root

d. plexus

The spinal cord is composed of_________________________________________.

a. only white matter neural tissue

b. only grey matter neural tissue

c. both white matter and grey matter

d. neither white matter nor grey matter

If the Cervical Plexus is severely damaged, _______________________________ could result.

a. paralysis of the diaphragm muscle (with respiratory distress)

b. both motor and sensory impairment of the upper extremities

c. both motor and sensory impairment of the lower extremities

d. complete loss of sensation from the genitalia

19.__ The names of objects are “stored” (remembered) here

20.__ Contains the cardiac and vasomotor autonomic centers, thus monitoring and adjusting cardiovascular function

21.__ This part of the brain assists the brainstem in autonomic regulation (regulation of the organ systems)

22.__ Has a prefrontal area/cortex, where intellectual activity occurs

23.__ Sensory pathways travelling from brainstem to Cerebral Cortex synapse here. Motor neuron pathways traveling from the cerebral cortex to the brainstem also synapse here.

24.__ Subconsciously coordinates body movements involving combinations of skeletal muscle contractions

25.__ The somatosensory cortex – where touch, pain, and temperature are made conscious – is located here.

26.__ Connects the brain to the Pituitary Gland of the Endocrine System

27.__ Contains the centers for eye-to-head, and ear-to-head reflexes

28.__ The commands for voluntary contraction of skeletal muscle(s) begin here

a. Medulla

b. Pons

c. Midbrain

d. Cerebellum

e. Diencephalon – Hypothalamus part

f. Diencephalon – Thalamus

g. Cerebrum – Frontal Lobe

h. Cerebrum – Parietal Lobe

i. Cerebrum – Temporal Lobe

j. Cerebrum – Occipital Lobe

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