Exam 20: Central Nervous System

The nervous system is divided into two major divisions, the:

The pyramids are two bulges of white matter on the ventral surface of the pons.

When someone close to you dies, you feel a sense of sorrow among other emotions. Your ability to experience emotions is the result of the:

Name the three peduncles that enter or leave the cerebellum, and explain where they come from or go to.

Match each disorder with its corresponding definition. -Degenerative disease that affects memory; it generally develops during the middle to late adult years, causing characteristic lesions in the cortex

The islands of gray matter inside the hemispheres of the cerebrum are known as the cerebral cortex.

The tertiary sensory neurons are entirely in the cerebrum.

Funiculi consist of tracts divided into smaller bundles called nerve fibers.

The filum terminale is part of the:

The thalamus is responsible for the associating sensory impulses with feelings of pleasantness and unpleasantness.

Which lobe of the cerebral cortex is not important in memory function?

The interventricular foramen (the foramen of Monro) leads into the fourth ventricle.

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

The type of brain wave associated with deep sleep is:

The central nervous system directly or indirectly regulates or influences nearly every organ in the body.

The hypothalamus gives rise to a stalk, leading to the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland. This stalk is called the:

All of the lobes of the cerebrum are named after the bones that cover them.

Pyramidal tracts are motor pathways that form pyramids in the medulla.

The infundibulum connects the hypothalamus and the pineal body.

The part of the cerebrum integral to articulating words is: