Exam 12: The Central Nervous System

Susan and Robert are the parents of three children.One night while the family was sleeping,a fire broke out next door.Susan and Robert heard the fire trucks and rushed out to see what was happening.None of the children woke up,even with the sound of sirens close to the house.Why did the parents wake up,but the children didn't wake up?

Nondeclarative memories preserve the circumstances in which they are learned.

The blood-brain barrier is effective against ________.

Match the following: -Primary somatosensory cortex.

A patient was admitted to the medical/surgical unit with a stroke that affected the motor neurons in the direct (pyramidal)pathway.This affected the loss of voluntary movement to his left side.What other problems might the patient experience?

Which statement about epilepsy is most accurate?

Match the following: -Where nerves serving the upper limbs arise.

The central sulcus separates which lobes?

Figure 12.3 Using Figure 12.3, match the following: -Site of somatic motor neuron cell bodies.

Which brain waves are uncommon for awake adults,but are common for children?

Injury to the hypothalamus may result in all of the following EXCEPT ________.

REM sleep is associated with ________.

Describe how the function of a particular brain area is known.

Explain why heparin is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombotic strokes but contraindicated in a subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Match the following: -Motor speech (Broca's)area.

Which brain nucleus is the body's "biological clock"?

Which of the following best describes the cerebrum?

Passing through the NREM stages (1 through 4),the frequency of the EEG waves declines,but their amplitude increases.

Match the following: -A major relay station for sensory information ascending to the cerebral cortex.Contains many specialized nuclei.

All of the following are structures of the limbic system EXCEPT the ________.