Exam 12: The Central Nervous System

Match the following: -Premotor cortex.

Differentiate clearly between short-term and long-term memory.

Figure 12.2 Using Figure 12.2, match the following: -Caudate nucleus.

Which of the following is the mildest consequence of traumatic brain injury?

The canal connecting the third and fourth ventricles and running through the midbrain is the interventricular foramen.

The ________ is the main switch station for memory; if the right and left areas are destroyed,the result is widespread amnesia.

Figure 12.3 Using Figure 12.3, match the following: -Gray commissure.

Loss of ability to perform skilled motor activities such as piano playing,with no paralysis or weakness in specific muscles,might suggest damage to the ________.

The process of linking new facts with old facts already stored in the memory bank is called ________.

The ________ includes the thalamus,hypothalamus,and epithalamus.

Arachnoid granulations are knoblike projections that protrude superiorly through the ________ mater to absorb cerebrospinal fluid into venous blood.

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

Which spinal cord tract transmits impulses concerned with temperature and pain? Describe the pathway and include the location and destination of the first,second,and third-order neurons.

The primary auditory cortex is located in the ________.

Most of the ascending and descending pathways to and from the brain cross over (decussate)from one side of the body to the other.

Match the following: -Collection of nerve roots at the inferior end of the vertebral canal.

What connects the hypothalamus to the pituitary gland?

Neural tracts that convey information to the brain concerning temperature and pain would be ________.

Which of the following is a dural septum,described as a large sickle-shaped fold that dips into the longitudinal fissure between the cerebral hemispheres?

Figure 12.1 Using Fig. 12.1, Match the following: -Pons.