CHAPTER 14 PRETEST
visual and auditory sensations
The corpora quadrigemina process __________.
establishing emotional states
The limbic system is responsible for __________.
to filter and pass sensory information to the basal nuclei and cerebral cortex
What is the function of the thalamus?
frontal
Which cerebral lobe is the most anterior?
vestibulocochlear
Which cranial nerve contains sensory fibers coming from the inner ear and is responsible for hearing and balance?
facial nerve
Which of the following cranial nerves has five branches and controls the lacrimal and salivary glands and muscles of the face?
primary motor cortex
Which of the following directs voluntary movements by initiating impulses in somatic motor neurons?
telencephalon
Which of the following embryonic brain vesicles forms the cerebrum?
providing the blood-brain barrier
Which of the following is NOT a function of cerebrospinal fluid?
storing complex memories
Which of the following is NOT a function of the hypothalamus?
receiving and interpreting visual stimuli
Which of the following is NOT a function of the medulla oblongata?
right and left cerebral hemispheres
Which of the following is NOT a set of regions linked by the pons?
thalamus
Which of the following is NOT part of the brain stem?
muscle tone and learned movement patterns
Which of the following is a function of the basal nuclei?
fine-tuning muscle movements
Which of the following is a function of the cerebellum?
direct light reflex
Which of the following is a visceral cranial reflex?
pineal gland
Which of the following produces the hormone melatonin?
gustatory cortex
Which of the following regions of the cerebral cortex receives sensory information from the taste receptors of the tongue and pharynx?
pia mater
Which of the meninges is adhered to the surface of the brain and accompanies the branches of the blood vessels as they penetrate the surface of the brain?
arbor vitae
White matter in the cerebellum is called the __________ because it resembles a tree.
