Chapter 6, Section 2 Quiz Review

What is the last part of the brain ?

Forebrain - higher order thinking and formation of memories

Lobe of the brain #1

Frontal Lobe - concerned with organization, planning, and creative thinking.

Which of the following parts of the brain includes the pons ?

Hindbrain

what is the first main part of the brain

Hindbrain - helps control posture, balance, and voluntary movements.

A surgeon seeking to detect an increase in blood flow to an active structure of the brain would most likely use a

MRI

if your doctor uses radio frequencies to study your brain, the doctor is using a(n)

MRI

What is the second main part of the brain

Midbrain - alerts the rest of the brain to incoming signals

Lobe of the Brain #4

Occipital Lobe - The visual signals are processed

Lobe of the brain #2

Parietal Lobe - concerned with information from the senses all over the body

Surgeons try to prevent grand mal seizures by

Severing the corpus callosum

Lobe of the brain #3

Temporal Lobe - concerned with hearing, memory, emotion, and speaking

Which of the following include the Cerebellum

hindbrain

Doctors today rarely perform lobotomies because

less intrusive ways to study the brain are available

A blind person may have experienced damage to her...

occipital lobe

During a CT scan

radioactive X-ray beams pass around and through a subject's head

If you have a friend who is very creative and a talented musician, which part of her brain is likely dominant?

right hemisphere

A stroke that damages the left hemisphere of the brain would most likely impair a person's

speech

If a person suffered a head injury and could no longer hear, which part of his brain was probably damaged?

temporal lobe