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
