Chapter 14; The brain and Cranial Nerves TRUE OR FALSE

Respiration is controlled by nuclei in both the pons and medulla oblongata.

True

The broca area is ipsilateral to the Wernicke area.

True

The midbrain is caudal to the thalamus.

True

The trigeminal nerve carries sensory signals from a larger area of the face than the facial nerve does.

True

Unlike other cranial nerves, the vagus nerve extends far beyond the head-neck region.

True

Hearing is a function of the occipital lobe.

False; Hearing is a temporal lobe function; vision resides in the occipital lobe.

Most of the brain's neurons are found in the cerebral cortex.

False; The cerebellum contains more than half of all brain neurons.

The cerebral hemispheres would fail to develop if the neural crests of the embryo were destroyed.

False; The cerebral hemispheres do not develop from neural crest tissue.

Most of the cerebrospinal fluid is produced by the choroid plexuses.

False; The choroid plexuses produce only 30% of the CFS.

The two hemispheres of the cerebellum are separated by the longitudinal fissure.

False; This fissure separates the cerebral hemispheres, not the cerebellar hemispheres.