Transcript Brain and NS Quiz

The Brain and the Nervous
System
True or False
True or False
• The left hemisphere plays a
dominant role in language
TRUE
• The left
hemisphere is
the side of the
brain that
contributes the
most to human
language
True or False
• The midbrain consists of the
tectum and the tegmentum
TRUE
• The midbrain
contains the
tectum which
includes
structures
involved in vision
and hearing, and
the tegmentum
which is involved
in movement
True or False
• The hindbrain is involved in
higher order processes such
as decision making
FALSE
• The forebrain is
involved in higher
order processes
• The hindbrain is
involved in basic
survival functions
such as heart
beats and
breathing
True or False
• The occipital lobe plays a
dominant role in vision
TRUE
• The occipital
lobe is
specialised
for vision
True or False
• The pons is the lowest point
of the hindbrain
FALSE
• The medulla is the
lowest point of the
hindbrain
• The pons is
located above the
medulla
True or False
• The peripheral nervous
system consists of all the
bodies neurons except
those in the brain and spinal
cord
TRUE
• The peripheral
nervous system
connects the various
body parts to the
central nervous
system
• The central nervous
system consists of the
brain and the spinal
cord
True or False
• The right hemisphere of the
brain makes no contribution
to language
FALSE
• The left
hemisphere
plays the main
role in language
but the right
hemisphere also
makes a small
contribution to
our language
True or False
• The somatic nervous
system is in charge of all
automatic responses
FALSE
• The somatic nervous
system is in charge of all
voluntary responses
• The autonomic nervous
system is in charge of all
involuntary responses
True or False
• A human can survive if the
medulla is destroyed (but
with severely impaired
functioning)
FALSE
• The medulla is in
charge of vital
functions such
as heart beat
and breathing,
therefore if it is
destroyed
survival is
impossible
True or False
• The amygdala is involved in
the fear response
TRUE
• The
amygdala is
involved in
emotional
processes,
especially
fear
True or False
• The hypothalamus is a
switchboard for sending
information to other structures
in the brain
FALSE
• The hypothalamus
helps regulate many
behaviours such as
eating and sleeping.
It maintains our
internal balances
• The thalamus is a
switchboard for
sending information to
the appropriate
regions of the brain
True or False
• The parietal lobes are
associated with hearing and
language
FALSE
• The parietal lobes
are involved with
touch and
movement in the
environment
• The temporal lobes
are involved in
hearing and
language
True or False
• The right hemisphere of the
brain controls the left side of
the body
TRUE
• The right
hemisphere of the
brain controls the
left side of the
body and the left
hemisphere of the
brain controls the
right side of the
body
True or False
• A person with damage to
Wernicke’s areas can speak
fluently but they do not
make sense
TRUE
• Damage to
Wernicke’s area
does not affect the
ability to speak
with expression but
does impair the
ability to join logical
sequences of
words together