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| Excess cerebrospinal fluid is returned to the venous circulation by______. |
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| diffusion across the arachnoid villi |
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| The neurons in the primary sensory cortex receive somatic sensory information from __________. |
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| touch, pressure, pain, taste, and temperature receptors |
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| The somatic motor association area is responsible for the_________. |
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| coordination of learned motor responses |
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| Pyramidal cells are cortical neurons that __________. |
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| direct voluntary movements. |
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| The mesencephalon, or midbrain, processes __________. |
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| visual and auditory information and generates involuntary motor responses |
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| The three major groups of axons that comprise the central white matter are __________. |
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| association, commisural and projection fibers. |
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| Which of the following statements about the basal nuclei is FALSE? |
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| They initiate skeletal movements, such as walking and stopping. |
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| David hears a strange noise at his back door late one night. It sounds as though someone is trying to break into his home. He automatically goes into a fight-or-flight response. What part of the limbic system helps control the flight-or-flight response? |
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| Hypothalamic or thalamic stimulation that depresses reticular formation activity in the brain stem results in _________. |
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| generalized lethargy or actual sleep. |
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| The pineal gland, an endocrine structure that secretes the hormone melatonin, is found in the __________. |
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| The part(s) of the diencephalon responsible for coordination of activities of the central nervous system and the endocrine system is (are) the __________. |
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| The hypothalamus produces and secretes the hormones __________. |
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| The paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus __________. |
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| The nerve fiber bundles on the ventrolateral surfaces of the mesencephalon are the __________. |
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| a brain structure located in the mesencephalon (midbrain) that plays an important role in reward, addiction, and movement. Substantia nigra is Latin for "black substance", reflecting the fact that parts of the substantia nigra appear darker than neighboring areas. This is due to high levels of melanin in dopaminergic neurons.[citation needed] Parkinson's disease is characterized by the death of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta. |
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| Which of the following statements about a subdural hemorrhage is true? |
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| A break in a vein may cause blood to flow to the meningeal layer of the dura mater and down to the arachnoid layer. |
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| The centers in the pons that modify the activity of the respiratory rhythmicity center in the medulla oblongata are the __________. |
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| apneustic and pneumotaxic centers. |
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| What supply/supplies fresh blood, with oxygen and nutrients, to the brain? |
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| internal carotid and vertebral arteries |
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| Neural tissue in the CNS is isolated from the general circulation by the __________. |
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| The CSF reaches the subarachnoid space via __________. |
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| three holes in the fourth ventricle |
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| The blood–brain barrier remains intact throughout the CNS, except in __________. |
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| ortions of the hypothalamus and the choroid plexus |
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| The central white matter of the cerebrum is found __________. |
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| beneath the neural cortex and around the cerebral nuclei |
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| Visual information has been processed in Jennifer's right visual association area, and impulses are then sent to her right prefrontal cortex to be used in decision making. Which type of white fiber carries the information to her prefrontal cortex? |
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| What is the effect on the right eye when a bright light is shown into the left eye? |
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| The consensual light reflex will occur. |
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