64: The Brain (part 1) Quizellenj2022-12-02T14:32:37-05:00 Please sign up for the course before taking this quiz. 1. What is the optic chiasm?1 The place where the eye nerves cross on the bottom side of the brain. The nerve cord that connects the eyes to each other. The place where the optic nerve enters the brain. The central focal point of the eye. 2. What is the function of the limbic system?1 heart rate and breathing appetite and body temperature emotion and memory movement and coordination 3. Which of these is NOT a connecting piece?1 intermediate mass amygdala fornix corpus callosum 4. Which of these controls strong emotions such as fear and anger?1 hypothalamus amygdala hippocampus mammillary body 5. People who have their corpus callosum cut always die.1 True False 6. Which of these parts sorts out signals coming from all the sensory neurons in the body?1 midbrain hypothalamus thalamus hippocampus amygdala 7. Which one of these is NOT a function of the midbrain?1 It contains reflexes. It produces a neurotransmitter necessary for muscle movement. It's a pathway for connections between the cerebrum and cerebellum It decides if a signal is important enough to relay to the cerebrum. 8. Which of these is NOT a part of the limbic system?1 mammillary body hippocampus fornix pons amygdala 9. Gray matter is made of mostly axons.1 True False 10. Which of these brain parts connects the cerebrum to the limbic system?1 cingulate gyrus thalamus corpus callosum fornix 11. The right hemisphere controls the left side of the body.1 True False 12. Which one of these is NOT a function of the cerebellum?1 balance coordination of muscle movements muscle memory visual reflexes 13. The pons is mostly concerned with:1 eating sleeping anger thinking 14. What is the purpose of the brain’s wrinkles?1 There isn't any purpose. To allow for large surface area. To allow for lots of blood vessels. To make more space for inner parts. 15. The medulla oblongata controls:1 waking and sleeping cycles reflexes of eyes and ears appetite and body temperature hearth rate and breathing 16. Which of these makes hormones?1 thalamus pituitary gland olfactory bulb mammillary body 17. Which of these keeps track of time of day and makes melatonin at night?1 colliculus mammillary body pituitary gland pineal gland 18. The cerebrum has how many hemispheres?1 2 3 1 4 19. Which one of these is a “bump”?1 fissure gyrus sulcus 20. Which of these is NOT found on the outside of the cerebrum?1 dura mater blood vessels pia mater ventricles arachnoid layer 62: The eye (anatomy) 86: Female reproductive system Back to: 64: The Brain (part 1)
