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