BSC 215 Exam 4 Questions and All
Actual Answers.
The cerebellum functions in - Answer the planning and coordination of movement
The cerebrum functions in - Answer learning, memory, and personality
The diencephalon functions in - Answer biological rhythyms
The brain stem functions in - Answer homeostatic functions such as breathing and heart rate
Bundles of white matter in the cerebrum are known as - Answer tracts
Bundles of gray matter in the cerebrum are known as - Answer nuclei
Bundles of white matter in the PNS are known as - Answer nerves
Bundles of gray matter in the PNS are known as - Answer ganglia
What are the two primary brain vesicles that form from the forebrain? - Answer
telencephalon, diencephalon
What are the three primary brain vesicles that form from the neural tube? - Answer forebrain,
midbrain, hindbrain
What is the primary brain vesicle that forms from the midbrain? - Answer mesencephalon
What are the two primary brain vesicles that form from the hindbrain? - Answer
metencephalon, mylencephalon
What is the primary brain vesicle that forms from the telencephalon? - Answer cerebrum
What is the primary brain vesicle that forms from the mesencephalon? - Answer brainstem:
midbrain
, What are the primary brain vesicles that forms from the metencephalon? - Answer
cerebellum, brainstem: pons
What is the primary brain vesicle that forms from the mylencephalon? - Answer brainstem:
medulla oblongata
What is NOT part of the cerebrum?
a. brainstem
b. insula
c. frontal lobe
d. parietal lobe - Answer brainstem
Where is the primary motor cortex and what does it do? - Answer pre-central gyrus, plans and
executes movement
Where are the primary sensory cortices and what do they do? - Answer receive and process
sensory input (somatosensory: post-central gyrus & visual: occipital)
Where are the association areas and what do they do? - Answer frontal, parietal lobes;
integrate different information types (unimodal & bimodal)
What functional brain system participates in memory, learning, emotion, and behavior? -
Answer limbic system
What type of fiber carries information from the frontal lobe of the right hemisphere to the
occipital lobe of the SAME cerebral hemisphere? - Answer association fibers
What type of fiber connects right and left hemispheres? - Answer commissural fibers (ex.
corpus callosum)
What type of fiber connects the cerebral cortex to the rest of the brain and the spinal cord? -
Answer projection fibers
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) circulates through the - Answer subarachnoid space
Which of the following should NOT cross the blood-brain barrier with ease? - Answer large,
polar molecules
Actual Answers.
The cerebellum functions in - Answer the planning and coordination of movement
The cerebrum functions in - Answer learning, memory, and personality
The diencephalon functions in - Answer biological rhythyms
The brain stem functions in - Answer homeostatic functions such as breathing and heart rate
Bundles of white matter in the cerebrum are known as - Answer tracts
Bundles of gray matter in the cerebrum are known as - Answer nuclei
Bundles of white matter in the PNS are known as - Answer nerves
Bundles of gray matter in the PNS are known as - Answer ganglia
What are the two primary brain vesicles that form from the forebrain? - Answer
telencephalon, diencephalon
What are the three primary brain vesicles that form from the neural tube? - Answer forebrain,
midbrain, hindbrain
What is the primary brain vesicle that forms from the midbrain? - Answer mesencephalon
What are the two primary brain vesicles that form from the hindbrain? - Answer
metencephalon, mylencephalon
What is the primary brain vesicle that forms from the telencephalon? - Answer cerebrum
What is the primary brain vesicle that forms from the mesencephalon? - Answer brainstem:
midbrain
, What are the primary brain vesicles that forms from the metencephalon? - Answer
cerebellum, brainstem: pons
What is the primary brain vesicle that forms from the mylencephalon? - Answer brainstem:
medulla oblongata
What is NOT part of the cerebrum?
a. brainstem
b. insula
c. frontal lobe
d. parietal lobe - Answer brainstem
Where is the primary motor cortex and what does it do? - Answer pre-central gyrus, plans and
executes movement
Where are the primary sensory cortices and what do they do? - Answer receive and process
sensory input (somatosensory: post-central gyrus & visual: occipital)
Where are the association areas and what do they do? - Answer frontal, parietal lobes;
integrate different information types (unimodal & bimodal)
What functional brain system participates in memory, learning, emotion, and behavior? -
Answer limbic system
What type of fiber carries information from the frontal lobe of the right hemisphere to the
occipital lobe of the SAME cerebral hemisphere? - Answer association fibers
What type of fiber connects right and left hemispheres? - Answer commissural fibers (ex.
corpus callosum)
What type of fiber connects the cerebral cortex to the rest of the brain and the spinal cord? -
Answer projection fibers
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) circulates through the - Answer subarachnoid space
Which of the following should NOT cross the blood-brain barrier with ease? - Answer large,
polar molecules
