BIOD_152_module2_test.docx.

Question 1 3 / 3 pts This layer of the meninges is tightly attached to the brain. Your Answer: pia mater Pia mater (menix) Question 2 3 / 3 pts The _______ fissure separates the right and left cerebral hemispheres. Your Answer: median longitudinal fissure Median longitudinal Question 3 1 / 4 pts Describe the function of the brain ventricles. Your Answer: set of communicating cavities There are four ventricles in the interior of the brain, chambers filled with cerebrospinal fluid which is produced there. Once formed the CSF circulates through the ventricles and into the subarachnoid space bathing and floating the brain. Question 4 2 / 2 pts All the following are functions of the hypothalamus except: Regulates sleep Links the nervous and endocrine systems Correct! Filters out unimportant sensory information Regulates water balance Question 5 2 / 2 pts What is the largest portion of the brain? Cerebellum Correct! Cerebrum Corpus collosum Cingulate gyrus Question 6 2 / 2 pts This region of the brain acts to coordinate multiple sources of sensory information. Primary sensory cortex Primary motor cortex