NU 664 FINAL EXAM 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
(UPDATED)
⩥ Forebrain. Answer: telencephalon and diencephalon
⩥ Midbrain. Answer: mesencephalon (auditory and visual responses)
⩥ Hindbrain. Answer: metencephalon and myelencephalon (movement,
breathing, HR)
⩥ Cerebral cortex. Answer: Outer portion, receives and processes
sensory information
⩥ Basal ganglia. Answer: structures in the forebrain that help to control
movement
⩥ limbic system. Answer: A doughnut-shaped system of neural
structures at the border of the brainstem and cerebral hemispheres;
associated with emotions such as fear and aggression and drives such as
those for food and sex. Includes the hippocampus, amygdala, and
hypothalamus.
,⩥ Amygdala. Answer: involved in emotional responses, hormonal
secretions, and memory
⩥ Hippocampus. Answer: A neural center located in the limbic system
that helps process explicit memories for storage.
⩥ Hypothalamus. Answer: A neural structure lying below the thalamus;
it directs several maintenance activities (eating, drinking, body
temperature), helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary gland,
and is linked to emotion and reward.
⩥ Olfactory cortex. Answer: receives sensory information from the
olfactory bulb and is involved in the identification of odors
⩥ Thalamus (Limbic System). Answer: the brain's sensory switchboard,
located on top of the brainstem; it directs messages to the sensory
receiving areas in the cortex and transmits replies to the cerebellum and
medulla
⩥ Tectum. Answer: the dorsal part of the midbrain; includes the superior
and inferior colliculi; assists in visual and auditory reflexes
⩥ Tegmentum. Answer: a part of the midbrain that is involved in
movement and arousal
, ⩥ Cerebellum. Answer: controls movement, coordination, and maintains
balance and equilibrium
⩥ Pons. Answer: the part of the brainstem that links the medulla
oblongata and the thalamus; relays information between the cerebrum
and cerebellum
⩥ medulla oblongata. Answer: Part of the brainstem that controls vital
life-sustaining functions such as heartbeat, breathing, blood pressure,
and digestion (autonomic functions)
⩥ right brain functions. Answer: art, creativity, imagination, intuition,
insight, holistic thought, music, 3D forms, Left-hand control
⩥ left brain functions. Answer: analytic thought, logic, language, science
and math, reasoning, written, numbers, right-hand control
⩥ Cerebrum. Answer: Largest part of the brain; responsible for
voluntary muscular activity, vision, speech, taste, hearing, thought, and
memory.
⩥ frontal lobe. Answer: Responsible for the highest intellectual
functioning: judgement, reasoning, conceptual planning, abstract
thinking
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
(UPDATED)
⩥ Forebrain. Answer: telencephalon and diencephalon
⩥ Midbrain. Answer: mesencephalon (auditory and visual responses)
⩥ Hindbrain. Answer: metencephalon and myelencephalon (movement,
breathing, HR)
⩥ Cerebral cortex. Answer: Outer portion, receives and processes
sensory information
⩥ Basal ganglia. Answer: structures in the forebrain that help to control
movement
⩥ limbic system. Answer: A doughnut-shaped system of neural
structures at the border of the brainstem and cerebral hemispheres;
associated with emotions such as fear and aggression and drives such as
those for food and sex. Includes the hippocampus, amygdala, and
hypothalamus.
,⩥ Amygdala. Answer: involved in emotional responses, hormonal
secretions, and memory
⩥ Hippocampus. Answer: A neural center located in the limbic system
that helps process explicit memories for storage.
⩥ Hypothalamus. Answer: A neural structure lying below the thalamus;
it directs several maintenance activities (eating, drinking, body
temperature), helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary gland,
and is linked to emotion and reward.
⩥ Olfactory cortex. Answer: receives sensory information from the
olfactory bulb and is involved in the identification of odors
⩥ Thalamus (Limbic System). Answer: the brain's sensory switchboard,
located on top of the brainstem; it directs messages to the sensory
receiving areas in the cortex and transmits replies to the cerebellum and
medulla
⩥ Tectum. Answer: the dorsal part of the midbrain; includes the superior
and inferior colliculi; assists in visual and auditory reflexes
⩥ Tegmentum. Answer: a part of the midbrain that is involved in
movement and arousal
, ⩥ Cerebellum. Answer: controls movement, coordination, and maintains
balance and equilibrium
⩥ Pons. Answer: the part of the brainstem that links the medulla
oblongata and the thalamus; relays information between the cerebrum
and cerebellum
⩥ medulla oblongata. Answer: Part of the brainstem that controls vital
life-sustaining functions such as heartbeat, breathing, blood pressure,
and digestion (autonomic functions)
⩥ right brain functions. Answer: art, creativity, imagination, intuition,
insight, holistic thought, music, 3D forms, Left-hand control
⩥ left brain functions. Answer: analytic thought, logic, language, science
and math, reasoning, written, numbers, right-hand control
⩥ Cerebrum. Answer: Largest part of the brain; responsible for
voluntary muscular activity, vision, speech, taste, hearing, thought, and
memory.
⩥ frontal lobe. Answer: Responsible for the highest intellectual
functioning: judgement, reasoning, conceptual planning, abstract
thinking
