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CDIS 421 FINAL Exam: Neuroscience
Fundamentals for Communication
Sciences and Disorders, Neuroscience
Final ENMU (Linda Weems) Q&A Rated
A+
Plasticity - ✔✔the brain's capacity for modification, as evident in brain
reorganization following damage (especially in children) and in experiments
on the effects of experience on brain development
frontal lobe - ✔✔associated with reasoning, planning, parts of speech,
movement, emotions, and problem solving
parietal lobe - ✔✔receives sensory input for touch and body position
temporal lobe - ✔✔A region of the cerebral cortex responsible for hearing
and language.
occipital lobe - ✔✔A region of the cerebral cortex that processes visual
information
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limbic lobe - ✔✔located in the center of the brain beneath the other four
cerebral lobes; influences motivation, emotion, learning, and memory
insular cortex - ✔✔Primary cortical processing area for taste. The part of
the cortex that first receives taste information
motor cortex (precentral gyrus) - ✔✔the section of the frontal lobe
responsible for voluntary movement
somatosensory cortex (postcentral gyrus) - ✔✔area at the front of the
parietal lobes that registers and processes body touch and movement
sensations
visual cortex - ✔✔The visual processing areas of cortex in the occipital lobe
auditory cortex (Heschl's gyrus) - ✔✔the area of the temporal lobe
responsible for processing sound information
Central Fissure (sulcus) - ✔✔Separates frontal lobe from parietal lobe
lateral fissure (sylvian fissure) - ✔✔separates temporal lobe from frontal
and parietal lobes
Broca's area - ✔✔Controls language expression - an area of the frontal
lobe, usually in the left hemisphere, that directs the muscle movements
involved in speech.
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Wernicke's area - ✔✔controls language reception - a brain area involved in
language comprehension and expression; usually in the left temporal lobe
midbrain function - ✔✔(mesencephalon) relay center for visual and auditory
information, controls eye and bodily movements
Pons function - ✔✔bridge to connect medulla, midbrain, and cerebellum
(message relay center); contains olivary complex; aids in localization of
sound.
medulla oblongata - ✔✔Part of the brainstem that controls vital life-
sustaining functions such as heartbeat, breathing, blood pressure, and
digestion; pyramidal decussation
Central Nervous System (CNS) - ✔✔brain and spinal cord
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) - ✔✔the sensory and motor neurons
that connect the central nervous system (CNS) to the rest of the body.
The PNS includes: - ✔✔somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous
system
somatic nervous system - ✔✔Division of the PNS that controls the body's
skeletal muscles.
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autonomic nervous system - ✔✔the part of the PNS that controls the
glands and the muscles of the internal organs (such as the heart). Its
sympathetic division arouses; its parasympathetic division calms.
Rostral - ✔✔toward the nose (front of the brain)
Caudal - ✔✔toward the tail (back of the brain)
Dorsal - ✔✔toward the back (top of the brain)
Ventral - ✔✔toward the stomach (bottom of the brain)
sagittal plane - ✔✔divides body into left and right
midsagittal plane - ✔✔divides the body into equal right and left sides
Coronal - ✔✔front and back
horizontal - ✔✔Going straight across from side to side
Transverse - ✔✔Divides body into upper and lower parts
lateral - ✔✔away from the midline
medial - ✔✔toward the midline
Decussation - ✔✔crossing over
bifurcation - ✔✔division into two
Ipsilateral - ✔✔same side
Contralateral - ✔✔opposite side
CDIS 421 FINAL Exam: Neuroscience
Fundamentals for Communication
Sciences and Disorders, Neuroscience
Final ENMU (Linda Weems) Q&A Rated
A+
Plasticity - ✔✔the brain's capacity for modification, as evident in brain
reorganization following damage (especially in children) and in experiments
on the effects of experience on brain development
frontal lobe - ✔✔associated with reasoning, planning, parts of speech,
movement, emotions, and problem solving
parietal lobe - ✔✔receives sensory input for touch and body position
temporal lobe - ✔✔A region of the cerebral cortex responsible for hearing
and language.
occipital lobe - ✔✔A region of the cerebral cortex that processes visual
information
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limbic lobe - ✔✔located in the center of the brain beneath the other four
cerebral lobes; influences motivation, emotion, learning, and memory
insular cortex - ✔✔Primary cortical processing area for taste. The part of
the cortex that first receives taste information
motor cortex (precentral gyrus) - ✔✔the section of the frontal lobe
responsible for voluntary movement
somatosensory cortex (postcentral gyrus) - ✔✔area at the front of the
parietal lobes that registers and processes body touch and movement
sensations
visual cortex - ✔✔The visual processing areas of cortex in the occipital lobe
auditory cortex (Heschl's gyrus) - ✔✔the area of the temporal lobe
responsible for processing sound information
Central Fissure (sulcus) - ✔✔Separates frontal lobe from parietal lobe
lateral fissure (sylvian fissure) - ✔✔separates temporal lobe from frontal
and parietal lobes
Broca's area - ✔✔Controls language expression - an area of the frontal
lobe, usually in the left hemisphere, that directs the muscle movements
involved in speech.
,©NINJANERD 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
Wernicke's area - ✔✔controls language reception - a brain area involved in
language comprehension and expression; usually in the left temporal lobe
midbrain function - ✔✔(mesencephalon) relay center for visual and auditory
information, controls eye and bodily movements
Pons function - ✔✔bridge to connect medulla, midbrain, and cerebellum
(message relay center); contains olivary complex; aids in localization of
sound.
medulla oblongata - ✔✔Part of the brainstem that controls vital life-
sustaining functions such as heartbeat, breathing, blood pressure, and
digestion; pyramidal decussation
Central Nervous System (CNS) - ✔✔brain and spinal cord
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) - ✔✔the sensory and motor neurons
that connect the central nervous system (CNS) to the rest of the body.
The PNS includes: - ✔✔somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous
system
somatic nervous system - ✔✔Division of the PNS that controls the body's
skeletal muscles.
, ©NINJANERD 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
autonomic nervous system - ✔✔the part of the PNS that controls the
glands and the muscles of the internal organs (such as the heart). Its
sympathetic division arouses; its parasympathetic division calms.
Rostral - ✔✔toward the nose (front of the brain)
Caudal - ✔✔toward the tail (back of the brain)
Dorsal - ✔✔toward the back (top of the brain)
Ventral - ✔✔toward the stomach (bottom of the brain)
sagittal plane - ✔✔divides body into left and right
midsagittal plane - ✔✔divides the body into equal right and left sides
Coronal - ✔✔front and back
horizontal - ✔✔Going straight across from side to side
Transverse - ✔✔Divides body into upper and lower parts
lateral - ✔✔away from the midline
medial - ✔✔toward the midline
Decussation - ✔✔crossing over
bifurcation - ✔✔division into two
Ipsilateral - ✔✔same side
Contralateral - ✔✔opposite side
