BIO 322 MIDTERM EXAM GUIDE
/COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE 2025
(PATHOPHYSIOLOGY) | ALL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED A+ |
VERIFIED ANSWERS | LATEST VERSION
Motor cortex - ANSWER: sends signals to the spinal cord that activate and inhibit muscles in arms and legs
basal ganglia - ANSWER: involved in initiating motor patterns and recalling learned movements to his ball
properly
visual cortex - ANSWER: processes visual information about the motion of the approaching ball
premotor cortex - ANSWER: develops a motor proem to return the ball
hippocampus - ANSWER: involved in storing the memory of the return so that the player can brag about it
later
brainstem neurons - ANSWER: regulate heart rate, respiration, and arousal
cerebral cortex - ANSWER: This superficial layer of grey matter is responsible for much of the planning and
execution of actions in everyday life
neocortex - ANSWER: this is the part of the cerebral cortex nearest to the surface of the brain
inability to form new memories - ANSWER: damage to the hippocampus leads to this deficit
, posterior pariteal cortex - ANSWER: when playing a sport, the part of your brain most involved with giving you
a sense of where your body is in space
amygdala and brainstem - ANSWER: these two structures are involved with adjusting heart rate, respiration,
and other homeostatic mechanisms
PET scan - ANSWER: method of studying the brain that involves monitoring metabolic activity in different brain
regions
fRMRI - ANSWER: method of studying the brain that monitors blood flow to various Brian regions
Homunculus - ANSWER: illustrates the somatotpic organization of the brain
Unimodel - ANSWER: in the brain, an area that has one associated modality
emergent property - ANSWER: behavior is an example, because it can only ne appreciated by studying the
brain as a whole
extrapersonal space - ANSWER: "far" space; space outside of one's arm's length
personal space - ANSWER: "near" space; space within an arm's length of a person
posterior parietal association cortex - ANSWER: this part of the brain is where extra personal space is
represented
paresthesia - ANSWER: an inappropriate sensation such as prickling or burning
object agnosia - ANSWER: the inability to recognize certain kinds of objects
Jackson March - ANSWER: a type of seizure that has motor and sensory progression
/COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE 2025
(PATHOPHYSIOLOGY) | ALL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED A+ |
VERIFIED ANSWERS | LATEST VERSION
Motor cortex - ANSWER: sends signals to the spinal cord that activate and inhibit muscles in arms and legs
basal ganglia - ANSWER: involved in initiating motor patterns and recalling learned movements to his ball
properly
visual cortex - ANSWER: processes visual information about the motion of the approaching ball
premotor cortex - ANSWER: develops a motor proem to return the ball
hippocampus - ANSWER: involved in storing the memory of the return so that the player can brag about it
later
brainstem neurons - ANSWER: regulate heart rate, respiration, and arousal
cerebral cortex - ANSWER: This superficial layer of grey matter is responsible for much of the planning and
execution of actions in everyday life
neocortex - ANSWER: this is the part of the cerebral cortex nearest to the surface of the brain
inability to form new memories - ANSWER: damage to the hippocampus leads to this deficit
, posterior pariteal cortex - ANSWER: when playing a sport, the part of your brain most involved with giving you
a sense of where your body is in space
amygdala and brainstem - ANSWER: these two structures are involved with adjusting heart rate, respiration,
and other homeostatic mechanisms
PET scan - ANSWER: method of studying the brain that involves monitoring metabolic activity in different brain
regions
fRMRI - ANSWER: method of studying the brain that monitors blood flow to various Brian regions
Homunculus - ANSWER: illustrates the somatotpic organization of the brain
Unimodel - ANSWER: in the brain, an area that has one associated modality
emergent property - ANSWER: behavior is an example, because it can only ne appreciated by studying the
brain as a whole
extrapersonal space - ANSWER: "far" space; space outside of one's arm's length
personal space - ANSWER: "near" space; space within an arm's length of a person
posterior parietal association cortex - ANSWER: this part of the brain is where extra personal space is
represented
paresthesia - ANSWER: an inappropriate sensation such as prickling or burning
object agnosia - ANSWER: the inability to recognize certain kinds of objects
Jackson March - ANSWER: a type of seizure that has motor and sensory progression
