UPDATED Study Guide QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
- Gyri - CORRECT ANSWERS Raised ridges/folds on the
brain surface.
Sulci - CORRECT ANSWERS Shallow grooves between gyri.
Fissures - CORRECT ANSWERS Deep grooves that separate
major brain regions.
Meninges - CORRECT ANSWERS Dura mater → Arachnoid
mater → Pia mater.
Reflex arc - CORRECT ANSWERS A rapid, automatic
response pathway from sensory neuron → spinal cord → motor
neuron.
Efferent neurons - CORRECT ANSWERS Exit the spinal cord
through the ventral (anterior) root.
Gray matter - CORRECT ANSWERS Neuron cell bodies and
dendrites.
White matter - CORRECT ANSWERS Myelinated axons.
, White matter columns - CORRECT ANSWERS Dorsal, lateral,
and ventral columns.
Ascending tracts - CORRECT ANSWERS Carry sensory
information to the brain.
Descending tracts - CORRECT ANSWERS Carry motor
commands from the brain.
Frontal lobe - CORRECT ANSWERS Motor control, planning,
speech, personality.
Parietal lobe - CORRECT ANSWERS Sensory processing and
body positioning.
Temporal lobe - CORRECT ANSWERS Hearing, memory,
emotion.
Occipital lobe - CORRECT ANSWERS Vision processing.
Midbrain - CORRECT ANSWERS Responsible for visual and
auditory reflexes; motor movement.
Cerebrum - CORRECT ANSWERS Responsible for conscious
thought, voluntary actions, learning.