NU 664 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
◉ 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 ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
◉ 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
