STUDY GUIDE 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Broca's area.
Answer: Left frontal lobe; motor speech production; damage causes
nonfluent aphasia.
●● Neural crest.
Answer: Cells that form PNS structures: sensory neurons, autonomic
neurons, adrenal medulla, melanocytes.
●● Neural tube.
Answer: Embryonic structure that forms CNS: brain + spinal cord.
●● Hindbrain.
Answer: Region containing pons, medulla, cerebellum.
●● Insula.
Answer: Deep cerebral lobe involved in taste, visceral sensation,
emotional awareness.
, ●● Precentral gyrus.
Answer: Primary motor cortex; voluntary movement.
●● Postcentral gyrus.
Answer: Primary somatosensory cortex; touch, pain, temperature.
●● Static equilibrium.
Answer: Detects head position when still; organs: utricle + saccule.
●● Dynamic equilibrium.
Answer: Detects rotation; organs: semicircular canals.
●● Phasic receptors.
Answer: Fast-adapting receptors (smell, touch).
●● Tonic receptors.
Answer: Slow-adapting receptors (pain, proprioception).
●● Basilar membrane.
Answer: Vibrates with sound; determines pitch in cochlea.
●● Pigments in rods.