MCPHS ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
EXAM 3 TEST BANK ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED RESPONSES FULL
SOLUTION
⩥ interthalamic adhesion.
Answer: A small, midline mass of gray matter that connects the right and
left thalamic bodies
⩥ subthalamus.
Answer: works with basal ganglia for motor control
⩥ epithalamus.
Answer: Contains pineal body. Involved in olfactory senses and
sleep/wake cycle
⩥ habenula.
Answer: motivational control of behavior
⩥ pineal gland.
Answer: involves modulation of the sleep/wake cycle; secretes
melatonin
,⩥ hypothalamus.
Answer: connection between endocrine and nervous system; contains
pituitary gland; controls mood, emotion, sexual pleasure, satiation, rage
and fear
⩥ cerebrum.
Answer: largest portion of the brain; divided into 2 hemispheres
⩥ longitudinal fissue.
Answer: divides the cerebrum into left and right hemispheres
⩥ gyri.
Answer: ridges of the brain
⩥ sulci.
Answer: groove or depression of the brain
⩥ central sulcus.
Answer: separates frontal and parietal lobes
⩥ precentral gyrus.
,Answer: primary motor cortex
⩥ postcentral gyrus.
Answer: primary somatosensory cortex
⩥ frontal lobe.
Answer: The lobe at the front of the brain important in voluntary motor
function, motivation, aggression, sense of smell, and mood
⩥ parietal lobe.
Answer: lobe of cerebral cortex that is the major center for receiving and
evaluating most sensory information, except for smell, hearing, taste,
and vision
⩥ occipital lobe.
Answer: lobe that functions in receiving and integrating visual input and
is not distinctly separate from other lobes
⩥ temporal lobe.
Answer: lobe that receives and evaluates input for smell and hearing and
plays an important role in memory
⩥ insula.
, Answer: lobe located deep within the lateral fissure; receives and
evaluates taste information
⩥ cerebral cortex.
Answer: gray matter on the outer surface of the cerebrum
⩥ cerebral medulla.
Answer: white matter of the brain between the cortex and the nuclei
⩥ corpus callosum.
Answer: Largest commissure of the brain, connecting the cerebral
hemispheres.
⩥ basal nuclei.
Answer: group of functionally related nuclei beneath the cortex;
involved in controlling motor functions
⩥ corpus striatum.
Answer: nuclei in the cerebrum
⩥ limbic system.
Answer: parts of the cerebrum and diencephalon grouped together to
play major roles in motivation, emotion, learning, and memory
EXAM 3 TEST BANK ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED RESPONSES FULL
SOLUTION
⩥ interthalamic adhesion.
Answer: A small, midline mass of gray matter that connects the right and
left thalamic bodies
⩥ subthalamus.
Answer: works with basal ganglia for motor control
⩥ epithalamus.
Answer: Contains pineal body. Involved in olfactory senses and
sleep/wake cycle
⩥ habenula.
Answer: motivational control of behavior
⩥ pineal gland.
Answer: involves modulation of the sleep/wake cycle; secretes
melatonin
,⩥ hypothalamus.
Answer: connection between endocrine and nervous system; contains
pituitary gland; controls mood, emotion, sexual pleasure, satiation, rage
and fear
⩥ cerebrum.
Answer: largest portion of the brain; divided into 2 hemispheres
⩥ longitudinal fissue.
Answer: divides the cerebrum into left and right hemispheres
⩥ gyri.
Answer: ridges of the brain
⩥ sulci.
Answer: groove or depression of the brain
⩥ central sulcus.
Answer: separates frontal and parietal lobes
⩥ precentral gyrus.
,Answer: primary motor cortex
⩥ postcentral gyrus.
Answer: primary somatosensory cortex
⩥ frontal lobe.
Answer: The lobe at the front of the brain important in voluntary motor
function, motivation, aggression, sense of smell, and mood
⩥ parietal lobe.
Answer: lobe of cerebral cortex that is the major center for receiving and
evaluating most sensory information, except for smell, hearing, taste,
and vision
⩥ occipital lobe.
Answer: lobe that functions in receiving and integrating visual input and
is not distinctly separate from other lobes
⩥ temporal lobe.
Answer: lobe that receives and evaluates input for smell and hearing and
plays an important role in memory
⩥ insula.
, Answer: lobe located deep within the lateral fissure; receives and
evaluates taste information
⩥ cerebral cortex.
Answer: gray matter on the outer surface of the cerebrum
⩥ cerebral medulla.
Answer: white matter of the brain between the cortex and the nuclei
⩥ corpus callosum.
Answer: Largest commissure of the brain, connecting the cerebral
hemispheres.
⩥ basal nuclei.
Answer: group of functionally related nuclei beneath the cortex;
involved in controlling motor functions
⩥ corpus striatum.
Answer: nuclei in the cerebrum
⩥ limbic system.
Answer: parts of the cerebrum and diencephalon grouped together to
play major roles in motivation, emotion, learning, and memory
