Test Bank for An Introduction to Brain and
Behavior 6th Edition Bryan Kolb | Ian Q.
Whishaw | G. Campbell Teskey All CHAPTERS
The cerebellum contains _____ of all the neurons in the adult human brain.
a. 20 percent
b. 50 percent
c. 10 percent
d. 80 percent - ANSWER>>D 80 percent
The CNS includes the ______, whereas the PNS includes the ______.
a. Brain and autonomic nervous system; enteric and somatic nervous system
b. Spinal cord and autonomic nervous system; brain and somatic nervous system
c. spinal cord and brain; autonomic, somatic, and enteric nervous systems
d. somatic and enteric nervous systems and brain; spinal cord and autonomic nervous
system - ANSWER>>c. spinal cord and brain; autonomic, somatic, and enteric nervous
systems
The term afferent refers to ______ signals.
a. Incoming
b. Outgoing
c. Different
d. Similar - ANSWER>>A incoming
Efferent is to afferent as:
a. Brain is to spinal cord
b. Sensory is to motor
c. Motor is to sensory
d. Incoming is to outgoing - ANSWER>>C a. Motor is to sensory - ANSWER
The functions of the temporal lobes include:
a. Executive functions and generating voluntary movement
b. Hearing, language, music, facial recognition, and emotional processing
c. Directing movements toward a goal or performance of a task
d. High level processing of visual information - ANSWER>>B Hearing, language, music,
facial recognition, and emotional processing -
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is produced in the ______ and is absorbed in the _______.
a. Ventricles; subarachnoid space
b. Arachnoid layer; pia mater
c. Dura mater; pia mater
d. Arachnoid layer ventricles - ANSWER>>A Ventricles; subarachnoid space -
The frontal lobe is responsible for controlling:
a. Executive functions and generating voluntary movement
, b. Hearing, language, music, facial recognition, and emotional processing
c. High level processing of visual information
d. Direction of movements toward a goal or performance of a task - ANSWER>>A
Executive functions and generating voluntary movement
The parietal lobe primarily controls:
a. High level processing of visual information
b. Executive functions and generating voluntary movement
c. Hearing, language, and music, facial recognition, and emotional processing
d. Directing movements toward a goal or performance of a task - ANSWER>>D)
Directing movements toward a goal or performance of a task
Gyri are:
a. Hills on the surface of the cortex
b. Valleys on the surface of the cortex
c. Deformities on the surface of the cortex
d. Only found in the cerebellum - ANSWER>>A Hills on the surface of the cortex
The artery that provides blood to the parietal, temporal, and frontal lobes is the _____
cerebral artery.
a. Anterior
b. Middle
c. Posterior
d. Inferior - ANSWER>>B) middle
A sudden reduction of the blood supply to a brain region causes:
a. Meningitis
b. Encephalitis
c. A stroke
d. Cerebellar agenesis - ANSWER>>C) a stroke
The large cavities inside the brain are known as:
a. Ventricles and are filled with CSF
b. Ventricles and are filled with blood
c. The arachnoid layer and are filled with CSF
d. The arachnoid layer and are filled with blood - ANSWER>>A) Ventricles and are filled
with CSF
Orienting responses (i.e., turning your head to locate the source of a sound) are
controlled by the:
a. Pons
b. Superior and inferior colliculi
c. Cerebellum
d. Diencephalon - ANSWER>>B Superior and inferior colliculi
Regulation of breathing and the cardiovascular system is primarily controlled by the:
Behavior 6th Edition Bryan Kolb | Ian Q.
Whishaw | G. Campbell Teskey All CHAPTERS
The cerebellum contains _____ of all the neurons in the adult human brain.
a. 20 percent
b. 50 percent
c. 10 percent
d. 80 percent - ANSWER>>D 80 percent
The CNS includes the ______, whereas the PNS includes the ______.
a. Brain and autonomic nervous system; enteric and somatic nervous system
b. Spinal cord and autonomic nervous system; brain and somatic nervous system
c. spinal cord and brain; autonomic, somatic, and enteric nervous systems
d. somatic and enteric nervous systems and brain; spinal cord and autonomic nervous
system - ANSWER>>c. spinal cord and brain; autonomic, somatic, and enteric nervous
systems
The term afferent refers to ______ signals.
a. Incoming
b. Outgoing
c. Different
d. Similar - ANSWER>>A incoming
Efferent is to afferent as:
a. Brain is to spinal cord
b. Sensory is to motor
c. Motor is to sensory
d. Incoming is to outgoing - ANSWER>>C a. Motor is to sensory - ANSWER
The functions of the temporal lobes include:
a. Executive functions and generating voluntary movement
b. Hearing, language, music, facial recognition, and emotional processing
c. Directing movements toward a goal or performance of a task
d. High level processing of visual information - ANSWER>>B Hearing, language, music,
facial recognition, and emotional processing -
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is produced in the ______ and is absorbed in the _______.
a. Ventricles; subarachnoid space
b. Arachnoid layer; pia mater
c. Dura mater; pia mater
d. Arachnoid layer ventricles - ANSWER>>A Ventricles; subarachnoid space -
The frontal lobe is responsible for controlling:
a. Executive functions and generating voluntary movement
, b. Hearing, language, music, facial recognition, and emotional processing
c. High level processing of visual information
d. Direction of movements toward a goal or performance of a task - ANSWER>>A
Executive functions and generating voluntary movement
The parietal lobe primarily controls:
a. High level processing of visual information
b. Executive functions and generating voluntary movement
c. Hearing, language, and music, facial recognition, and emotional processing
d. Directing movements toward a goal or performance of a task - ANSWER>>D)
Directing movements toward a goal or performance of a task
Gyri are:
a. Hills on the surface of the cortex
b. Valleys on the surface of the cortex
c. Deformities on the surface of the cortex
d. Only found in the cerebellum - ANSWER>>A Hills on the surface of the cortex
The artery that provides blood to the parietal, temporal, and frontal lobes is the _____
cerebral artery.
a. Anterior
b. Middle
c. Posterior
d. Inferior - ANSWER>>B) middle
A sudden reduction of the blood supply to a brain region causes:
a. Meningitis
b. Encephalitis
c. A stroke
d. Cerebellar agenesis - ANSWER>>C) a stroke
The large cavities inside the brain are known as:
a. Ventricles and are filled with CSF
b. Ventricles and are filled with blood
c. The arachnoid layer and are filled with CSF
d. The arachnoid layer and are filled with blood - ANSWER>>A) Ventricles and are filled
with CSF
Orienting responses (i.e., turning your head to locate the source of a sound) are
controlled by the:
a. Pons
b. Superior and inferior colliculi
c. Cerebellum
d. Diencephalon - ANSWER>>B Superior and inferior colliculi
Regulation of breathing and the cardiovascular system is primarily controlled by the:
