The Neuroendocrine System

The ___ is part of the brainstem.

• cingulate gyrus
• thalamus
• pons
• pituitary gland

The nervous system is linked to the endocrine system via the ____.

• pituitary gland
• thalamus
• corpus colossum
• arterioles

A person is in a severe car accident, is not wearing their seat belt, and is thrown through the windshield.  After they wake from coma, their friends and family have noticed a change in their personality.  They have likely experienced a lesion to which lobe of the cerebral cortex.

• Frontal
• Parietal
• Temporal
• Occipital

The left hemisphere controls the ____ side of the body.

• top
• left
• bottom
• right

The optic nerves cross at the ____.

• central sulcus
• optic chiasm
• longitudinal fissure
• gyri

A person exhibits emotionless speech and does not seem to understand when someone is joking with them or being sarcastic.  What lobe of the brain would this be associated with?

• Frontal
• Parietal
• Temporal
• Occipital

The lobe of the cerebral cortex associated with pain, touch, and taste is the ____.

• frontal
• parietal
• temporal
• occipital

The part of the brain associated with emotion and behavior and is part of the limbic system is the ____.

• corpus collosum
• cingulate gyrus
• ventricle
• spinal cord

A person who experiences difficulty tracking moving objects may have a lesion in which cerebral lobe?

• frontal
• parietal
• temporal
• occipital

The meninges _____.

• provides blood to the skull and hemisphere
• links the CNS to the endocrine system
• is associated with higher brain function
• is associated with emotion