Anatomy - Brain

Damage to the cerebellum would most affect the career of

• an architect
• a teacher
• an athlete
• a librarian

Damage to the medulla would most likely result in 

• impaired planning abilities
• death
• a coma
• blindness

Damage to the prefrontal cortex would most likely result in

• diminished planning abilities
• death
• blindess
• coma

The amygdala, the hypothalamus and the hippocampus are a part of

• limbic system
• cerebral cortex
• hindbrain
• forebrain

The cerebral cortex is made of

• white matter
• gray matter
• pink goo

A person has a stroke on her occipital lobe.  What might happen to her?

• reduced planning abilities
• deafness
• coma
• blindness

The ability of brain tissue to take on new functions, usually occurs after parts of the brain have been damaged

• Neurogenesis
• Brain Plasticity
• Somatic Regeneration
• Stem Cell Lesions

The split-brain procedure involves the cutting of this

• Cerebral Cortex
• Cerebellum
• Corpus Callosum
• Caudate Nucleus

Controls heartbeat and breathing

• Pons
• Medulla
• Cerebellum
• Thalamus

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Receives sensory information and relays it to the proper part of brain for further processing

• Hypothalamus
• Reticular Formation
• Cerebellum
• Thalamus