Modules 3 and 4 Quiz .3

The area of the frontal lobe that is devoted to the production of fluent speech is ______ area. 

• Broca’s
• Gall’s
• Wernicke’s
• Korsakoff’s

Which of the following is the section of the brain located at the rear and bottom of each cerebral hemisphere and contains the visual centers of the brain?

• occipital lobe
• parietal lobe
• temporal lobe
• frontal lobe

Which of the following areas of the brain acts as a relay station for incoming sensory information?

• hypothalamus
• thalamus
• amygdala
• cingulate cortex

The outermost part of the brain that most people picture when they think of what the brain looks like is made up of tightly packed neurons and is actually only about one tenth of an inch thick. This recognizable wrinkled surface is know as the _________.

• amygdala
• cortex
• broca’s area
• wernicke’s area

The thick band of neural fibers that literally means “hard body” which allows the left and right hemispheres to communicate is known as the ________.

• cortex
• motor cortex
• corpus callosum
• thalamus

Life sustaining functions such as heartbeat, breathing, and swallowing are controlled by which structure?

• pons
• cerebellum
• hypothalamus
• medulla

Which of the following brain structures is responsible for keeping you from falling out of your chair during this quiz? It also instrumental in learned reflexes, skills, and habits becoming automatic.

• pons
• medulla
• cerebellum
• hypothalamus

This area processes information for the skin and internal body receptors for touch, temperature, and body position is known as which of the following?

• primary auditory cortex
• primary motor cortex
• somatosensory cortex
• frontal lobe

influences aggression and fear

• pituitary gland
• amygdala

processes memory

• hypothalamus
• hippocampus