U3: Brain Scanning Technologies & Older Brain Structures

Danger to which of the following puts a person's life in the most danger because it may cause breathing to stop?

• amygdala

• thalamus

• medulla

• hippocampus

• hypothalamus

A gymnast falls and hits her head on the floor. She attempts to continue practicing but has trouble maintaining balance. What part of her brain has probably been affected?

• reticular formation

• cerebellum

• amygdala

• thalamus

• medulla

Which of the following scanning techniques measures glucose consumption as an indicator of brain activity?

• CT

• MRI

• fMRI

• PET

• EEG

Which of the following is sometimes referred to as the brains sensory switchboard, because it directs incoming sensory messages (with the exception of smell) to their proper places in the brain?

• hypothalamus

• pituitary

• cerebellum

• limbic system

• thalamus

Which of the following brain areas is responsible for regulating hunger and thirst?

• reticular activating system

• amygdala

• hypothalamus

• brainstem

• hippocampus

Stimulation of the amygdala is most likely to have which of the following effects?

• happiness

• aggression

• hunger

• loss of balance

• dreaming

Damage to which of the following brain structures would affect the processing of new explicit memories?

• cerebral cortex

• medulla

• corpus callosum

• hippocampus

• hypothalamus

A researcher interested in determining the size of a particular area o the brain would be most likely to use which of the following techniques?

• lesion

• EEG

• MRI

• fMRI

• PET scan

Ali is in the hospital about to undergo a brain-imaging process that involves taking many X-rays from different angles aided by the use of a computer. What type of imaging technique is being used?

• EEG

• MRI

• PET

• CT

• fMRI

The _____ is a structure in the brain stem that connects the top of the brain to the bottom and plays a role in sleep, dreaming, and arousal.

• reticular formation

• pons

• medulla

• cerebellum

• hippocampus