U2: Brain

A brain tumor caused extensive damage to Matias's hypothalamus. It is most likely that he may have problems with:

• visual perception

• muscular coordination

• perception of hunger

• language comprehension

• abstract thinking

Which lobes of the brain receive the input that enables you to feel someone scratching you back?

• parietal

• occipital

• frontal

• temporal

• motor

The corpus callosum is a wide band of axon fibers that

• enables the left hemisphere to control the right side of the body

• controls the glands and muscles of the internal organs

• transmits information between the cerebral hemispheres

• directs the muscle movements involved in speech

After suffering an accidental brain injury, Kira has difficulty walking in a smooth and coordinated manner. It is most probable that she has suffered damage to her

• amygdala

• reticular formation

• cerebellum

• corpus callosum

• hypothalamus

Your life would most immediately threatened if you suffered destruction of the

• medulla

• amygdala

• hippocampus

• thalamus

• occipital lobe

Which network in the brainstem plays an important role in controlling alertness?

• hypothalamus

• cerebellum

• reticular formation

• medulla

• cortex

After a sky-diving accident, Laurie was unable to make sense of other people’s speech. It is likely that her cortex was damaged in

• corpus callosum

• Broca’s area

• hippocampus

• Wernicke’s area

• hypothalamus

If the amygdala of a laboratory rat were to be lesioned, it is most likely that the rat would become

• hungry

• highly attentive

• physically uncoordinated

• less aggressive

The sensory cortex, which detects touch, is located in the _____ lobes.

• parietal

• temporal

• frontal

• occipital

Dr. Frankenstein made a mistake during neurosurgery on his monster. After the operation, the monster “saw” with his ears and “heard” with his eyes. It is likely that Dr. Frankenstein “rewired” neural connections in the monter’s

• hypothalamus

• cerebellum

• amygdala

• thalamus

• hippcoampus