Bio 8.3

What is the upper portion of the brain that coordinates thought, memory, and learned behaviors?

• cerebrum

• callosum

• cerebellum

• brain stem

What is the lower portion of the brain that helps control balance and coordination of muscle activity?

• Cerebellum

• Callosum

• Cerebrum

• Brain stem

The lowest part of the brain stem, which monitors and regulates breathing, heartbeat, blood pressure, and other vital functions

• medulla oblongata

• thalamus

• pons

• amygdala

What structure, at the upper end of the brain stem, routes activation signals from the reticular formation and sensory impulses from various parts of the body to appropriate areas of the brain

• medulla oblongata

• thalamus

• pons

• amygdala

A person received a serious injury that caused brain damage. As a result, his vision was impaired. Which lobe of the brain is most likely damaged?

• temporal lobe

• frontal lobe

• perietal lobe

• occipital lobe

Name the teat portion of the frontal lobes that controls the voluntary movement of the skeletal muscles

• reticular formation

• motor area

• hypothalamus

• hemisphere

What network of neurons with ins the brain stem is the "master switch" of the cerebrum?

• Tackion net

• ionic cloud

• reticular formation

• thalamus

What structure of the limbic system is the control unit for the body's automatic systems and is responsible for the physical effects of emotions?

• Hypothalamus

• pons

• amygdala

• Thalamus

What philosophy teach's that a person's actions can be completely explained as responses to certain stimuli?

• Behaviorism

• Relativity

• Gravity

• Congnative conditioning

What term refers to either of the halves of the cerebrum and cerebellum

• Continents

• Hemispheres

• Chambers

• Lobes