Unit 3

Person has speech that makes sense, but the person has difficulty speaking

• Broca's Aphasia
• Wernicke's Aphasia
• Visual Agnosia
• Neglect Syndrome

Known as the "Little Brain" and is in charge of balance and coordinating movements

• Thalamus
• Reticular Formation
• Hypothalamus
• Cerebellum

Controls hearing, and language comprehension

• Frontal Lobe
• Temporal Lobe
• Occipital Lobe
• Parietal Lobe

Sally became addicted to meth.  When she sought treatment for her addiction, she can't get past feeling depressed.  This is because meth reduces baseline levels of _____________ (name that neurotransmitter).  

• endorphins
• dopamine
• norepinephrine
• serotonin 

Lisa a stay-at-home mom has had four plastic surgeries in one year.  During each recovery period, she has been taking codeine as prescribed by her doctor.  Every time she goes off it the pain comes back and she can't function, so she gets another prescription.  Lisa now finds herself faking illness and pain to just get another prescription because she can't handle any pain or anxiety without wanting more codeine.   Lisa appears to be addicted to codeine, which is an opiate.  What do opiates trigger the brain to stop making on their own? 

• norepinephrine
• endorphins
• hormones
• epinephrine 

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

• pons
• cerebellum
• hypothalamus
• medulla

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

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

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

• hypothalamus
• thalamus
• amygdala
• cingulate cortex

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