Brain and Cranial Nerves

If a person cut along the _______, they would separate the cerebrum from the cerebellum.

• transverse fissure

• longitudinal fissure

• central sulcus

• lateral sulcus

The cerebral cortex is _____ matter located _____ the cerebrum.

• white; deep within

• gray; deep within

• white; within the gyri

• gray; within the gyri

The lateral ventricles are surrounded by components of the _______.

• cerebellum

• brainstem

• diencephalon

• cerebrum

Which of the following is part of the diencephalon?

• basal nuclei

• vasomotor center

• hypothalamus

• corpora quadrigemina

Personality, processing of emotions, complex planning, focusing of attention are all functions of the _________ cortex.

• premotor

• somatosensory cortex

• prefrontal

• gustatory

Interpretation of visual information occurs in the ______________ lobe of the brain.

• temporal

• frontal

• parietal

• occipital

• insular

The (a)   lobe of the brain is where the sense of smell is interpreted.

Which of the following is WHITE matter?

• corpus callosum

• superior colliculi

• visual cortex

• red nuclei

Which area of the brain is affected in people with fluent aphasia?

• Wernicke’s area

• Precentral gyrus

• General interpretation area

• Broca’s area

Which of the following is NOT located within the midbrain?

• pneumotaxic center

• inferior colliculi

• red nuclei

• substantia nigra