Central Nervous System Quiz

The 2-parts of the nervous system:

(see your chart)

• brain and spinal cord

• somatic and autonomic

• central and peripheral nervous systems

• sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems

The afferent neuron relays message from the ____ to the brain.

• glands and muscles

• sensory organs

The general region of the brain responsible for quickly processing sensory information and responding with visual and auditory reflexes:

• midbrain

• cerebrum

• diencephalon

• cerebellum

Lateral region of the cerebrum processes auditory information like language and helps with balance

• temporal lobe

• hypothalamus

• occipital lobe

• parietal lobe

Region of the cerebrum, responsible for controlling voluntary muscle movement, and higher cognitive functions like planning and social inhibitions, is called:

• frontal lobe

• parietal lobe

• occipital lobe

• temporal lobe

Superior posterior region of the cerebrum processes sensory information from the body like touch, pressure, and pain:

• temporal lobe

• occipital lobe

• parietal lobe

• frontal lobe

The "large body" that connects the left and right cerebral hemispheres:

• mamillary body

• frontal lobe

• corpus callosum

• temporal lobe

On the cerebral cortex, the grooves or valleys that result from an embryological increase in surface area and folding of the cortex:

• sulci

• gyri

• csf

• cord

On the cerebral cortex, the ridges that result from an embryological increase in surface area and folding of the cortex:

• hemispheres

• sulci

• gyri

• lobes

Most posterior part of the cerebrum, this process visual information:

• occipital lobe

• temporal lobe

• mamillary body

• frontal lobe