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Functions of Cerebral Cortex

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Left primary motor cortex of a person with left hemisphere dominant

plans complex movement.

sends its efferent fibers to basal ganglia.

receives fibers from Broca area

lesion causes spastic ipsilateral weakness.

is motor homunculus

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Regarding motor homunculus:

It is primary motor cortex.

It represents the power of individual muscles.

The size of an area is proportional to the density of motor neurons supplying the body part.

A toe representative area has a larger area when compared to the a finger.

Lesion at the one of the cerebral area representing tongue causes total paralysis of the tongue.

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Primary somatosensory area (areas 1, 2 and 3)

is in the postcentral gyrus.

receives afferent input from the thalamus.

processes the information related with body posture.

lesion at one side causes ipsilateral paraesthesia.

lesion of dominant lobe causes loss of stereognosis.

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Regarding the cerebral cortex:

The primary motor cortex plans motor movement.

The size of the motor homunculus is proportional to the neuron density supplying a muscle.

The secondary somatosensory area regulates the body posture.

The primary somatosensory area stores past somatic sensory experiences.

Broca's area is the motor area for speech.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A boy picked up an object from the floor in the dark. After picking it up he realized that the object was a live snake. He then immediately dropped it. The MOST important brain area involved when he realized it is a snake is

primary somatosensory cortex.

secondary somatosensory cortex.

primary motor cortex.

secondary motor cortex.

6.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

Using a flowchart, list the brain areas and their functions when a boy searches for his pen that dropped on the floor.

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7.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

List in sequence the MAIN brain areas involved and their functions when a person writes his name.

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