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Which of the following is (are) involved with motor activity (either initiation or coordination) ?

A) postcentral gyrus
B) red nuclei
C) gustatory cortex
D) Wernicke's area

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Question 42

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Which of the following would you NOT find in normal cerebrospinal fluid?

A) red blood cells
B) glucose
C) protein
D) potassium

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The _________is the main switch station for memory; if the right and left areas are destroyed, the result is widespread amnesia.

The frontal lobe is separated from the temporal lobe by the _________.

Commissural fibers connect the cerebrum to the diencephalon.

Cell bodies of somatic motor neurons are located in the ventral (anterior) horn of the spinal cord.

The arbor vitae refers to_________.

What is the basis for classifying the fibers and tracts of cerebral white matter? List and define each of the three types.

Important nuclei of the indirect (multineuronal) system that receive impulses from the equilibrium apparatus of the inner ear and help to maintain balance by varying muscle tone of postural muscles are the _________.

The primary somatosensory cortex is located in the _________.

The blood brain barrier is the protective mechanism that helps maintain the brain's stable environment.

The canal connecting the third and fourth ventricles and running through the midbrain is the interventricular foramen.

Which of these would you NOT find in the cerebral cortex?

The corpora quadrigemina are found in the_________ .

Nondeclarative memories preserve the circumstances in which they are learned.

The brain and spinal cord begin as an embryonic structure called the neural plate.

A patient suffering from memory loss, shortened attention span, disorientation, and eventual language loss is most likely suffering from_________ .

The light of dawn and the buzz of an alarm clock lead to wakefulness through the_________ .

While sleep requirements vary, most adults need_________ hours of sleep for optimal health and function.

Differentiate clearly between short-term and long-term memory.