Gifth Cranial Nerve

Gifth Cranial Nerve

What is the 5th cranial nerve?
Answer

a. The optic nerve

b. The vagus nerve

c. The trigeminal nerve

d. The abducens nerve

The amygdala and hippocampus are part of:
Answer

a. the hindbrain.

b. the limbic system.

c. the basal ganglia.

d. the olfactory system.

Which of the following is NOT thought to have contributed to the rapid increase in hominid brain size?
Answer

a. new diets

b. decreased brain temperature

c. changes in mating behavior

d. bipedalism

The hypothesis that the psyche is responsible for behavior was developed by:
Answer

a. René Descartes.

b. Charles Darwin.

c. Aristotle.

d. Socrates

Increases in heart rate and inhibition of digestion are controlled by:
Answer

a. the cranial nervous system.

b. the sympathetic nervous system.

c. the spinal nervous system.

d. the parasympathetic nervous system.

The back of an alligator can be described as:
Answer

a. medial.

b. ventral.

c. dorsal.

d. lateral.

Grooves in the cortex are called:
Answer

a. sulci.

b. lobes.

c. gyri.

d. mounds.

Afferent is to efferent as:
Answer

a. in is to out.

b. top is to bottom.

c. out is to in.

d. bottom is to top.

The idea that species exhibiting more complex behaviors will possess relatively larger brains is summed up by the idea of:
Answer

a. encephalization.

b. principle of mass action.

c. relativization.

d. principle of proper mass.

Which area of the brain is responsible for regulating motivated behaviors? :
Answer

a. the hypothalamus.

b. the gyrus fornicutus.

c. the thalamus.

d. the red nucleus.

A neuron that carries efferent information in the ventral side of the spinal cord is a
Answer

a. Sensory Neuron

b. Pyramidal Cell Neuron

c. Motor Neuron

d. Interneuron