The ‘fight for fight’ response to a perceived threat is associated with increased activity of ____________?

A. Sympathetic nervous system
B. The para-sympathetic nervous system
C. Cerebral cortex
D. Corpus collosum

Which is most likely to occur in a patient diagnosed with demyelinating disease in which myelin degenerates from around the bodies of axons?

A. Rerouting of nerve impulses
B. Slower never conduction times
C. Cortical brain lesions
D. Faster never conduction times

What has direct control over the function of the pituitary gland?

A. Pons
B. Cerebral cortex
C. Hypothalamus
D. Midbrain

Damage to the ventromedial region of the hypothalamus would most likely result in ______________?

A. Agnosia
B. Apraxia
C. Aphasia
D. Hyperphagia

Broca’s area and Wernicke’s area of the brain are involved in the ____________ and _____________ of speech respectively.

A. Understanding, production
B. Comprehension, formulation
C. Organizing, production
D. Production, comprehension

Occipital lobe is located in ___________?

A. Temporal lobe
B. Parietal lobe
C. Frontal lobe
D. None of these

The pituitary gland secretes ______________?

A. Tsh (thyroid stimulating hormone)
B. Acth (adrenocorticotrophic hormone)
C. Fsh (follicle stimulating hormone)
D. All of the above

The spinal cord does not ____________?

A. Relay nerve impulses
B. Process sensor impulses
C. Control primitive impulses
D. Contain spinal nerves

The medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain and diencephalon are all parts of the ____________?

A. Cerebellum
B. Cortex
C. Brainstem
D. Left hemisphere

In speech impairment from brain damage, damage has occurred in ____________?

A. Right cerebral hemisphere
B. Left cerebral hemisphere
C. Regular formation
D. Corpus collosum