7.3 Table

Question 1

Cerebral Hemispheres:

• Localizes and interprets sensory inputs

• Controls voluntary and skilled skeletal muscle activity

• Acts in intellectual and emotional processing

Answer 1

Cortex: Gray Matter

Question 2

Cerebral Hemisphere:

Subcortical motor centers help control skeletal muscle movements

Answer 2

Basal Nuclei

Question 3

Diencephalon:

• Relays sensory impulses to cerebral cortex

• Relays impulses between cerebral motor cortex and lower motor centers

• Involved in memory

Answer 3

Thalamus

Question 4

Diencephalon:

• Chief integration center of autonomic (involuntary) nervous system

• Regulates body temperature, food intake, water balance, and thirst

• Regulates hormonal output of anterior pituitary gland and acts as an endocrine organ ­(producingADH and oxytocin)

Answer 4

Hypothalamus

Question 5

Diencephalon:

• Includes cerebral and diencephalon structures (e.g., hypothalamus and anterior thalamic ­nuclei)
• Mediates emotional response; involved in memory processing

Answer 5

Limbic system

Question 6

Brain Stem:

• Contains visual and auditory reflex centers
• Contains subcortical motor centers
• Contains nuclei for cranial nerves III and IV; contains projection fibers (e.g., fibers of the pyramidal tracts)

Answer 6

Midbrain

Question 7

Brain Stem:

• Relays information from the cerebrum to the cerebellum
• Cooperates with the medullary centers to control respiratory rate and depth
• Contains nuclei of cranial nerves V–VII; contains projection fibers

Answer 7

Pons

Question 8

Brain System:

• Relays ascending sensory pathway impulses from skin and proprioceptors

• Contains nuclei controlling heart rate, blood vessel diameter, respiratory rate, vomiting, etc.

• Relays sensory information to the cerebellum

• Contains nuclei of cranial nerves VIII–XII; contains projection fibers

• Site of crossover of pyramids

Answer 8

Medulla oblongata

Question 9

Brain System:

• Maintains cerebral cortical alertness; filters out repetitive stimuli

• Helps regulate skeletal and visceral muscle activity

Answer 9

Reticular formation: A functional system

Question 10

• Processes information from cerebral motor cortex, proprioceptors, and visual and equilibrium pathways
• Provides “instructions” to cerebral motor cortex and subcortical motor centers, resulting in smooth, coordinated skeletal muscle
  movements
• Responsible for proper balance and posture

Answer 10

Cerebellum