Review Questions

Review Questions are included for each chapter for study purposes, many of the answers are found in the textbook. If your professor has asked you to email your answers to them, you can use the submit button below.


1		What is the difference between contralateral and ipsilateral? Bilateral and unilateral? Afferent and efferent?



2		Name the layers of the meninges.



3		Where is cerebrospinal fluid created? What is its purpose?



4		How did Brodmann define the different areas designated with numbers on his brain map?



5		What do commissural fibers do?



6		What is a homunculus?



7		Why does stimulation to an association cortex area not produce a simple sensory effect (flash of light) or simple motor action (arm jerk)?



8		How is the basal ganglia subdivided and what does it do?



9		Name the components of the limbic system.



10		Where in the brain are hormones released into the body?



11		Where is the pyramidal decussation found?



12		Damage to what structure would cause a form of ataxia?



13		What is the vental horn? Dorsal horn?

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