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Chapter 14: The Central Nervous System


Testing Your Recall-Short Answer

Chapter 14: The Central Nervous System

1. The right and left cerebral hemispheres are connected by a thick C-shaped bundle of fibers called the _______________.

2. The brain has four major chambers called _______________ , which are filled with cerebrospinal fluid.

3. The white matter of the cerebellum is arranged in a branching pattern called the _______________ .

4. The crossing of CNS pathways from the right side of the body to the left, or vice versa, is called _______________ .

5. Each ventricle contains a _______________ that secretes cerebrospinal fluid.

6. The primary motor area of the cerebrum is the _______________ gyrus of the frontal lobe.

7. The sense of reward and punishment resides in a ring of structures called the _______________ system.

8. Areas of cerebral cortex that identify or interpret sensory input are called _______________.

9. Linear, verbal, and analytical thinking occur in the _______________ hemisphere of the cerebrum, which is on the left in most people.

10. The motor pattern for speech is generated in an area of cortex called _______________ and then transmitted to the primary motor cortex to be executed.



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