McGraw-Hill Online Learning Center Test

McGraw-Hill Online Learning Center Test


1. Review the image and answer the following questions.

Sometimes a person develops partial blindness in both eyes when only one visual cortex has been damaged. Why is this the case?

A. In each person, one visual cortex is dominant; if it is damaged, blindness will result.
B. Degenerative changes occur throughout the brain once a portion has been damaged.
C. Each visual cortex receives impulses from portions of both eyes.
D. The visual cortex controls eye muscles.


2. In what portion of the brain does the lateral geniculate nucleus lie?

A. hypothalamus
B. medulla oblongata
C. cerebellum
D. thalamus
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