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Name _______KEY______________________
Nsci2100: Human Neuroanatomy
Final Examination
Write your name on this page! On your bubble answer sheet, enter your name (last name,
space, first name), internet ID (X.500 name) and student number. Please do it now!!!
Questions in blue are recycled from previous exams.
Lecture 3 development
1. What is the insula?
A. a part of the spinal cord
B. a part of the pons covered by the cerebellum
C. a part of the cerebellum covered by the pons

D. a part of cerebral cortex covered by the temporal lobe
E. a part of thalamus covered by the hypothalamus
2. The cells along the midline of the embryonic neural plate will contribute mainly to
development of …

A. ventral regions of the brain and spinal cord.
B. dorsal regions of the brain and spinal cord.
C. lateral regions of the brain and spinal cord.
D. peripheral nervous system and some other non-neural structures.
Lecture 4 ventricles, CSF & meninges
3. The third ventricle is within the …
A. cerebral cortex
B. midbrain
C. pons and cerebellum

D. diencephalon
E. medulla
Lecture 5 blood supply
4. Venous blood from the brain drains mainly into the subarachnoid space where it is collected
into large veins that exit the cranium. True or false?
A. true

B. false
5. Which of the following is NOT a major contributor to the blood-brain barrier?
A. endothelial cells of the capillaries that are linked together by tight junctions
B. endfeet of astrocytes that surround capillaries

C. dendrites of neurons that surround capillaries
D. The blood-brain barrier is an outdated idea that is no longer viewed as real.
Lecture 6 cells
6. Neurons can have synapses on all parts of the cell except …
A. the axon.
B. the dendrites.
C. the soma.

D. Neurons can have synapses on all of the above.
Nsci 2100 – Final Exam
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7. Which of the following statements is true?
A. A strand of DNA is read by a ribosome and used to determine the sequence in which
amino acids are linked together.
B. A strand of DNA is read by a ribosome and used to determine the sequence in which
nucleotides are linked together.

C. A strand of mRNA is read by a ribosome and used to determine the sequence in
which amino acids are linked together.
D. A strand of mRNA is read by a ribosome and used to determine the sequence in
which nucleotides are linked together.
E. A strand of protein is read by a ribosome and used to determine the sequence in
which amino acids are linked together.
Lecture 7 electrical properties
8. Which of the following is true regarding the resting membrane potential?

A. The sodium-potassium pump pumps sodium (Na+) out of the cell and potassium (K+)
into the cell when a neuron is at rest.
B. No energy is required to maintain the resting membrane potential.
C. The concentration of chloride ion is higher inside of the cell than outside when the
neuron is at rest, which is why the cell is said to have a negative charge.
D. All ion channels are closed when the neuron is at rest.
9. Myelin …
A. reduces the voltage required for threshold.
B. protects axons from trauma.
C. is formed by microglia in the CNS.

D. increases the speed of action potentials along axons.
E. None of the above is correct.
Lecture 8 synaptic communication
10. Exocytosis is a process required for …
A. entry of sodium (Na+) into the axon during an action potential.
B. entry of calcium (Ca++) into the presynaptic terminal in response to the arrival of an
action potential.

C. the release of neurotransmitter into the synaptic cleft.
D. the entry of neurotransmitter into the postsynaptic cell.
E. transcription in the nucleus.
11. Which of the following mechanisms is NOT typically used to clear neurotransmitter from the
synaptic cleft?
A. Neurotransmitter is taken up by the presynaptic terminal.
B. Neurotransmitter is taken up by glial cells surrounding the synapse.

C. Neurotransmitter is taken up by the postsynaptic neuron.
D. Neurotransmitter is degraded by enzymes in the synaptic cleft.
E. All of the mechanisms above are typically used by neurons.
Lecture 9 spinal cord
12. Which of the following structures is NOT normally found in an intervertebral foramen?

A. spinal cord
B. sensory ganglion
C. ventral root
D. spinal nerve
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13. In the most direct pathway that carries somatosensory information to the cortex, the primary
sensory neurons synapse with relay neurons. The relay neurons have axons that cross the
midline and ultimately synapse with neurons in what region of the CNS?
A. primary somatosensory cortex
B. somatosensory nuclei in the medulla

C. somatosensory nuclei in the thalamus
D. dorsal horn of the spinal cord
E. ventral horn of the spinal cord
Lecture 12 brainstem
14. Most axons from neurons in the pontine nuclei (basilar pons or pontine grey) enter the
cerebellum via the …
A. superior cerebellar peduncles

B. middle cerebellar peduncles
C. inferior cerebellar peduncles
D. ventral cerebellar peduncles
E. dorsal cerebellar peduncles
15. Where were the cerebral peduncles visible on the whole intact human brains you studied in
the lab?
A. ventral surface of the cerebral cortex
B. ventral surface of the hypothalamus

C. ventral surface of the midbrain
D. dorsal surface of the pons
E. The cerebral peduncles were not visible in the whole intact brain.
Lecture 13 forebrain
16. The corpus callosum carries axons …
A. from neurons in the thalamus to cerebral cortex.
B. from neurons in the cerebral cortex to the thalamus.
C. from neurons in the cerebral cortex to spinal cord.

D. from neurons in the cerebral cortex to the contralateral cortex.
E. More than one of the above are correct.
Lecture 14 cranial nerves
17. What level of the brainstem has motor neurons that innervate the extraocular (eye)
muscles?
A. pons
B. midbrain
C. medulla
D. thalamus
AB E. More than one of the above are correct.
18. Which cranial nerve does not contain Schwann cells?

A. optic (CN II)
B. oculomotor (CN III)
C. glossopharyngeal (CN IX)
D. vagus (CN X)
E. accessory (CN XI)
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Lecture 15 somatosensory system I
19. The dorsal columns are tracts of axons that end in nuclei mainly in what part of the nervous
system?

A. medulla
B. thalamus
C. spinal cord
D. pons
E. cerebral cortex
Lecture 16 somatosensory II (from Dr. Honda)
20. Which of the following statements about the touch/proprioception pathway (dorsal column
system) and pain/temperature pathway (spinal thalamic system) is true?
A. These two pathways project to cortex through different thalamic nuclei.
B. Their ascending axons travel together in the spinal cord.

C. These two pathways terminate in the same cortical region.
D. Axons of these two systems cross the midline of the nervous system at the same
level.
Lecture 17 & 18 vision
21. Visual information from visual cortex is described as being carried in ‘streams’. What stream
is most important for identifying a photograph of your mother?
A. dorsal stream
B. frontal stream

C. ventral stream
D. limbic stream
E. posterior stream
22. Which of the statements below is true about the visual field?
A. The blind spot corresponds to the fovea in the retina.
B. The reading visual field corresponds to the area of the retina with the highest density
of rod photoreceptors.
C. The highest density of cone photoreceptors is in the periphery of the retina.

D. The wide peripheral visual field helps you to notice a moving object.
23. In the retina, light passes through the layer of ganglion cells and the layer of interneurons
before reaching the photoreceptor cells. True or false?

A. true
B. false
Lecture 19 hearing & vestibular
24. The sensory apparatus in the semicircular canals are most sensitive to what?
A. low frequency sounds
B. high frequency sounds
C. gravity

D. angular acceleration
E. changes in temperature
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25. Neurons with cell bodies in which of the following locations have mechanoreceptors that are
activated by sound?
A. spiral ganglion
B. cochlear nuclei

C. organ of corti
D. semicircular canals
E. inferior colliculus
Lecture 20 chemical senses
26. Where do axons of olfactory receptor neurons synapse?
A. thalamus
B. spinal cord
C. olfactory ganglion

D. olfactory bulb
E. olfactory cortex
27. The umami taste receptors are activated mainly by food with what characteristic?
A. high in sugar content

B. high in protein content
C. high in salt content
D. high in starch content
E. high in alcohol content
Lecture 23 motor system
28. Neurons in which of the following locations synapse with skeletal muscles?

A. spinal cord ventral horn
B. spinal cord dorsal horn
C. hypothalamus
D. sympathetic ganglion
E. More than one of the above are correct.
29. What is the fewest number of synapses possible between a neuron in motor cortex and a
skeletal muscle?
A. 1

B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
Lecture 24 basal ganglia
30. Which of the following statements regarding the basal ganglia is NOT true?
A. A main output of the basal ganglia is from the globus pallidus internus.
B. The main output of the basal ganglia is to thalamus.

C. The main output of the basal ganglia uses glutamate as the neurotransmitter and is
excitatory.
D. The main input to the basal ganglia is from neocortex.
E. The subthalamic nucleus is part of the basal ganglia circuitry.
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Lecture 25 cerebellum
31. The pontine nuclei (basilar pons or pontine grey) have an important role in which of the
following processes?

A. movement planning and learned movements
B. midcourse correction of movements and maintaining posture
C. maintaining balance and coordinating head and eye movements
D. perception of body position and movement
E. reflex movements
32. What is the major input to the flocculonodular lobe of the cerebellum?

A. vestibular nuclei
B. pontine nuclei
C. spinal cord
D. motor cortex
E. thalamus
Lecture 26 eye movements (from Dr. L. McLoon)
33. Which of the following is NOT true about the vestibulo-ocular reflex?
A. It is a fast reflex.

B. Visual processing is required.
C. It allows you to see the world as stable despite head movements.
D. Motor neurons are the final neurons to be activated.
E. People with a disturbance in this reflex have trouble reading street signs when
walking down the street.
34. Which of the following is NOT true of coordinated contraction of yoked extraocular medial
rectus and lateral rectus muscle pairs during a horizontal eye movement to the left?
A. Coordination is ensured by internuclear neurons found in the abducens nucleus.
B. The left abducens motor neurons and the right oculomotor neurons must fire action
potentials.
C. The right abducens motor neurons and the left oculomotor neurons must be turned
off.
D. Excitatory burst neurons must send excitatory input onto motor neurons.

E. More than one of the above are NOT correct.
Lecture 27 autonomic nervous system
35. The conscious perception of bloatedness or gas in the colon involves sensory information
relayed from the thalamus to what area of cortex?
A. prefrontal cortex
B. precentral gyrus
C. postcentral gyrus
D. posterior parietal lobe

E. insular cortex
36. Where are axons from autonomic neurons in the intermediolateral cell column of the
thoracic spinal cord likely to synapse?
A. nuclei in the brainstem
B. dorsal root ganglia

C. sympathetic ganglia
D. parasympathetic ganglia
E. blood vessels
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Lecture 28 reticular formation & sleep (from Dr. Wessendorf)
37. Stimulation of the reticular formation affects the EEG in ways that appear to promote
wakefulness. It does so by what means?
A. excitation of the intralaminar nuclei
B. excitation of the ventral anterior nucleus of the thalamus

C. inhibition of the alpha rhythm in the EEG
D. inhibition of the theta rhythm in the EEG
E. facilitation of the circadian rhythm in the hypothalamus
38. Cutting the spinal cord at C1 would result in death due to respiratory arrest. However, if you
kept the person alive with a respirator, which of the following would you expect to observe?
A. cessation of sleep

B. normal sleep cycle
C. continuous sleep similar to REM sleep
D. continuous sleep cycling through stages 1-4
E. “coma vigil”
Lecture 29 hypothalamus (from Dr. Wessendorf)
39. The hypothalamus appears to regulate feeding. Which of the following statements regarding
feeding is true?
A. Ghrelin is a hormone produced by white fat cells that creates the sensation of
fullness.
B. Leptin is a hormone synthesized by the stomach that creates a sensation of hunger.
C. Orexin is a hormone synthesized by white fat cells that creates the sensation of
hunger.

D. Stomach filling inhibits release of ghrelin.
E. Ghrelin, leptin and orexin are synthesized by the arcuate nucleus of the
hypothalamus.
40. The hypothalamus is associated with both the anterior and the posterior lobes of the
pituitary gland. Which of the following statements correctly describes this system?
A. Magnocellular neurons in the supraoptic nucleus contain antidiuretic hormone and
project their axons to the anterior pituitary.
B. Parvocellular neurons in the supraoptic nucleus contain oxytocin and project their
axons to the posterior pituitary.
C. Magnocellular neurons in the arcuate nucleus contain oxytocin and project their
axons to the hypothalamic-hypophyseal portal system.

D. Parvocellular neurons in the arcuate nucleus contain thyrotropin-releasing hormone
and project their axons to the hypothalamic-hypophyseal portal system.
E. Parvocellular neurons in the arcuate nucleus contain thyroid stimulating hormone
and project their axons to the hypothalamic-hypophyseal portal system .
Lecture 33 cerebral cortex I (from Dr. Nakagawa)
41. Which of the following structures are NOT considered to be part of the frontal lobe of the
cerebral cortex?
A. primary motor area
B. frontal eye field
C. Broca’s area

D. Wernicke’s area
E. premotor area
Nsci 2100 – Final Exam
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42. Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding the topographic organization of the
sensory regions of cerebral cortex?
A. The foot is represented in the paracentral lobule that is located on the medial surface
of the cerebral cortex.
B. The upper half of the visual field is represented in the lower bank of the calcarine
sulcus in the primary visual cortex.

C. Sound from the left ear is represented specifically in the right side of the primary
auditory cortex.
43. Which type of neuron mainly populates layer 4 of the primary visual cortex?
A. spiny stellate neurons that receive input from the ventral posterior medial nucleus of
the thalamus

B. spiny stellate neurons that receive input from the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of
the thalamus
C. projection neurons that send axons to the brainstem and spinal cord
D. projection neurons that send axons to the opposite side of the cerebral cortex
44. Occlusion of which artery often causes loss of vision in the right visual field?
A. left middle cerebral artery
B. right middle cerebral artery
C. left anterior cerebral artery

D. left posterior cerebral artery
E. right posterior cerebral artery
Lecture 34 cerebral cortex II (from Dr. Nakagawa)
45. Which statement below is true about association cortex?
A. Primary somatosensory area is part of it.
B. All association areas combine multi-modal sensory information.

C. Wernicke’s area is part of the association cortex.
D. Association areas occupy a smaller fraction of the total cerebral cortex in the human
brain than in monkey brains.
46. Which of the following is NOT a symptom typically associated with lesions of posterior
parietal cortex?
A. problem in reaching for an object with the upper limb

B. inability to recognize faces
C. ignorance of objects in half of the visual space
D. denial of the functional loss of the body-half opposite the lesion side
47. Which statement below is true about the prefrontal cortex?

A. Planning and initiation of goal-directed behavior is one of its functions.
B. It is located in both frontal and temporal lobes.
C. It has robust connections with occipital, parietal and temporal lobes of the cerebral
cortex but not with the thalamus or the caudate nucleus.
D. Sharing of emotions of another person is not one of its functions.
48. Which statement below is NOT true about brain imaging?
A. fMRI measures blood oxygen levels.
B. PET scanning requires introduction of radio-labeled substances into the body.
C. DTI (Diffusion Tensor Imaging) allows axons to be traced in living human brains.

D. PET typically offers much higher spatial and temporal resolution than fMRI.
Nsci 2100 – Final Exam
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Lecture 35 cerebral cortex III (from Dr. Nakagawa)
49. Which statement below is NOT true about Broca’s aphasia?
A. It was first found in the 19th century and revealed that specific cortical regions are
involved in language processing.
B. It is characterized by non-fluent and poorly articulated speech.
C. Broca’s area is located in the inferior part of the frontal lobe rostral to the precentral
gyrus.

D. It is typically caused by a stroke that affects the right middle cerebral artery and is
accompanied by severe motor weakness of the left leg.
50. Which of the statements below is true about the hemispheric difference of the human
cerebral cortex?
A. Occlusion of the right middle cerebral artery can cause motor weakness and sensory
loss of the right side of the body.

B. In a stroke in the right hemisphere, patients often are unaware of their functional loss
on the left side of the body.
C. Most left-handed people have their Broca’s area on the right side of the cortex.
D. There are no established structural differences between the right and left cerebral
hemispheres of the human brain.
51. Which of the following statements is true regarding language areas in the brain?
A. Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas are the only cortical areas that are involved in
language and speech.
B. Damage to Broca’s area does not affect grammar and fluency in American Sign
Language (ASL).
C. Affected members of the KE family of speech/language disorders showed the normal
pattern of activation in Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas.
 D. Chimpanzee brains show activation of left inferior frontal areas when they are
making hand gestures.
Lecture 36 drug abuse & addiction (from Dr. Thomas)
52. You've implanted an electrode in the medial forebrain bundle of a rat. Applying a stimulatory
current through this electrode produces …
A. slow-wave sleep.
B. anterograde amnesia.

C. an effect that may be counteracted by a dopamine receptor antagonist.
D. taste aversion.
E. loss of working memory.
53. Which pathway is thought to be a primary circuit underlying reward in the mammalian
nervous system?
A. serotonergic projections from raphe nuclei to prefrontal cortex
B. opioid projections from ventral tegmental area to nucleus accumbens
C. opioid projections from nucleus accumbens to ventral tegmental area

D. dopaminergic projections from ventral tegmental area to nucleus accumbens
E. dopaminergic projections from nucleus accumbens to ventral tegmental area
Nsci 2100 – Final Exam
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54. The primary mechanism by which cocaine produces its rapid effects on cognition and
behavior is …
A. increasing the synthesis of neurotransmitters from their precursor molecules.

B. blocking the re-uptake of neurotransmitters from the extracellular space.
C. promoting the fusion of transmitter vesicles at the presynaptic terminal.
D. increasing the rate of transmitter metabolism in the synaptic cleft.
55. In the Brain Stimulation Reward (BSR) paradigm, rats …

A. moved to a location in their environment that was paired with electrical activation of
the brain.
B. learned to press a lever to avoid receiving an electrical shock to the foot.
C. moved to a compartment in the experimental chamber that was previously paired
with drug administration.
D. learned to press a lever to receive an intravenous infusion of drug.
Lecture 37 learning & memory (from Dr. Redish)
56. The two keys to memory are …

A. a change reflecting the past and implications for the future.
B. bits and bytes.
C. synapses and calcium.
D. hippocampus and posterior commissure.
57. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. There are multiple memory systems, which correspond to multiple decision-systems
in the brain.
B. Memory is a form of categorization, which affects our perceptions.
C. Memory entails changes in the synapses between cells.
D. Memory is a physical process.

E. The purpose of memory is to make us feel better about ourselves.
58. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. LTP changes the synaptic strength between cells.
B. LTP depends on NMDA channels that signal co-firing between pre- and postsynaptic cells.

C. LTP only exists within the hippocampus.
D. LTP can last for months.
E. Changes that affect LTP also affect behaviors that depend on memory.
59. The hippocampus is the seat of memory and when you lose it, you lose all your memories.
True or false.
A. true

B. false
Lecture 38 decision making (from Dr. Redish)
60. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A. Different decision-making systems process information differently.

B. A decision is when you sit and think.
C. Pavlovian decision systems are related to emotional memory.
D. Deliberative decision systems are related to creative memory.
E. Procedural decision systems depend on basal ganglia and cerebellum.
Nsci 2100 – Final Exam
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61. In lecture, Dr. Redish talked about decoding hippocampal representations of space in rat,
including how to decode planning sequences. If we could get recordings from visual cortex,
we could determine what the person was imagining. What would we need to accomplish
this?

A. We would need to know what each visual cell represented. We would need the
tuning curve.
B. We would need to know what the person was thinking about.
C. We would need to know that the person was imagining something.
D. We would need to record from every cell in the person’s visual cortex.
E. We can’t do this because imagination does not activate visual cortex.
62. Imagine the first time you drive to work. Generally, you have to plan, thinking about what
roads to take, which turns to make when. With experience, however, you no longer have to
think about the route you take, and might accidentally drive your friend to your office instead
of the airport because you got distracted. This is a transfer of control from …
A. reflexes to deliberative.

B. deliberative to procedural.
C. emotional to procedural.
D. emotional to reflexes.
E. deliberative to emotional.
63. How are conflicts between decision-making systems resolved?
A. The Deliberative system always overrides the others.
B. There is a hierarchy: Reflexes are overridden by everything, Pavlovian by Procedural
and Deliberative, Procedural by Deliberative.
C. Something intrinsic in each system tells the others whether they should shut up or
not.
D. A separate system mediates between the four action-selection systems.

E. We don’t know, but it’s a really interesting question.
Lecture 39 neurodegenerative diseases (from Dr. Lesne)
64. Among neurodegenerative diseases inducing motor disorders, which disease primarily
affects the cerebellum?
A. Huntington’s disease

B. Friedreich ataxia
C. spinal muscular atrophy
D. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
E. Parkinson’s disease
65. What neuropathological lesions characterize Parkinson’s disease?
A. amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles

B. Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites
C. TDP43 inclusions
D. prion plaques and brain vacuolization
E. ataxin-1 inclusions
66. What is the cause of Huntington’s disease?
A. point mutation in the PSEN1 gene
B. duplication of the SNCA gene

C. expansion of the polyglutamine repeat in the HTT gene
D. partial deletion of the TARDBP gene
Nsci 2100 – Final Exam
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67. Identify the symptoms characterizing the clinical presentation of Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS
A. bradykinesia
B. progressive muscle atrophy
C. dysphagia
D. chorea
BC E. More than one of the above are correct.
Lecture 40 injury & regeneration
68. When axons degenerate in the adult central nervous system, the axon debris is cleared by
what cell type?

A. microglia
B. oligodendrocytes
C. Schwann cells
D. interneurons
E. More than one of the above are correct.
69. Nogo is a protein normally present in the membrane of what cell type?
A. CNS neurons
B. Schwann cells
C. astrocytes

D. oligodendrocytes
E. microglia
70. Surgeons sew severed peripheral nerves together by putting sutures in the connective
tissue sheaths of the cut ends of the nerve. This allows the proximal and distal portions of
the cut axons to rejoin. True or false?
A. true

B. false
Lecture 41 adult neurogenesis & stem cells
71. Transit amplifying cells in the subventricular zone (SVZ) of the adult mammalian brain divide
and generate what cell type?
A. ependymal cells
B. neural stem cells

C. neuroblasts
D. blood vessels
72. Which of the following is likely to have a negative effect on certain types of learning due to
reduced neurogenesis in part of the hippocampus?
A. exercising
B. sleeping

C. drinking alcohol
D. having sex
E. taking certain antidepressants such as Prozac
73. Which of the following statements best describes induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells)?
A. They can be harvested from the inner cell mass of a blastocyst stage embryo.
B. They can be harvested from the SVZ or SGZ of the adult brain.

C. They can be made by introducing several transcription factor genes into skin cells or
other differentiated cells taken from an adult.
D. They can be harvested from bone marrow cells taken from an adult.
Nsci 2100 – Final Exam
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74. Stem cells have been converted to dopaminergic neurons. These cells have been
transplanted into what part of the brain for treatment of Parkinson’s disease in animal
models?
A. substantia nigra
B. globus pallidus

C. striatum
D. cerebral cortex
E. cerebellum
Labs (from Dr. Nakagawa)
75. Which of the following statements regarding Lab 10 (the cockroach leg electrophysiology
lab) is true?
A. We performed recording with the electrode inside neurons (intracellular recording).
B. Continued stimulation of a leg spine with a toothpick increased the frequency of
action potentials.

C. Bending a joint in the leg increased spike frequency.
D. The up-going phase of the action potentials was caused by a rapid influx of K+ ions.
76. Which statement is FALSE about the image below?

A. ‘1’ labels a fiber tract that connects the right and left hemispheres.
B. ‘4’ labels the hypothalamus.
C. ‘5’ labels the pineal body.
D. ‘6’ labels part of the midbrain.
E. ‘8’ labels the medulla.
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77. Which statement about the images below is true?

A. Image A and Image B show the human spinal cord at the cervical and lumbar levels,
respectively.
B. Axons carrying vibration sense in the leg are included in structure #4.
C. Structure #1 includes axons from the motor neurons innervating muscles.
D. Axons carrying temperature sense in the leg are included in structure #3.
78. Which arrow points to the optic tract in the image below?

D.
79. To the right is an image of a horizontal slice of the sheep brain. What is labeled by the white
arrows #1 and #2 in the image below?
A. #1=neocortex, #2=hippocampus
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B. #1=putamen, #2=hippocampus
C. #1=caudate, #2=hippocampus
D. #1=thalamus, #2=neocortex
E. #1=thalamus, #2=putamen
Nsci 2100 – Final Exam
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80. If you suffer a stroke in the region of the left cortex indicated by the ‘A’ in the image below,
which parts of your body will have weakness?
A. right arm
B. left arm
C. right face
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D. right leg
E. left leg
The End!
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