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After someone faints, smelling salts of ammonia may be placed under the person's nose. The person breathes the ammonia vapors, which deliver a sharp jolt to the nasal membranes, and the person wakes up. This illustrates

A) how smells bring about emotions.
B) the function of the hypothalamus in controlling sleep.
C) the function of sensory input to the reticular activating system.
D) how smells elicit memories of being awake, causing the person to awaken.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Use the diagram above to answer the following questions. -Which letter indicates the region of the brain that has the greatest surface area due to the numerous surface convolutions?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

F) B) and C)
G) D) and E)

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The cerebellum has an outer cortex of gray matter, internal white matter, and areas of gray matter embedded in the white matter.

Sleep-wake cycles are controlled by the pineal gland and the

Which of these regions of the brain regulates hormonal secretions from the pituitary gland (hypophysis) ?

The hindbrain of the embryo develops into the pons, the medulla oblongata, part of the spinal cord, and what other structure?

Use the diagram above to answer the following questions. -Which letter indicates the corpora quadrigemina, meaning "four bodies"?

The main visceral control center of the brain is the

The surface of the cerebellum is folded into ridges called folia.

Which of the following is associated with Alzheimer's disease?

Use the diagram above to answer the following questions. -Which letter indicates an area that is characterized by huge neurons known as pyramidal cells?

The calcarine sulcus contains which functional area?

Use the diagram above to answer the following questions. -Which letter indicates a choroid plexus, which produces cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in all four ventricles of the brain?

Briefly identify the role of the following structures in controlling voluntary skeletal movement: cerebellum, primary motor cortex, premotor cortex, pyramidal tracts, inferior olivary nucleus, and cerebral and cerebellar peduncles.

Cerebrovascular accident is a long name for what type of brain injury?

The meninges of the brain differ from those of the spinal cord in that the dura mater of the brain splits into two layers and that there is no epidural space.

All of the following are structures of the limbic system except the

Use the diagram above to answer the following questions. -Which letter indicates the periosteal layer of the dura mater?

Which of these regions functions to direct nearly all sensory input, except olfactory impulses, to the cerebral cortex?

The pituitary gland (hypophysis) is connected to the hypothalamus and receives regulatory impulses that control the secretion of hormones.