Topic 13: Integration of Nervous System Functions. Questions and answers. Rated A

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Topic 13: Integration of Nervous System Functions. Questions and answers. Rated A Question 1 Correct 1.75 points out of 1.75 Flag question Question text A person suffering a stroke in the... right parietal lobe may lose the ability to recognize faces. This is called Select one: a. aphasia. b. aprexia. c. athetosis. d. amorphosynthesis. e. incoherency. Question 2 Correct 1.75 points out of 1.75 Flag question Question text In short-term memory, Select one: a. information is retained for less than a second. b. the frontal lobe plays the most important role. c. current information is lost when new information is presented. d. there is increased synaptic activity by long-term potentiation. e. there is consolidation of information. Question 3 Correct 1.75 points out of 1.75 Flag question Question text Lesions of the limbic system might result in Select one: a. a voracious appetite. b. enhanced fear and anger responses. c. decreased sexual activity. d. loss of coordination. e. loss of sensation. Question 4 Correct 1.75 points out of 1.75 Flag question Question text Damage to Wernicke area would result in Select one: a. facial paralysis. b. facial tics. c. aphasia. d. "seeing stars". e. apraxia. Question 5 Correct 1.75 points out of 1.75 Flag question Question text Wernicke area is necessary for Select one: a. motivation. b. understanding and formulating coherent speech. c. initiating the muscular movements of speech. d. processing visual images. e. smiling. Question 6 Correct 1.75 points out of 1.75 Flag question Question text A patient with a lesion in the hippocampus may have decreased Select one: a. sensory memory. b. Pavlovian reflexes. c. procedural memory. d. declarative memory. e. short term memory. Question 7 Correct 1.75 points out of 1.75 Flag question Question text Various areas of the cortex form functional pathways to conduct action potentials necessary to perform specific functions. Arrange the areas below in proper sequence to accomplish reading a poem aloud. (1) visual association area (2) premotor area (3) Broca area (4) primary motor area (5) Wernicke area (6) visual cortex Select one: a. 1, 6, 5, 3, 4, 2 b. 6, 1, 5, 3, 2, 4 c. 6, 1, 3, 5, 4, 2 d. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 3 e. 5, 4, 3, 6, 1, 2 Question 8 Correct 1.75 points out of 1.75 Flag question Question text A nurse is caring for a patient who exhibits the following symptoms: (1) inability to maintain balance while walking (2) normal intelligence (3) can initiate voluntary movements although they are somewhat uncoordinated. (4) decreased tone in the skeletal muscles The patient is probably suffering from a condition that affected the Select one: a. midbrain. b. cerebellum. c. basal ganglia. d. cerebral cortex. e. brainstem. Question 9 Correct 1.75 points out of 1.75 Flag question Question text Label area "E" on the cerebral cortex. Select one: a. visual cortex b. primary motor cortex c. primary somatic sensory cortex d. motor speech area (Broca'sarea) e. sensory speech area (Wernicke area) Question 10 Correct 1.75 points out of 1.75 [Show More]

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