One of the following parts of midbrain guides smooth and accurate motions and maintains body position:

Related Mcqs:

1. Certain neurons in one of the following parts of midbrain appear to influence transitions between sleep and wakefulness and the rate and pattern of breathing:

   A. Medulla
   B. Pons
   C. Cerebellum
   D. All of these

2. The medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain and diencephalon are all parts of the ____________?

   A. cerebellum
   B. cortex
   C. brainstem
   D. left hemisphere

3. Which of the following parts of forebrain carries sensory information to the other parts of the forebrain?

   A. Thalamus
   B. Cerebrum
   C. Limbic system
   D. All of the above

4. Midbrain contains a relay center that connects the hindbrain with forebrain. It is called:

   A. Corpus callosum
   B. Pons
   C. Reticular formation
   D. Hypothalamus

5. The teacher guides or directs the learning of his pupils. The normal course of events in the classroom has often been described under the rubric, “assign-study-recite-test”. This is a:

   A. The task of the teacher
   B. Guiding and directing learning process
   C. Both (a) and (b)
   D. None of these

6. Jim just barely avoided a head-on collision on a narrow road. with heart pounding, hands shaking, and body perspiring, Jim recognizes that these are signs of the body’s fight of the body’s fight-or-flight response, which is controlled by the:

   A. empathetic division of the peripheral nervous system
   B. parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system
   C. somatic division of the peripheral nervous system
   D. sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system

7. Which of the following body parts is associated with the greatest amount of brain tissue in the motor cortex?

   A. arms
   B. legs
   C. trunk
   D. face

8. One of the following controls involuntary responses buy influencing organs, glands and smooth muscles:

   A. Somatic nervous system
   B. Autonomic nervous system
   C. Central nervous system
   D. both a & b

9. Which of the following assertions about modularity in the brain is accurate?

   A. Different aspects of a visual stimulus appear to be analysed by different modules in the brain
   B. It is impossible to use an evolutionary explanation for modularity in the brain
   C. Both (a) and (b)
   D. Neither (a) nor (b)

10. Psychoanalysis would suggest that resistance during therapy supports and maintains the process of:

    A. dream interpretation
    B. free association
    C. meta – analysis
    D. repression