The cerebral cortex is composed of two sides or:

Related Mcqs:

1. After Rauf’s serious snow-skiing accident, doctors detected damage to his cerebral cortex in Wernicke’s area. Because of the damage, Rauf is most likely to experience difficulty in:

   A. understanding what others are saying
   B. recognizing familiar faces
   C. pronouncing words correctly
   D. controlling voluntary muscles

2. Comparatively speaking, ___________ has the most prominent cerebral cortex?

   A. alligator
   B. pigeon
   C. dog
   D. rabbit

3. Most sensory information is relayed to the cerebral cortex by the ____________?

   A. transducer
   B. medulla
   C. bipolar cells
   D. thalamus

4. The cerebral cortex receives information from the ___________?

   A. auditory system
   B. visual system
   C. motor system
   D. all of the above

5. In a recent car accident, Taimor sustained damage to his right cerebral hemisphere. This injury is most likely to reduce Tamior’s ability to:

   A. facially express emotions
   B. solve arithmetic problems
   C. understand simple verbal requests
   D. process information in an orderly sequence

6. ____________ is the cerebral ‘alarm clock’ which selectively filters incoming stimuli?

   A. medulla
   B. cerebellum
   C. limbic system
   D. reticular formation

7. A large band of axons that help cerebral hemispheres to communicate:

   A. Corpus collasum
   B. Cerebral cortex
   C. Amygdala
   D. Pons

8. Cerebral nerves may be:

   A. Sensory
   B. Motor
   C. Mixed
   D. All of these

9. The motor cortex lies in which lobe?

   A. Parietal
   B. Occipital
   C. Temporal
   D. Frontal

10. There is more somato-sensory cortex for the:

    A. mouth
    B. shoulder
    C. feet
    D. legs