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

Related Mcqs:

1. The capacity of one brain area to take over the functions of another damaged brain area is known as brain:

   A. tomography
   B. hemispherectomy
   C. phrenology
   D. plasticity

2. The capacity of the brain area to take over the function of another damaged brain area is known as brain _______________?

   A. regeneration
   B. accommodation
   C. aphasia
   D. plasticity

3. Destroying a piece of brain tissue to observe its effect on behavior is referred to as which of the following?

   A. tumor ligation
   B. lesioning
   C. electrical stimulation
   D. stereotaxic inversion

4. The motor cortex lies in which lobe?

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

5. Which, if any, of the following are true? 1: Each region of the neocortex may contain more specialized modules. 2: Damage to a given volume of neocortical tissue tends to be more profoundly disabling than damage to the same volume of the subcortex. 3: Functional neuro-imaging methods allow us to observe which brain regions are active.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 2 & 3
   C. 1 & 3
   D. None

6. Surgical destruction of brain tissue is called a (n):

   A. MRI
   B. EEG
   C. synapse
   D. lesion

7. The motor cortex lies in which lobe?

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

8. 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

9. The area of the brain which undergoes the greatest change from puberty into young adulthood is the:

   A. Frontal lobe
   B. Hypothalamus
   C. Temporal lobe
   D. Corpus callosum

10. 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