Practice Quiz: The Brain

What is the primary function of the temporal lobe?

• Vision

• Hearing

• Touch

• Speech

Which lobe is involved in the ability to understand speech and to read?

• Parietal lobe

• Temporal lobe

• Occipital lobe

• Frontal lobe

Where is the transverse fissure located?

• Between the temporal and frontal lobes

• Separating the cerebrum from the cerebellum

• Down the center of the brain

• Connecting the brainstem to the spinal cord

What is the lateral sulcus?

• A groove between the temporal and frontal lobes

• A deep groove separating the cerebrum from the cerebellum

• A groove down the center of the brain

• A bundle of myelinated nerve fibers

What do projection fibers connect?

• The left and right hemispheres

• The lower brain to the upper brain

• The cerebrum to the cerebellum

• The anterior and posterior sections of the brain

What is the primary function of the basal nuclei?

• Relay sensory impulses

• Relay motor impulses

• Produce serotonin

• Connect the brainstem to the spinal cord

What separates the brain into right and left hemispheres?

• Transverse fissure

• Lateral sulcus

• Longitudinal fissure

• Corpus callosum

What does the hypothalamus regulate?

• Vision and hearing

• Sleep and wakefulness

• Language processing

• Voluntary movement

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

What are cerebral peduncles?

• Sensory nerve centers

• Corticospinal tracts

• Hormone-producing glands

• Ventricular connections

What are the corpora quadrigemina responsible for?

• Smell and taste reflexes

• Auditory and visual reflexes

• Touch and pain reflexes

• Balance and coordination reflexes