USAHS NEUROSCIENCE EXAM 4
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS 2024
· RIO: frontal lobe functions - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>· Restraint, Initiative, Order (in
order from most basic to advanced)
Hypothalamus - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>· homeostasis
Autonomic and neuroendocrine control
Hypothalamic pituitary access- fight or flight
Olfactory cortex - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>• olfaction
o Smells come through bipolar neurons
o Bring info to mitral and tufted cells found in olfactory bulb
o Lateral striae: uncrossed/straight to olfactory cortex
o Medial striae: crossed pathway at anterior commissure to olfactory cortex
Hippocampal formation- - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>memory
Amyglada - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>· emotions and drives
o Direct connection with olfaction
o Fear, hunger, learning, sexual behaviors
Septal nuclei - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Involved with pleasure center- responsible for
desire to eat reproduce
Modulates memory
Lesions associated with anorexia, gluttony & can lead to rage
Substantia nigra - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Produces dopamine
Needed as neuromodulator for movement
motor - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>putamen
Brings info from the somatosensory cortex to the motor cortexes
Brodmann's areas 3, 2, 1 & primary motor cortex 4
Oculomotor - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>caudate body
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