What anatomical and functional changes in the brain are linked to alterations that occur with aging?

Choose the proper term to respond to the statements describing various brain areas.

a. Cerebellum

b. Corpora quadrigemina

c. Corpus callosum

d. Hypothalamus

e. Medulla

f. Midbrain

g. Pons

h. Thalamus

3. Houses the substantia nigra and cerebral aqueduct

Choose the proper term to respond to the statements describing various brain areas.

a. Cerebellum

b. Corpora quadrigemina

c. Corpus callosum

d. Hypothalamus

e. Medulla

f. Midbrain

g. Pons

h. Thalamus

4. Relay stations for visual and auditory stimuli input; found the mid-brain

Other than serving as a conduction pathway, what is a major function of the pons? Why is the medulla oblongata the most vital part of the brain?

Choose the proper term to respond to the statements describing various brain areas.

a. Cerebellum

b. Corpora quadrigemina

c. Corpus callosum

d. Hypothalamus

e. Medulla

f. Midbrain

g. Pons

h. Thalamus

7. Brain area most concerned with equilibrium, body posture, and coordination of motor activity.

The pons contains:

(a) Sensory and motor nuclei for six cranial nerves

(b) Nuclei concerned with the control of blood pressure

(c) Tracts that link the cerebellum with the brainstem

(d) No ascending or descending tracts

(e) Both a and b.

The centers in the pons that modify the activity of the respiratory rhythmicity centers in the medulla oblongata are the:

(a) Apneustic and pneumotaxic centers

(b) Inferior and superior peduncles

(c) Cardiac and vasomotor centers

(d) Gracile nucleus and cuneate nucleus

Damage to the vestibular nucleus would lead to

(a) Loss of sight

(b) Loss of hearing

(c) Inability to sense pain

(d) Difficulty in maintaining balance

(e) Inability to swallow

Coordination of learned movement patterns at the subconscious level is performed by

(a) The cerebellum

(b) The substantia nigra

(c) Association fibers

(d) The hypothalamus