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Lesson 6.3 Review and Assessment
Know and Understand
Is the brain divided into four lobes and two hemispheres or two lobes and four hemispheres?
What is the difference between gray matter and white matter in the brain? Where is each found?
Explain why someone might say that the brain is
convoluted
.
Are major body segments, such as the trunk and pelvis, controlled by large or small regions of the brain's primary motor cortex?
What area of the brain has probably been damaged if a stroke patient has difficulty speaking?
Like the brain, the spinal cord has gray and white matter. Identify the responsibility of both the gray and white matter when found in the spinal cord.
Analyze and Apply
Compare and contrast the three protective membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Discuss their structures and functions.
Why are the capillaries in the brain different from the capillaries in other parts of the body?
Which general area of the brain has more to do with controlling functions—the anterior or posterior region—is associated with more sophisticated functions? Explain.
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