It Appears That the Medial Temporal Lobes and the Diencephalon

question 55

Multiple Choice

It appears that the medial temporal lobes and the diencephalon are important in consolidating explicit long-term memories but are not themselves the storage sites for this knowledge because

• A)most skills and habits acquired before injury to these structures will remain intact.
• B)only priming and conditioning show signs of impairment following damage to these structures.
• C)only nonassociative learning and priming show signs of impairment following damage to these structures.
• D)most episodic and semantic memories acquired before injury to these structures will remain intact.

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Definitions:

Basement Membrane

Specialized extracellular material located at the base of epithelial cells and separating them from the underlying connective tissues.

Bowman Capsule

A cup-like sac at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron in the kidney, playing a crucial role in the filtration of blood to form urine.

Filtration Slits

are gaps between the podocyte processes in the kidneys through which blood filtration occurs.

Capillary Pores

Capillary pores refer to tiny openings in the surface of materials or biological tissues that facilitate the movement of fluids through capillary action.