Choose the Most Appropriate Description for Each Term

question 93

Multiple Choice

Choose the most appropriate description for each term
-hippocampus

• A)integrates body position, motions, balance
• B)stimulates body wall contraction in cnidarians
• C)messages from here influence sleep and wakefulness
• D)the cortical region that coordinates muscles required for speech
• E)all parts of the nervous system outside the brain and spinal cord
• F)induces skeletal muscle contraction and slows cardiac muscle contraction
• G)control center for breathing, heart rate, and reflexes such as coughing and sneezing
• H)axons of the central nervous system that are sheathed with fatty myelin
• I)often called the "emotional-visceral brain"
• J)consists of sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions
• K)membrane coverings over brain and spinal cord
• L)part of the brainstem; plays roles in reward-based learning and voluntary movements
• M)bundle of axons that connect right and left cerebral hemispheres
• N)responsible for "rest and digest" response
• O)contains centers concerned with body temperature regulation and with salt and water balance

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