When the Right Side of a Brain Region Responds or Functions

question 39

Multiple Choice

When the right side of a brain region responds or functions differently than the left side of the same region, it is called

• A) brain asymmetry.
• B) left-right asymmetry.
• C) left-right anomaly.
• D) This does not occur in human brains.

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Definitions:

Zygomatic

Yoking or joining; bony arch created by the junction of the zygomatic and temporal bones.

Occipital Bone

A cranial bone located at the lower back part of the skull, important for head support and connected to the atlas of the spine.

Cranium

Skull; in a more limited sense, the braincase.

Palatine Bone

One of the pair of bones forming the back part of the hard palate and part of the floor of the nasal cavity.