CABD Exam #1 Review Worksheet

The sample questions below are to help give you a sense of the types of questions that you may
see on the exam, related to format and content. Answer sheets are not provided but you may
send in completed answers for correction to Cristina and Dr. Montalto. This is not a full set of
areas covered please use this as an additional tool, to the review concept sheets, lecture slides,
required readings and your notes from class.

1. Please label the lobes, the primary motor cortex and the somatosensory on the brain below.

2. Fill in the chart below related to the anatomical subdivisions.

Major Division Ventricle Subdivision Principle Structures

Lateral
Forebrain
Third

Midbrain Cerebral Aqueduct

Fourth
Hindbrain

3. Wernicke’s area is primarily responsible for ______________________ and is located in the

_________ lobe of the ___________ hemisphere.

4. Match the navigational term to the corresponding definition.

a. Posterior _____ towards the front
b. Anterior _____ towards the outer surface
c. Lateral _____ towards the inside (inward)
d. Medial _____ towards the tail
e. Caudal _____ towards the back

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5. There are many early theories correlating to brain functioning. Name two that have been
proven to be inaccurate?
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6. In the somatosensory cortex, ______ (more/less) space is allocated for the interpretation of
sensory information from shoulders than from fingers.

7. What is the importance of neuroplasticity? Give one example of this brain function.
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8. What is the major difference between sensitive and critical periods?

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9. List differences between gray and white matter. Which is myelinated, which is
unmyelinated? Where do gray and white matter changes occur through life? Where is gray
matter generally located and where is white matter generally located?
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10. Fill out the below boxes with two examples each:
Developmental At Birth 3months 6months One year Two Years
Milestone

Language

Visual

Social

Motor