Brain Quiz: questions and answers
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1. What is the main function of the brain?
To serve as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals
2. Where is the oculomotor nuclei located?
Midbrain
3. In a human, the cerebral cortex contains approximately:
10 to 20 million neurones
4. How large is the brain of a mammal compared to the brain of a bird of its same body size?
The brain of a mammal is twice as large as that of a bird of the same body size
5. What is the name given to an electrically excitable cell that receives, processes, and transmits information through electrical and chemical signal?
Neuron
6. Who chose the sea slug Alypsia californica as a model for studying the cellular basis of learning and memory?
Eric Kandel
7. Vertebrate brains are surrounded by a system of connective tissue membranes called:
Meninges
8. What is the Encephalization Quotient of a dog?
1.2
9. What is the function of the cerebellum?
The cerebellum calibrates precision and timing of movements
10. What is the episodic memory?
The ability to remember the details of specific events