Brain Functions Review
1. Kevin was shot in the________________. His heart had stopped beating and he could
not control his breathing. He was pronounced dead on arrival.
2. Rip Van Winkle was a man who slept for 20 years. Upon autopsy, it was found that there
was structural damage to his _______________________.
3. When the police officer asks you to step out of the car and walk a straight line for a
sobriety test, he is testing to see if alcohol has reached your_________________.
4. If the ______________________ was damaged, all sensory information would be
misdirected to the wrong brain parts.
5. Mike gained 50 pounds in one month. The part of his brain that might be responsible is
the ________________________ .
6. Charles Whitman was called the Texas Watchtower murderer. He was a student who
went to Texas University in the late 60s. One day for unexplained reasons, he climbed
the watchtower in the middle of the campus and began randomly shooting people. He
had to be killed. Upon autopsy, it was found that there was evidence of abnormal activity
in his ___________________________ .
7. Phineas Gage was a man who accidentally had a metal rod shot through his
_______________________. After the accident, he was never quite the same man. He
had great difficulty acting in a socially appropriate manner.
8. A man reported having skin sensations of spiders crawling on his right leg repeatedly
throughout the day, however when he tried to brush the spider away, he found that there
was nothing there. Upon a neurological examination, it was found that he had abnormal
activity in his ___________________________.
9. A woman had a hunting accident and her _______________________ was damaged.
She lost a great deal of her hearing.
10. After a sharp blow to the back of his head, Tim was left unconscious, when he woke up,
he found that he was blinded. Upon examination, it was concluded that the blow must
have damaged his___________________________________.
1. medulla
2. reticular formation
3. cerebellum
4. thalamus
5. hypothalamus
6. frontal lobe
7. frontal lobe
8. sensory cortex
9. temporal lobe
10. occipital lobe