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A 79-year-old woman has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. Some of her deficits are loss of control of facial muscles for expression, taste, some hearing loss, and some loss of balance. The location of the tumor is likely to be the _____.

Which of the following sensory functions may involve neurons in the dorsal root ganglia?

Damage to the cerebellum can result in a disturbance of motor control known as _____.

A patient has a viral disease that destroys cells in the anterior horns of the spinal cord. Which of the following would you expect?

The primary somatosensory cortex is the surface of the _____.

Which of the following is responsible for eye movement and pupillary diameter changes?

Your heart rate is increased with the stress of taking an exam. Which of the following is to blame?

The myelination of central and peripheral axons occurs rapidly through the first few years of life. How can this developmental process explain the improved motor abilities of infants and toddlers?

The all-or-none principle states that ____.

The _____ provides the primary link between the nervous and endocrine systems.