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The planning and execution of movements is a function performed by the association cortex in which cortical lobe?
 
  A) occipital
  B) frontal
  C) temporal
  D) insular
  E) parietal

Question 2

The human cerebral cortex has a grayish-brown appearance because
 
  A) the cortex contains many small blood vessels.
  B) of the large number of dendrites contained in the cortex.
  C) brain nerve membrane is uniformly gray in appearance.
  D) many glial cells are located in the cortex.
  E) the cortex contains many neuron cell bodies.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: E
Rationale: The human cerebral cortex has a grayish-brown appearance because the cortex contains many neuron cell bodies.



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