Brain

Question 1

Dura mater

Answer 1

2 layers, outer and inner. Right underneath skull bone

Question 2

Arachnoid mater

Answer 2

Right below dura mater

Question 3

Pia mater

Answer 3

Tightly adhered to brain

Question 4

Rostral

Answer 4

Toward the nose/forehead

Question 5

Caudal

Answer 5

Toward spinal cord

Question 6

Major parts of brain

Answer 6

Cerebrum, cerebellum, brain stem

Question 7

Brain stem

Answer 7

Medulla and pons

Question 8

Hindbrain

Answer 8

Medulla, pons, cerebellum

Question 9

Forebrain

Answer 9

Cerebrum and diencephalon

Question 10

Sulci

Answer 10

Valleys, visible lines on surface of brain

Question 11

Corpus callosum

Answer 11

Connects hemispheres

Question 12

Gyri

Answer 12

Folds

Question 13

Cerebrum divided into 5 lobes

Answer 13

Frontal, temporal, parietal, occipital

Question 14

Gray mater

Answer 14

Contains cell bodies, dendrites, synapses

Question 15

White mater

Answer 15

Contains tracts/bundles of nerve fibers (axons)

Question 16

Name of the valley between the hemispheres

Answer 16

Longitudinal fissure

Question 17

Meninges (three membranes)

Answer 17

Dura, arachnoid, pia mater

Question 18

Ventricular system

Answer 18

4 chambers within brain

Question 19

4 ventricles?

Answer 19

Lateral, third, fourth, medial ventricle

Question 20

Cerebrospinal fluid

Answer 20

Floats brain, cushions and protects brain, gets rid of wastes

Question 21

1. 3rd ventricle
2. Lateral ventricle
3. 4th ventricle
4. Cerebral aqueducts
5. Subarachnoid space

Answer 21

2, 1, 4, 3, 5

Question 22

What cranial nerves arise from medulla

Answer 22

Vagus, hypoglossal, glosso-pharyngeal

Question 23

Pons nuclei roles

Answer 23

Sleep, hearing, equilibrium, taste, eye movement, respiration, swallowing

Question 24

Hindbrain

Answer 24

Does life giving functions (lizard, primitive brain)

Question 25

Cerebellum

Answer 25

Motor coordination, posture, balance, motor learning, some emotions

Question 26

Thalamus

Answer 26

Filters sensory info and relays it to cerebral cortex

Question 27

Hypothalamus

Answer 27

Hormone secretion, thermoregulation, food and water intake, sleep, memory, emotional behaviour

Question 28

Projection tracts

Answer 28

Ascending and descending

Question 29

Commissural tracts

Answer 29

Cross to opposite hemisphere

Question 30

Association tracts

Answer 30

Connects different regions within a hemisphere

Question 31

Cerebral cortex function

Answer 31

Processing and integration of inputs (special senses, general senses, emotions, memories, judgement)

Question 32

Limbic system

Answer 32

Amygdala, hippocampus. Emotions

Question 33

Wernickes area

Answer 33

Recognition of spoken and written language

Question 34

Broca area

Answer 34

Changes thought into speech

Question 35

Somesthetic

Answer 35

Touch, pressure, stretch, movement, heat, cold, pain

Question 36

Special senses

Answer 36

Vision, hearing, equilibrium, taste, smell

Question 37

Where is somesthetic nerve signals received

Answer 37

Post-central gyrus

Question 38

Cortex

Answer 38

Processing

Question 39

Association

Answer 39

Interpretation

Question 40

What is the primary motor cortex

Answer 40

Precentral gyrus

Question 41

Olfactory

Answer 41

1, sensory, smell

Question 42

Optic

Answer 42

2, sensory, vision

Question 43

Oculomotor

Answer 43

3, motor, muscles of eye

Question 44

Trochlear

Answer 44

4, motor, muscles of eye

Question 45

Trigeminal

Answer 45

5, both, facial sensation, chewing

Question 46

Abducens

Answer 46

6, motor, muscles of eye

Question 47

Facial

Answer 47

7, both, taste, muscles of facial expression

Question 48

Vestibulo-cochlear

Answer 48

8, sensory, equilibrium

Question 49

Glosso-pharyngeal

Answer 49

9, both, taste, swallowing

Question 50

Vagus

Answer 50

10, both, cardiovascular regulation, swallowing

Question 51

Accessory

Answer 51

11, motor, muscles of head and neck

Question 52

Hypoglossal

Answer 52

12, motor, tongue

Question 53

Where is there motor tracts in the medulla

Answer 53

Ventral

Question 54

Diencephalon

Answer 54

Thalamus, epithalamus, hypothalamus