1 Intro

Question 1

Crossing of midline that connects dissimilar areas

Answer 1

Decussation

Question 2

Crossing of midline that connects similar areas

Answer 2

Commissure

Question 3

Myelination of axons are made of ____ matter

Answer 3

White

Question 4

Cerebral cortex part that is buried deep

Answer 4

Insula

Question 5

Diencephalon Divisions

Answer 5

Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Epithalamus
Subthalamus

Question 6

Ovoid gray matter mass in diencephalon consisting of multiple nuclei

Answer 6

Thalamus

Question 7

Ridges of brain

Answer 7

Gyri

Question 8

Grooves of brain

Answer 8

Sulci

Question 9

Deep sulci

Answer 9

Fissures

Question 10

Motor lobe

Answer 10

Frontal lobe

Question 11

Primary somatosensory cortex

Answer 11

Parietal Lobe

Question 12

Primary visual cortex

Answer 12

Occipital lobe

Question 13

Auditory, speech comprehension, visual processing, learning and memory cortex

Answer 13

Temporal Lobe

Question 14

Emotional response, behavior lobe

Answer 14

Limbic Lobe

Question 15

Diencephalon parts

Answer 15

Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Epithalamus
Subthalamus

Question 16

Relay center for signals (except olfaction)

Answer 16

Thalamus

Question 17

Controls pituitary and autonomic NS

Answer 17

Hypothalamus

Question 18

Conveys info to and from cerebrum; connection site of most cranial nerves

Answer 18

Brainstem

Question 19

Site of CSF reabsorption into venous system

Answer 19

Arachnoid villi

Question 20

Meninges layers of CNS

Answer 20

1. Dura mater (toughest, outer)
2. Arachnoid mater
   - Subarachnoid space
3. Pia mater

Question 21

Arachnoid and pia mater collectively referred to as ______

Answer 21

Leptomeninges

Question 22

Superficial veins of the brain empty into the ______.

Deep veins empty into the _____

Answer 22

Superior Sagittal Sinus

Straight Sinus

Question 23

Primary motor cortex of frontal lobe, origin of descending motor pathway, initiates voluntary movement

Answer 23

Precentral gyrus

Question 24

Inferior frontal gyrus of one hemisphere of frontal lobe, production of spoken and written language

Answer 24

Broca’s area

Question 25

The rest of the frontal lobe that controls personality, foresight, insight

Answer 25

Prefrontal Cortex

Question 26

The primary somatosensory cortex of parietal lobe; concerned with processing of tactile and proprioceptive info

Answer 26

Postcentral gyrus

Question 27

Part of parietal lobe involved with language comprehension (part of Wernike's area)

Answer 27

Inferior parietal lobule

Question 28

The rest of the _____ lobe is involved in complex aspects of spatial orientation and directing attention

Answer 28

Parietal

Question 29

An epidural hemorrhage is due to a tear of _____ which results in blood between skull and dura

Answer 29

Meningeal arteries

Question 30

A subdural hemorrhage is due to a tear of _____ resulting in blood in inner most dural layer, near dura-arachnoid interface

Answer 30

Bridging veins

Question 31

Superficial veins of the brain mostly empty into the _____

Answer 31

Superior Sagittal Sinus

Question 32

Deep veins of the brain empty into the _____

Answer 32

Straight sinus

Question 33

_____ substances go thru the Blood-brain barrier. ____ crosses by facilitated diffusion. Other substances are actively transported

Answer 33

Lipid-soluble Glucose

Question 34

PICA supplies the _____

Answer 34

Inferior cerebellum Lateral Medulla

Question 35

AICA supplies the _____

Answer 35

Anterior inferior cerebellum Caudal pons

Question 36

SCA supplies the ____

Answer 36

Superior cerebellum Caudal midbrain Rostral Pons