Week 2 - Lab

Question 1

General term for the bumps on the surface of the brain

Answer 1

Gyrus

Question 2

Structure where visual information crosses from the peripheral to central nervous system

Answer 2

optic chiasm

Question 3

Name the deep dividing groove between the left & right hemispheres.

Answer 3

Cerebral longitudinal fissure

Question 4

Name the structure that separates the two lateral ventricles into left & right

Answer 4

septum pellucidum

Question 5

What structure allows CSF to drain from the 3rd ventricle to the 4th ventricle?

Answer 5

cerebral aqueduct

Question 6

Name the white matter tract that connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain

Answer 6

corpus callosum

Question 7

The baby brain is technically referred to as

Answer 7

cerebellum

Question 8

As you travel inferiorly from the midbrain down to the brainstem and onwards, what 3 structures come next?

Answer 8

midbrain
pons
medulla oblongata
spinal cord

Question 9

On what region of the brain do the nerves - Trigeminal originate?

Answer 9

Pons

Question 10

On what region of the brain do the nerves - Oculomotor originate?

Answer 10

midbrain