14.6 The Limbic System

Question 1

This ring of structures on the inner border of the cerebrum and floor of the diencephalon

Answer 1

The limbic system

Question 2

This is a rim of cerebral cortex on the medial surface of each hemisphere and includes the cingulate gyrus and the parahippocampal gyrus

Answer 2

The limbic lobe

Question 3

The location of the cingulate gyrus

Answer 3

The frontal lobe; lies above the corpus callosum

Question 4

The location of the parahippocampal gyrus of the limbic lobe

Answer 4

The temproal lobe

Question 5

This is a portion of the parahippocampal gyrus that extends into the floor of the lateral ventricle

Answer 5

hippocampus

Question 6

Location of the dentate gyrus

Answer 6

Between hippocampus and parahippocampal gryus

Question 7

This is located close to the tail of the caudate nucleus and is composed of several groups of neurons

Answer 7

The amygdala

Question 8

This structure is located within the septal area formed by the regions under the corpus callosum and teh paraterminal gyrus

Answer 8

The septal nuclei

Question 9

These structures of the hypothalamus are two round masses close to the midline near the cerebral peduncles and are part of the limbic system

Answer 9

Mammilary bodies

Question 10

These two nuclei of the thalamus participate in limbic systems

Answer 10

Anterior and medial nucleus

Question 11

These are flattened bodies of the olfactory pathway that rest on the cribiform plate

Answer 11

The olfactory bulbs

Question 12

The fornix, stria terminalis, stria medullaris, medial forebrain bundle and mammillothalamic tract are linked by

Answer 12

Bundles of interconnecting myelinated axons

Question 13

Hippocampus cells that are different than others

Answer 13

Some that are capable of mitosis and may create new neurons for memory