Anatomy- Neuroanatomy

Question 1

What connects the 3rd and 4th ventricle?

Answer 1

the cerebral aqueduct

Question 2

What divides the cerebral peduncle into an anterior and posterior part?

Answer 2

substantia nigra

Question 3

Where would you find the graciles tubercle?

Answer 3

brain

Question 4

How many cervical nerves are there?

Answer 4

8

Question 5

At what level does the spinal cord end?

Answer 5

L2

Question 6

what are the spinal nerves that are sent inferiorly from the bottom of the spinal cord?

Answer 6

cauda equine

Question 7

What does the brain stem consist of?

Answer 7

medulla, pons, cerebellum, midbrain

Question 8

What divides the frontal and parietal lobes?

Answer 8

central sulcus

Question 9

What separates the frontal and temporal lobes?

Answer 9

lateral sulcus

Question 10

What separates the cingulated gyrus from the superior frontal gyrus?

Answer 10

The cingulate gyrus

Question 11

What separates the cingulate gyrus from the corpus callosum?

Answer 11

callosal gyrus

Question 12

What composes the diencephalons?

Answer 12

Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Epithalamus

Question 13

What part of the spinal cord contains the nerve bodies?

Answer 13

gray matter

Question 14

What part of the spinal cord contains the somatic cell bodies and have motor functions?

Answer 14

ventral/anterior horn

Question 15

What part of the spinal cord contains visceral cell bodies?

Answer 15

Lateral horn

Question 16

What part of the spinal cord contains the interconnecting fiber tract system of the nerves?

Answer 16

White matter

Question 17

what part of the spinal cord contain the cell bodies of the neuron and have sensory functions?

Answer 17

dorsal horn

Question 18

What are the 4 lobes of the brain?

Answer 18

Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, Occipital

Question 19

What is the general function of the frontal lobe?

Answer 19

Motor function

Question 20

What is the general function of the parietal lobe?

Answer 20

somatosensory

Question 21

What is the general function of the occipital lobe?

Answer 21

visual

Question 22

What is the general function of the temporal lobe?

Answer 22

auditory

Question 23

From superior to inferior, what is the flow of CSF through the ventricles?

Answer 23

Lateral–> Third–> Fourth

Question 24

From outside to inside, what are the layers of the meninges?

Answer 24

Dura mater–> arachnoid mater–> Pia mater

Question 25

What kinds of nerves are found in the dorsal rami?

Answer 25

afferent sensory nerves

Question 26

What kinds of nerves are found in the ventral rami?

Answer 26

eferrent motor

Question 27

What are the spinal levels of the parasympathetic nervous system?

Answer 27

Brainstem, C1, S2, 3, 4

Question 28

What are the spinal levels of the sympathetic nervous system?

Answer 28

T1-L3

Question 29

What makes up grey substance?

Answer 29

neuronal cell bodies and synapses

Question 30

What makes up white substance?

Answer 30

ascending and descending fiber pathways

Question 31

Where is the primary sensory cortex located?

Answer 31

postcentral gyrus of the cerebral cortex

Question 32

In what tract do pain and temperature sensation travel?

Answer 32

lateral spinothalamic tract

Question 33

In what tract does light touch sensation travel?

Answer 33

anterior spinothalamic tract

Question 34

In what tract do proprioception, stereognosis, barognosis and 2-point discrimination travel?

Answer 34

gracilis and cuneatus fasiculi

Question 35

Where do the anterior and lateral spinothalamic tracts decussate?

Answer 35

at the level of the spinal cord at which they entered

Question 36

Where do gracilis and cuneate fasiculi decussate?

Answer 36

in the medulla

Question 37

Which tract is concerned with subconscious perception i.e. muscle position?

Answer 37

spinocerebellar tract

Question 38

Where does the reticular formation take place?

Answer 38

medulla

Question 39

Where are the reflex centers located? (cardiac/respiratory/vasomotor...)

Answer 39

medulla

Question 40

What cranial nerves have their nuclei of origin in the pons?

Answer 40

CN 5, 6, 7, 8

Question 41

What cranial nerves have their nuclei or origin in the medulla?

Answer 41

CN 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Question 42

Where are the superior cerebellar peduncles located?

Answer 42

Pons

Question 43

Where is the substantia nigra located?

Answer 43

Messencephalon

Question 44

What part of the brain regulates the emotional state?

Answer 44

limbic system

Question 45

In what part of the brain do we consolidate short term memory into long term memory?

Answer 45

hippocampus

Question 46

In what part of the brain do we find conditioned fear?

Answer 46

Amygdala

Question 47

Stimulation of this part of the brain causes euphoria

Answer 47

Septum

Question 48

Where is dopamine released from?

Answer 48

substantia nigra

Question 49

What is released from the raphe nucleus?

Answer 49

Serotonin

Question 50

Where is norepi released from in the brain?

Answer 50

locus ceruleus

Question 51

Which cranial nerves have parasympathetic action?

Answer 51

CN 3, 7, 9, 10