Apex neuro and regional

Question 1

Lobe that contains motor cortex

Answer 1

frontal

Question 2

lobe that contains somatic sensory cortex

Answer 2

Parietal

Question 3

Contains the vision cortex

Answer 3

Occipital

Question 4

Contains auditory cortex and speech centers

Answer 4

Temporal

Question 5

Area of the brain responsible for understanding speech

Answer 5

Wernicke’s area

Parietal lobe

Question 6

Area of the brain responsible for cognition and movement

Answer 6

Cerebral cortex

Question 6

Area of the brain responsible for memory and learning

Answer 6

Memory and learning

Question 7

Area of the brain responsible for the motor control of speech

Answer 7

Broca’s area

in frontal lobe w/ comm to parietal

Question 8

Responsible for emotion, appetite, pain, stressors

Answer 8

amygdala

Question 9

Area responsible for fine control of movement

Answer 9

Basal ganglia (caudate nucleus, and globus pallidus)

Question 10

What structure of the brain acts as a relay station that directs information to various cortical structures

Answer 10

Thalamus

Question 11

Primary neurohormonal region of the brain

Answer 11

hypothalamus

Question 12

Coordinates voluntary muscle movement

Answer 12

neocerebellum

Question 13

Regulates muscle tone

Answer 13

Paleocerebellum

Question 14

Maintains equilibrium

Answer 14

Archicerebellum

Question 15

Contains Auditory and visual tracts

Answer 15

midbrain

Question 16

Brainstem structure responsible for autonomic regulation

Answer 16

Pons

Question 17

Autonomic integration center of the lower brainstem

Answer 17

Medulla

Question 17

Brainstem structure that controls consciousness, arousal, and sleep

Answer 17

Reticular activating system

Question 18

Which cranial nerve is most likely to be compressed by a pituitary tumor?

Answer 18

Optic

Question 19

All of the cranial nerves except CN 2 are part of the peripheral nervous system.

Answer 19

Opic n. is part of CNS/ surrounded by dura

Question 20

This specific type of trigeminal neuralgia generates excruciating neuropathic facial pain

Answer 20

Tic douloureux

Question 21

What 3 cranial nerves control eye movement

Answer 21

3,4,6

Question 22

What is the pneumonic for the 5 branches of the facial nerve and what nerves does it represent

Answer 22

Two zebras bit my carrot
* Temporal
* Zygomatic
* Buccal
* Mandibular
* Cervical

Question 23

Bell's pallsy involves damage to what CN?

Answer 23

CN. 7 Facial

Question 24

What nerves are responsible for parasympathetic output

Answer 24

3,7,9,10

Question 25

What CN is primarily responsible for parasympathetic activity

Answer 25

Vagus CN X 75%