Brain

Question 1

what are the 3 main parts of brainstem

Answer 1

pons
medulla
midbrain

Question 2

what are major roles of the midbrain

Answer 2

motor tracts
reflexes
dopamine
voluntary movement of limbs

Question 3

major roles of pons

Answer 3

relay center
breathing

Question 4

major roles of medulla

Answer 4

crossing od motor tracts
heart rate and strength
breathing
vomiting
swallowing
hiccupping
sneezing
gestation
hearing & balance

Question 5

what is the functional network of neurons that runs through the entire brainstem

Answer 5

reticular formation

• sleep and arousal (consciousness) are its main function

Question 6

what structures develop from the telencephalon

Answer 6

cerebral hemisphere
basal nuclei
lateral ventricles

Question 7

what structures develop from diencephalon

Answer 7

thalamus
hypothalamus
epithalamus

Question 8

key differences between cranial and spinal meninges

Answer 8

cranial dura has 2 layers

Question 9

what large artery supplies the posterior brain

Answer 9

vertebral artery

Question 10

the circle of willis ensures ____ can reach the brain, even if one route is blocked

Answer 10

blood

Question 11

where is cerebrospinal fluid produced

Answer 11

choroid plexus of ventricles and gradually absorbed through arachnoid villi

Question 12

where does cerebrospinal fluid flow

Answer 12

subarachnoid space

Question 13

_______ travels through all parts of the brainstem and has an important function in sleep and arousal

Answer 13

reticular formation

Question 14

where are visual, auditory and startle reflexes processed

Answer 14

superior and inferior colliculi of the midbrain

Question 15

what is the ascending portion of the reticular formation called

Answer 15

reticular activating system

Question 16

what region of the cerebellum governs equilibrium and balance

Answer 16

flocculonodular lobe

Question 17

the white matter that connects the cerebrum hemisphere is called ______

Answer 17

corpus collasum

Question 18

functions of hypothalamus

Answer 18

controls ANS
regulates hunger, thirst, feelings of satiety
coordinates between the nervous&endocrine system

Question 19

what secretes melatonin

Answer 19

pineal gland

Question 20

what structure carries CSF from the 3rd and 4th ventricle and is located in the midbrain

Answer 20

cerebral aqueduct

Question 21

role of central sulcus

Answer 21

separates primary motor area from primary sensory area

Question 22

what part of the brain is called the 5th lobe and aids in motor control, homeostasis and interoception

Answer 22

insula

Question 23

what do commissural tracts do

Answer 23

conduct nerve impulses from one hemisphere to the other corpus callosum

corpus callosum is an example

Question 24

what part of the brain helps regulate initiation and termination of movements

Answer 24

basal nuclei

Question 25

what characteristics is the left hemisphere associated with

Answer 25

analytic reasoning math science

Question 26

which brain wave indicates deep, dreamless sleep

Answer 26

delta

Question 27

the type of rehearsal to move information from short term to long term memory is called

Answer 27

elaborative

Question 28

is hearing a function of temporal lobe

Answer 28

yes

Question 29

function of frontal lobe

Answer 29

main motor control of the body

Question 30

is vision associated w occipital lobe

Answer 30

yes

Question 31

what protects the brain from harmful bacteria and chemicals

Answer 31

blood brain barrier

Question 32

what separates the primary motor area from sensory area

Answer 32

central sulcus

Question 33

main sensory output to body is what lobe

Answer 33

parietal lobe

Question 34

main lobe responsible for motor control

Answer 34

frontal

Question 35

sensory relay to other parts of the brain lobe

Answer 35

thalamus

Question 36

emotional system is _____

Answer 36

limbic system

Question 37

neurological term that describes changes in neurons when they are stimulated

Answer 37

neural plasticity

Question 38

largest motor tracts of the body that form two bulges in medulla oblongata and decussate here

Answer 38

pyramids

Question 39

deep valley that separates the L and R hemispheres is called a ____

Answer 39

longitudinal fissure

Question 40

meningeal layer most external in the cranium

Answer 40

dura layer middle = arachnoid inner = pia mater

Question 41

region of the cerebral cortex posterior to the central sulcus in the postcentral gyrus of the parietal lobe of the cerebrum that localizes the points of the body where somatic sensations originate

Answer 41

primary somatosensory cortex

Question 42

the great commissure of the brain between the cerebral hemispheres

Answer 42

corpus callosum

Question 43

region of the cerebral cortex in the precentral gyrus of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum that controls specific movements of groups of mms

Answer 43

primary motor cortex