Brain (3)

Question 1

What lobe of the brain is damaged if your patient has trouble feeling a hot plate?

Answer 1

Parietal lobe

Question 2

What area of the brain has the cell bodies of the upper motor neurons?

Answer 2

Frontal lobe

Question 3

What are the upper motor neuron signs?

Answer 3

Hypertonia

Hyperreflexia

Paresis/paralysis

Disuse atrophy

Babinski

Question 4

What is the function of the occipital lobe?

Answer 4

Vision

Question 5

What is the function of the frontal lobe?

Answer 5

Behavior

Executive function

Personality

Motor cortex

Question 6

What is the function of the temporal lobe?

Answer 6

Hearing

Question 7

What is the function of the parietal lobe?

Answer 7

Attention

Primary somatosensory cortex

Question 8

Where do axons from the radial nerve start or terminate at?

Answer 8

Homunculus

Question 9

What is the function of the cerebellum?

Answer 9

Coordination

Question 10

Where would the lesion occur if someone had a stroke and is having difficulty with vision?

Answer 10

Posterior cerebral artery

Question 11

Ataxia

Answer 11

Damage to cerebellum

Question 12

What does the Brainstem allow you to do?

Answer 12

Breath

Question 13

What does the Brainstem house?

Answer 13

Nuclei of cranial nerves

Question 14

What structures make up the Brainstem?

Answer 14

Pons

Midbrain

Medulla

Question 15

What are the two types of strokes?

Answer 15

Transient ischemic attack

Hemorrhage

Question 16

What part of the brain does the anterior cerebral artery supply?

Answer 16

Medial frontal and parietal lobes

Question 17

What part of the brain does the medial cerebral artery supply?

Answer 17

Lateral side of the brain

Question 18

What part of the brain does the posterior cerebral artery supply?

Answer 18

Lateral frontal and parietal lobes

Question 19

What are the layers of the brain from internal to external?

Answer 19

Pia mater

Arachnoid mater

Dura mater

Question 20

What are the functions of the frontal lobe?

Answer 20

Motor output and executive function

Question 21

What are the functions of the parietal lobe?

Answer 21

Sensory perception

Spatial awareness

Language (left)

Question 22

What is the function of the temporal lobe?

Answer 22

Auditory perception

Question 23

What is the function of the occipital lobe?

Answer 23

Vision perception

Question 24

Precentral gyrus

Answer 24

Primary motor cortex and is responsible for control of voluntary movement

Question 25

Where is the precentral gyrus found?

Answer 25

Lateral surface of frontal lobe

Question 26

Post central gyrus

Answer 26

Primary somatosensory cortex

Question 27

Where is the post central gyrus located?

Answer 27

Lateral side of parietal lobe

Question 28

What does the central sulcus serve as a boundary between?

Answer 28

Frontal and parietal lobes

Question 29

What does the lateral sulcus separate?

Answer 29

Temporal lobe from the frontal and parietal lobes

Question 30

Parieto-occipital sulcus

Answer 30

Separates parietal and occipital lobes

Question 31

Corpus callosum

Answer 31

Connects each side of the brain and allows them to communicate

Question 32

What is the function of the hypothalamus?

Answer 32

Homeostasis

Question 33

What cranial nerves is the midbrain associated with?

Answer 33

3 and 4

Question 34

What cranial nerve is the pons associated with?

Answer 34

5

Question 35

What cranial nerves is the medulla associated with?

Answer 35

9,10 and 12

Question 36

What cranial nerves are associated with the junction between the medulla and pons?

Answer 36

6 and 8

Question 37

What are the ventricles of the brain responsible for?

Answer 37

Production, transport, and removal of cerebrospinal fluid

Question 38

Where is the main site for cerebrospinal fluid absorption?

Answer 38

Arachnoid granulations

Question 39

What does the cerebrospinal fluid provide cushioning for?

Answer 39

Blows to the head

Question 40

What is the function of the cerebrospinal fluid?

Answer 40

Provides buoyancy that prevents brain from compressing cranial nerves and blood vessels

Question 41

What is the only way for the cerebrospinal fluid to enter the subarachnoid space?

Answer 41

Apertures