Brain

Question 1

Dura mater

Answer 1

Tough outer layer of the meninges

Question 2

Arachnoid mater

Answer 2

Delicate weblike middle layer of the meninges

Question 3

Pia mater

Answer 3

Inner layer of meninges that encloses brain and spinal chord

Question 4

Cerebrospinal fluid

Answer 4

Fluid in ventricles of brain, the subarachnoid space of the meninges, and central canal of spinal cord

Question 5

Choroid plexus

Answer 5

Mass of specialized capillaries that secretes cerebrospinal fluid into ventricle of the brain

Question 6

Ventricles

Answer 6

Cavities such as brain ventricles filled with cerebrospinal fluid or heart ventricles that contain blood

Question 7

Cerebrum

Answer 7

Part of brain in upper part of cranial cavity that provides higher mental functions

Question 8

Cerebral hemisphere

Answer 8

One of the large paired structures that constitute the cerebrum

Question 9

Cerebellum

Answer 9

Part of brain that coordinates skeletal muscle movement

Question 10

Brain stem

Answer 10

Portion of brain that includes midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata

Question 11

Corpus callosum

Answer 11

Mass of white matter in brain composes of nerve fibers connecting right and left cerebral hemispheres

Question 12

Gyrus

Answer 12

Elevation on brains surface caused by infolding

Question 13

Sulcus

Answer 13

Shallow groove such as between convolutions on surface of brain

Question 14

Cerebral cortex

Answer 14

outer layer of cerebrum

Question 15

Broca’s area

Answer 15

Region of frontal love that coordinates complex muscular actions of mouth, tongue, larynx, making speech possible

Question 16

Hippocampus

Answer 16

Part of cerebral cortex where memories form

Question 17

Basal nuclei

Answer 17

Mass of gray matter deep within cerebral hemisphere of brain

Question 18

Diencephalon

Answer 18

Part of brain in religion of third ventricle that includes thalamus and hypothalamus

Question 19

Thalamus

Answer 19

Mass of gray matter at base of cerebrum in wall of third ventricle

Question 20

Hypothalamus

Answer 20

Part of brain located below the thalamus and forming floor of third ventricle

Question 21

Limbic system

Answer 21

Connected structures in brain that produce emotional feelings

Question 22

Reticular formation

Answer 22

Complex network of nerve fibers in brainstem that arouses the cerebrum

Question 23

Midbrain

Answer 23

Small religion of brainstem between diencephalon and the pons

Question 24

Pons

Answer 24

Part of brainstem above medulla oblongata and below midbrain

Question 25

Medulla oblongata

Answer 25

Part of brainstem between pons and spinal cord

Question 26

Reflex

Answer 26

Rapid automatic response to stimulus

Question 27

Reflex arc

Answer 27

Nerve pathway consisting of sensory neuron, interneuron, and motor neuron that forms structural and functional bases for a reflex

Question 28

Longitudinal fissure

Answer 28

Separates right and left cerebral hemispheres

Question 29

Wernickes area

Answer 29

Sensory speech area in parietal lobe near temporal lobe Receives and relays input from both visual cortex and auditory cortex and is important for understanding written and spoken language

Question 30

Frontal lobe

Answer 30

Anterior portion of cerebral hemisphere

Question 31

Central sulcus

Answer 31

Passes out from longitudinal fissure at right angle

Question 32

Lateral sulcus

Answer 32

exits undersurface of brain along its sides

Question 33

Parietal lobe

Answer 33

Posterior to frontal lobe and is separated from it by central sulcus

Question 34

Temporal lobe

Answer 34

Lies inferior to frontal lobe and parietal lobes and is separated from them by lateral sulcus

Question 35

Occipital lobe

Answer 35

Forms posterior portion of each cerebral hemisphere and is separated from cerebellum by shelflike extensions of dura mater called tentorium cerebelli

Question 36

amygdala

Answer 36

Area of temporal lobe | Assigns value to memory

Question 37

Meninges

Answer 37

Membrane that covers the brain and spinal chord