brain and spinal cord

Question 1

cervical area

Answer 1

top of the spinal cord

Question 2

thoracic area

Answer 2

after the cervical area on the spinal cord

Question 3

lumbar

Answer 3

below thoracic on the spinal cord

Question 4

sacral

Answer 4

below lumbar on spinal cord

Question 5

cauda equine

Answer 5

“horse tail” on the spinal cord
end of the spinal cord (yellow part)

Question 6

filum terminale

Answer 6

yellow buttons at the end of the spinal cord branching out from the end of the cauda equine

Question 7

dorsal root

Answer 7

side of the spinal cord that the ganglion root is on

Question 8

ventral root

Answer 8

side without the ganglion root

Question 9

foniculus

Answer 9

white matter (outside spinal cord)

Question 10

horns

Answer 10

grey matter (inside spinal cord)

Question 11

pia mater

Answer 11

1st layer (clear one) of connective tissue

Question 12

arachnoid mater

Answer 12

middle layer of connective tissue

Question 13

dura mater

Answer 13

3rd layer of connective tissue

Question 14

longitudinal fissure

Answer 14

line that separates the brain from left and right (midline)

Question 15

precentral gyrus

Answer 15

red going forward on the brain (going towards frontal)

Question 16

postcentral gyrus

Answer 16

blue going back (towards the back/occipital part of the brain)

Question 17

insula

Answer 17

5th lobe which is the little bulb/projection inside the brain

Question 18

corpus callosum

Answer 18

white bar in the brain (when split in half)
-part of diacephalon

Question 19

fornix

Answer 19

smaller bar below the corpus callosum (when brain is split in half)
-part of diacephalon

Question 20

choroid plexus

Answer 20

red bar under the fornix (when brain is split in half)
-part of diacephalon

Question 21

thalamus

Answer 21

egg shaped and hollow looking circle right below the choroid plexus (when the brain is split in half)
-part of diacephalon

Question 22

interthalamic adhesion

Answer 22

“brown space” inside the thalamus (when brain is split in half)
-part of diacephalon

Question 23

hypothalamus

Answer 23

area/space below the thalamus (kinda triangle shaped)
-part of diacephalon

Question 24

pituitary gland

Answer 24

brown bulb/gland that hangs off from the hypothalamus (when brain is split in half)
-part of diacephalon

Question 25

pons

Answer 25

part of the brain stem that is round and sticks out towards the pituitary gland

Question 26

medulla oblongata

Answer 26

part of the brain stem under the pons

Question 27

midbrain

Answer 27

part of the brain stem that is above the pons -think of it being in the MIDDLE of the brain

Question 28

arbor vitae

Answer 28

white matter/branch looking things in the cerebellum (when cut in half)

Question 29

fourth ventricle

Answer 29

to the right of the arbor vitae -triangle/arrow shaped

Question 30

cerebral aqueduct

Answer 30

above the fourth ventricle -looks like a tube

Question 31

pineal gland

Answer 31

behind choroid plexus

Question 32

conus medullaris

Answer 32

below last blue part (yellow part starts in the middle of spinal cord)

Question 33

spinal nerve

Answer 33

end of the "y" (dorsal and ventral roots)

Question 34

cental sulcus

Answer 34

between the post and precentral gyruses (seperates front and back brain)