Brain Parts

Question 1

Cerebral cortex

Answer 1

Outer shell of gray matter

Question 2

Deeper region of myelinated tracts that connect brain areas together

Also connect spinal cord

Answer 2

White matter tracts

Question 3

White matter tracts made of:

Answer 3

Myelinated axons that connect parts together

Question 4

White matter tracts send info to:

Answer 4

Frontal lobe

Question 5

Corpus callosum

Answer 5

Group of white tracts
Connect left and right cerebral hemispheres

C-shaped

Question 6

Cingulate gurus

Answer 6

Immediate ridge, superior to corpus callosum

Question 7

House part of emotional centers

Answer 7

Cingulate gyrus

Question 8

Diencephalon

Answer 8

Region of brain that looks like duck

Structures lateral of third ventricle

Question 9

Thalamus function

Answer 9

Routes all sensations other than smell to proper area of brain

Routes all motor stimulus to proper spinal region

Question 10

Thalamus position

Answer 10

Oval mass of gray matter superior to brain stem

Diencephalon

Question 11

Intermediate mass function

Answer 11

Stabilizing rod that connects left and right thalamus

Question 12

Intermediate mass location

Answer 12

Small dot in center of thalamus

Diencephalon

Question 13

Pineal gland function

Answer 13

Neuroendocrine that controls cyclical (sleep) behaviors

Stimulated by light and releases melatonin

Question 14

Pineal gland location

Answer 14

Very top of thalamus

Diencephalon

Question 15

Hypothalamus function

Answer 15

Regulates hunger, thirst, and body temperature

Question 16

Hypothalamus location

Answer 16

Inferior to thalamus

Diencephalon

With thalamus, helps make area called midbrain

Question 17

Pituitary gland function

Answer 17

Endocrine gland that releases hormone

Question 18

Pituitary gland location

Answer 18

Inferior to hypothalamus

Question 19

Small wire that suspends pituitary gland

Answer 19

Hypophyseal stalk

Question 20

Pons

Answer 20

Controls consciousness

Swelling anterior to cerebellum on brain stem

Question 21

Medulla oblongata

Answer 21

Inferior most part of brain stem

Question 22

Cerebellum

Answer 22

Controls motor skills and predicts body position/strength

Question 23

Cerebellum position

Answer 23

Posterior, inferior most part of brain.

Question 24

Left and right sides of cerebellum

Answer 24

Cerebellum hemisphere

Question 25

Narrow strip that connects cerebellum

Answer 25

Vermis

Question 26

Arrangement of white matter inside cerebellum. Looks like tree of life.

Answer 26

Arbor vitae

Question 27

Choroid plexus

Answer 27

Network flow of cerebrospinal fluid

Question 28

Two c-shaped/ largest cavity for CSF

Answer 28

Lateral ventricles

Question 29

Tiny hole, connecting lateral ventricle to third ventricle

Answer 29

Interventricular foremen

Question 30

Small space formed between the thalamus that holds CSF

Answer 30

Third ventricle

Question 31

Narrow passageway through which CSF flows through the brain stem What is it’s positioning?

Answer 31

Cerebral aqueduct of Sylvius Inferior to third cavity

Question 32

Triangular cavity anterior to cerebellum. CSF flows through

Answer 32

Fourth ventricle