brain structures

Question 1

central sulcus

Answer 1

separates primary motor and sensory cortexes

Question 2

lateral sulcus

Answer 2

insular cortex located deep inside

Question 3

Frontal lobe

Answer 3

motor premotor prefrontal motor speech executive area

Question 4

precentral sulcus

Answer 4

separates precentral gyrus from frontal gyri

Question 5

precentral gyrus

Answer 5

primary motor cortex

Question 6

superior frontal gyrus

Answer 6

prefrontal cortex and premotor cortex

Question 7

middle frontal gyrus

Answer 7

prefrontal cortex premotor cortex and visual eye movements (voluntary)

Question 8

inferior frontal gyrus

Answer 8

motor speech

Question 9

parietal lobe

Answer 9

somatosensory association cortex multimodal association cortex concerned with ‘What’

Question 10

postcentral sulcus

Answer 10

separates postcentral gyrus from superior and inferior parietal lobules

Question 11

postcentral gyrus

Answer 11

primary sensory cortex

Question 12

intraparietal sulcus

Answer 12

separates superior and inferior parietal lobules

Question 13

superior parietal lobule

Answer 13

sensory association cortex

Question 14

inferior parietal lobule

Answer 14

multimodal association cortex

Question 15

Temporal

Answer 15

primary and association auditory cortex

memory and concerned with ‘what’

Question 16

superior temporal gyrus

Answer 16

auditory association cortex

Question 17

middle and inferior temporal gyri

Answer 17

memory storage

Question 18

occipital lobe

Answer 18

primary and association visual cortex

Question 19

lateral occipital gyri

Answer 19

visual association cortex

Question 20

preoccipital notch

Answer 20

site of separation between occipital lobe and parietal lobe when cerebrum is viewed laterally

Question 21

parieto-occipital fissure

Answer 21

separates parietal lobe from occipital lobe, best seen from medial view

Question 22

Transverse temporal gyri

Answer 22

primary auditory cortex

Question 23

insular gyri

Answer 23

visceral (olfactory, taste, pain) association cortex

Question 24

subcallosal area

Answer 24

part of the limbic system

Question 25

paracentral lobule

Answer 25

motor and sensory for lower extremity

Question 26

percuneus

Answer 26

medial side of superior parietal lobule, somatosensory association cortex

Question 27

parahippocampal gyrus

Answer 27

part of limbic lobe, rostral portion serves as primary olfactory area. hippocampal formation located medially

Question 28

Uncus

Answer 28

contains the amygdaloid nucleus, involved with emotional memory

Question 29

cuneus

Answer 29

vision lower field

Question 30

calcarine fissure

Answer 30

separates cuneus and lingual gyrus

Question 31

lingual gyrus

Answer 31

vision upper field

Question 32

cingulate gyrus

Answer 32

limbic system

Question 33

Lamina terminalis

Answer 33

rostral end of developing CNS

Question 34

Septum pellucidum

Answer 34

separates the two lateral ventricles

Question 35

corpus callosum

Answer 35

connects two cerebral hemispheres

Question 36

anterior commissure

Answer 36

connects temporal lobes of two hemispheres

Question 37

fornix

Answer 37

part of limbic, connects hippocampal formation to the septal area

Question 38

interventricular foramen of monro

Answer 38

connects lateral and third ventricles

Question 39

Limbic lobe

Answer 39

forms ring of tissue on the medial surface of the cerebral hemisphere. connects the neocortex and the hippocampal formation

Question 40

parts of the diencephalon

Answer 40

thalamus, hypothalamus mammillary body, pineal body optic nerve chiasm posterior commissure third ventricle

Question 41

thalamus

Answer 41

sensory, motor and association nuclei

Question 42

hypothalamus

Answer 42

regulation of pituitary gland and ANS

Question 43

Mammillary body

Answer 43

part of limbic circuit. termination of fornix

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pineal body

Answer 44

melatonin

Question 45

posterior commissure

Answer 45

connects pretectal area (visual reflexes

Question 46

third ventricle

Answer 46

located between two thalami and hypothalami

Question 47

Orbital gyri

Answer 47

overlie orbit, orbital portion of prefrontal cortex

Question 48

parahippocampal gyrus

Answer 48

hippocampal formation located medially, memory consolidation

Question 49

Uncus

Answer 49

rostral end of parahippocampal gyrus, amygdaloid nucleus located within, emotional memory

Question 50

Median eminence

Answer 50

hypothalamic area leading to infundibular stalk

Question 51

infundibular stem

Answer 51

connection between pituitary gland and hypothalamus