Da Brian

Question 1

In development of the brain, what are the 3 parts

Answer 1

Forebrain, Midbrain, Hindbrain

Question 2

Chordate Characteristics

Answer 2

Post anal tail, Pharygeal gillslits/pouches, Notocord, and dorsal tubular nerve cords

Question 3

What do the 3 brain parts house

Answer 3

Forebrain: Cerebrum, Diencephalon
Midbrain
Hindbrain: Cerebellum, Pons, Mendulla Oblongata

Question 4

Cerebrum

Answer 4

What makes you, you. Conscious

Question 5

Longitudinal fissure

Answer 5

Deep grove down the middle

Question 6

Right/Left cerebral hemispheres

Answer 6

Left: Language, future/past, thinks in words
Right: Spatial perception, right now, thinks in terms of pictures.

Question 7

Gyri

Answer 7

Lumps

Question 8

Sulci

Answer 8

Indentations

Question 9

What are the 4 lobes

Answer 9

Frontal, Parietal, Occipital, Temporal

Question 10

Frontal

Answer 10

Throught processing, memory, motor control of speech,
Includes precentral gyrus, which is the primary motor complex.
Located at from of brain

Question 11

Parietal

Answer 11

Sensory integration
Postcentral gyrus-Primary sensory association area
one back from the frontal

Question 12

Occipital Lobe

Answer 12

Visual Processing
At the very back of brain

Question 13

Temporal Lobe

Answer 13

Auditory Processing
Lower half of the brain near ears

Question 14

Corpus Callosum

Answer 14

White matter - communication
Relay between the 2 hemispheres

Question 15

Cerebral Cortex

Answer 15

Superficial grey matter within Cerebrum

Question 16

Basal nuclei/ganglia

Answer 16

Deep grey matter within Cerebrum

Question 17

White matter has fibers

Answer 17

Association fibers-within 1 hemisphere
Commissural fibers-between 2 hemispheres
Projection fibers-between cerebrum and other brain parts

Question 18

Thalamus

Answer 18

Relay between brain stem and cerebrum
Sorts sensory information

Question 19

Hypothalamus

Answer 19

Autonomic Functions-regulate food/water intake, body temp, heart rate
Modulates pituitary function
-endocrine

Question 20

Midbrain

Answer 20

Relay between brain stem and thalamus
Coordinates smooth skeletal muscle activity

Question 21

Supeiror/Inferior colliculus

Answer 21

Visual/Auditory reflexes, part of midbrain

Question 22

Metencephalon

Answer 22

Pons and cerebellum

Question 23

Pons

Answer 23

Relay between brain stem and cerebellum, and between midbrain and medulla oblongata

Question 24

Cerebellum

Answer 24

Coordination, Balance, Equilibrium

Question 25

Mendulla Oblongata

Answer 25

Relay between spinal cord, Crossing over of axons, and visceral autonomic center(cardiac, basal motor, and respiratory.

Question 26

12 cranial nerves

Answer 26

Olfactory, Optic, Oculomotor, Trochlear, Trigeminal, Abducens, Facial, Acoustic, Glossopharyngeal, Vagus, Spinal Accessory, Hypoglossal.

Question 27

Sensory

Answer 27

Olfactory, Optic, Acoustic

Question 28

Motor

Answer 28

Oculomotor Trochlear Abducens Spinal Accessory Hypoglossal

Question 29

Mixed

Answer 29

Trigeminal facial Glossopharyngeal