Exam 1

Question 1

2 structures that connect the right and left hemispheres of the brain

Answer 1

Corpus callosum, and the anterior commissure

Question 2

Which structure is involved in auditory reflexes?

Answer 2

inferior colliculi

Question 3

Name the plane/section that cuts dorsally and ventrally?

Answer 3

Transverse plane

Question 4

Name the structure involved with sleep

Answer 4

pons

Question 5

Which stain allows for viewing individual neurons

Answer 5

Golgi

Question 6

3 Structures in the mid brain

Answer 6

superior and inferior colliculi, substantia nigra, periaqueductal gray

Question 7

layer of the meninges that means “soft mother”

Answer 7

pia matter

Question 8

The valleys in the brain are called

Answer 8

sulcus

Question 9

structures immediately anterior to optic chiasm

Answer 9

optic nerve

Question 10

The structure that is a relay center for the brain

Answer 10

thalamus

Question 11

2 Bumps (actually four) in the mid brain

Answer 11

tectum (sup. and inf. colliculi)

Question 12

3 Structures involved with memory

Answer 12

hippocampus, amygdala, cingulate cortex

Question 13

Structure that controls compositions of CSF

Answer 13

Blood Brain Barrier

Question 14

What makes CSF?

Answer 14

Choroid Plexus

Question 15

What structures make up the hindbrain?

Answer 15

medulla, pons, and cerebellum

Question 16

The brainstem is comprised of the hindbrain and the…

Answer 16

mid-brain

Question 17

The superior colliculi processes info about…

Answer 17

vision

Question 18

The inferior colliculi processes info about…

Answer 18

sound

Question 19

Primary Cortices

Answer 19

the areas of the brain that perform initial processing of information

Question 20

What is the Limbic System

Answer 20

collection of forebrain structures that participate in emotional behavior and memory

Question 21

What is the function of the Hippocampus

Answer 21

turning short term memory into long term

Question 22

Structure that regulates memory based on emotion ( plays an important role in fear, aggression and rage)

Answer 22

Amygdala

Question 23

Structure that is immediately dorsal to the corpus callosum and involved with emotion and mood?

Answer 23

Cingulate Cortex

Question 24

Mammilary bodies

Answer 24

structure on the ventral side of the brain involved in memory

Question 25

A collection of several nuclei that controls and modulates movements

Answer 25

Basil Ganglia

Question 26

Surrounds the Cerebral aqueduct and involved in sensation of pain

Answer 26

Periaqueductal gray

Question 27

regulates movement, destroyed in PD

Answer 27

Substantia nigra

Question 28

Coordinates fine coordinated voluntary movements, regulates balance

Answer 28

Cerebellum

Question 29

Controls automatice functions

Answer 29

Medulla

Question 30

CNS tissue that consists of axons and carries info between parts of the CNS

Answer 30

white matter

Question 31

CNS tissue that consists of cell bodies, and dendrites

Answer 31

Gray matter

Question 32

Structure that connects the 3rd and 4th ventricles

Answer 32

cerebral aqueduct

Question 33

What is the forebrain responsible for

Answer 33

involved in higher-order, cognitive thinking

Question 34

What is the Midbrain responsible for?

Answer 34

processing motor, vision, and hearing info

Question 35

What is Hindbrain responsible for?

Answer 35

involuntary reflects, breathing, heartbeat

Question 36

What consistutes the brainstem?

Answer 36

the hindbrain and the midbrain

Question 37

Lobe that is responsible for Logic?

Answer 37

Frontal lobe

Question 38

Lobe that is responsible for senses and attention?

Answer 38

Parietal

Question 39

Lobe responsible for vision?

Answer 39

Occipital

Question 40

Lobe responsible for sound and memory?

Answer 40

Temproral

Question 41

Study of connections in the brain

Answer 41

Histology

Question 42

toward the head/nose

Answer 42

rostral or anterior

Question 43

toward the back of the head

Answer 43

posterior or caudal

Question 44

Top part of head

Answer 44

dorsal

Question 45

bottom part of body

Answer 45

ventral

Question 46

toward mid line

Answer 46

medial

Question 47

away from midline

Answer 47

lateral

Question 48

one side

Answer 48

unilateral

Question 49

two sides

Answer 49

bilateral

Question 50

the opposite side

Answer 50

contralateral

Question 51

ipsilateral

Answer 51

the same side

Question 52

plane that cuts the body into anterior and posterior parts

Answer 52

coronal plane

Question 53

plane that cuts body into superior and inferior parts

Answer 53

transverse or axial plane

Question 54

plane that cuts body into right and left parts

Answer 54

sagittal plane

Question 55

straight down the middle of something

Answer 55

mid-sagittal

Question 56

what is the CNS composed of?

Answer 56

brain and spinal cord

Question 57

what is the PNS composed of?

Answer 57

autonomic and somatic systems

Question 58

System within the autonomic system that is involved in fight or flight responses? "Scared"

Answer 58

Sympathetic system

Question 59

System within autonomic system that works to relax the body and conserve energy? "Peaceful"

Answer 59

Parasympathetic system

Question 60

1 of the two categories within PNS that controls voluntary muscle movement

Answer 60

Somatic System

Question 61

1 of the two categories within PNS that controls involuntary muscle movement

Answer 61

Autonomic

Question 62

Research technique the studies the structures of the brain

Answer 62

MRI

Question 63

Measures blood flow in the brain

Answer 63

fMRI

Question 64

measures electrical activity in the brain

Answer 64

EEG

Question 65

Measures brain radioactivity

Answer 65

PET (radioactive dog)

Question 66

Research technique that studies the structures of the brain with xray

Answer 66

CAT

Question 67

Study brain structures!!!!

Answer 67

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