Meninges/layers covering brain &v surface structures of brain

Question 1

Dura Matter:

Answer 1

Tough, opaque outer layer covering the brain & spinal cord

outermost/1st CT layer

Question 2

Arochnoid Matter:

Answer 2

2nd layer/middle layer of CT covering brain/spinal cord

Question 3

Pia Matter:

Answer 3

3rd layer/inner most CT covering brain/spinal cord

thin,clear layer

Question 4

Cerebrum:

Answer 4

front/anterior portion of brain
largest/most prominent strucutre of brain
uppermost region of CNS

Contains hippocampus, olfactory bulb, basal ganglia

2 cerebrum hemispheres L & R cerebrum hemispheres

Question 5

Longitudinal Fissure:

Answer 5

seperates L & R cerebrum hemispheres

Question 6

Frontal Lobe:

Answer 6

anterior end of cerebrum

Question 7

Parietal Lobe:

Answer 7

posterior to the frontal lobe

Question 8

Temporal Lobe:

Answer 8

along lateral aspect of EACH hemisphere

Question 9

Occipital lobe:

Answer 9

posterior tip of cerebrum

Question 10

Insula Lobe:

Answer 10

is a portion of the cerebral cortex folded deep within the lateral sulcus (the fissure separating the temporal lobe from the parietal and frontal lobes).

Question 11

Cerebellum:

Answer 11

posterior to the cerebrum
seperated from the cerebrum by the “transverse fissure”

divided into 2 cerebellar hemispheres