MODULE 1

Question 1

where is the wernickes area

Answer 1

POSTERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS

Question 2

what is wernickes for

Answer 2

listening and understanding

Question 3

where is the brocas area

Answer 3

left inferior frontal gyrus

Question 4

what is the brocas area for

Answer 4

speaking and making words - near premotor cortex

Question 5

what is the conus medullaris

Answer 5

cone shaped end of spinal cord (L1 and L2)

Question 6

what is the cauda equina

Answer 6

connections of nerve roots that end under the vertebrae and create a tail

Question 7

what is the filum terminale

Answer 7

anchors spinal cord within the spinal column

Question 8

what is the order of layers (in to out) of the spinal cord

Answer 8

pia -> arachnoid -> dural sheath -> epidural space (filled with fat)

Question 9

what is cuneate in the spine

Answer 9

L6 and up - arms

Question 10

what is gracile in the spine

Answer 10

L6 and down (legs)

Question 11

where does a meningitis test come from

Answer 11

the CSF around L2

Question 12

where does a pregnancy aneasthesia come from

Answer 12

L3-L4 of the epidural space

Question 13

how many of each vertibrae is there

Answer 13

8, 12, 5, 5, 1

Question 14

what are the lines in the cerebellum and what do they turn into

Answer 14

arbor vitae, turn into folia

Question 15

the anterior limb of the internal capsule is between…

Answer 15

between the lentiform abd the caudeate nuclei

Question 16

which wall of the third ventricle does the hypothalamus form

Answer 16

the inferolateral wall

Question 17

what does the diencephalon contain

Answer 17

hypothalamus, thalamus and epithalamus

Question 18

what is the lentiform nucleus made of

Answer 18

putamen and globus palludus

Question 19

whencoming forward in a coronal slice of the brain which structure becomes more prominant

Answer 19

caudeate nucleus

Question 20

what is the striatum made of

Answer 20

the putamen and caudeate nucleus

Question 21

what does the basal ganglia contain

Answer 21

corpus striatum, subthalamuc nuclei and substantia nigra

Question 22

what is in the corpus striatum

Answer 22

lentiform and caudeate nuclei

Question 23

where does the basal ganglia recieve connections from

Answer 23

SN and motor cortex (through thalamus)

Question 24

what is the role of the thalamus

Answer 24

relaying sensory, motor information, cortical arousal, learning and memory

Question 25

what does damage to the hippocampus cause

Answer 25

neuroendocrine disturbances, autonomic dysfunction, bad temperature regulation and changes to levels of consciousness

Question 26

what is the flow of CSF

Answer 26

produced in the choroid plexus in each ventricle, goes through CA to the third and into the fourth. after this, there is a medial and lateral aperture for CSF to get into arachnoid space and then into the sinusus via arachnoid granulations

Question 27

what are the three cisterns and what are they for

Answer 27

interpeduncular, pontine and cerebromedullary. reservoirs of CSF

Question 28

what are emissary veins

Answer 28

facial skin around the nose and upper lip goes through ophthalamic veins into the cavernous sinus

Question 29

where does anterior cerebral artery go in the motor cortex

Answer 29

contralateral hemiplegia and damage will be in lower limb

Question 30

where does the middle cerebral artery go in the motor cortex

Answer 30

upper limb, causes contralateral hemiplegia

Question 31

what is the function of the temporal lobe

Answer 31

contains areas for sensory reception and integration of sensory information

Question 32

what is the parietal lobe responsible for

Answer 32

sensory reception and integration of the information

Question 33

frontal lobe functions

Answer 33

voluntary motor functions, language, planning, mood, personality, social judgement and smell

Question 34

what does the thalamus do

Answer 34

integrate the cerebral cortex into the rest of the features of the brain

Question 35

what does the hypothalamus do

Answer 35

homeostatic roles of all different parts of the body

Question 36

what does the epithalamus do and contain

Answer 36

attached to roof of third ventricle, contains calcium salts in adults. makes MELATONIN