Nervous System Part 4 (A)

Question 1

Lateral geniculate nuclei bodies of the thalamus are responsible for relaying _______ information

Answer 1

Vision

Question 2

Medical geniculate nuclei bodies of the thalamus are responsible for relaying _______ information

Answer 2

Auditory

Question 3

This group of fibers interconnects the right and left cerebral hemispheres

Answer 3

Corpus Callosum

Question 4

Fibers lying just above the corpus callosum

Answer 4

Gyrus Cinguli

Question 5

Fibers lying just below the corpus callosum

Answer 5

Fornix

Question 6

Interconnects the hippocampus w/ the mammilary bodies

Answer 6

Fornix

Question 7

Most CSF is made from the ________ _______ within the ventricles

Answer 7

Choroid plexi

Question 8

The 3rd ventricle connects to the 4th ventricle via the ______ ________ that passes through the midbrain

Answer 8

cerebral aquaduct

Question 9

AKA medial prefrontal cortex

Answer 9

Septal area

Question 10

Runs between the corpus collosum and the fornix

Answer 10

septum pellucidum

Question 11

Group of subcortical motor nuclei that are interconnected w/ the cerebral cortex, thalamus and brainstem

Answer 11

Basal ganglia

Question 12

Responsible for autonomic action motor selection and initiation

Answer 12

Basal ganglia

Question 13

Parkinson’s disease is characterized by diminished ________ _______ cells

Answer 13

substantia nigra cells

Question 14

The motor cortex projects to both the _______ and _______ ______

Answer 14

cerebellum

Basal ganglia

Question 15

The cerebellum net output is _________

Answer 15

excitatory

Question 16

The basal ganglia net output is _________

Answer 16

inhibitory

Question 17

A problem in the basal ganglia will result in _________

Answer 17

dyskinesia (excessive movement)

Question 18

A problem in the cerebellum will result in _______

Answer 18

Dysynergia (extraneous movement)

Question 19

Excessive movment

Answer 19

Dyskinesia

Question 20

Extraneous movement

Answer 20

dysynergia