Neural anatomy

Question 1

rostral

Answer 1

towards the forehead

Question 2

caudal

Answer 2

towards the back of the head

Question 3

dorsal

Answer 3

towards top of head

Question 4

ventral

Answer 4

towards feet

Question 5

horizontal plane

Answer 5

along the eye line

Question 6

coronal plane

Answer 6

between front and back of head

Question 7

sagital plane

Answer 7

down the nose

Question 8

gyri

Answer 8

ridges

Question 9

sulci

Answer 9

grooves

Question 10

brainstem components

Answer 10

pons, medulla, mesencephalon (mid brain)

Question 11

central suclus

Answer 11

divides frontal and parietal lobes

Question 12

key sulci

Answer 12

central sulcus
lateral sulcus
parieto-occipital sulcus
calcerine sulcus

Question 13

lateral sulcus

Answer 13

separated frontal and parietal lobes from temporal lobe

Question 14

parieto-occipital sulcus

Answer 14

found between the parietal and occipital lobes

Question 15

calcerine sulcus

Answer 15

found within the occipital lobe

Question 16

cerebellum
- function
- lobes

Answer 16

motor control
formed of 3 lobes:
- anterior
- posterior
- flocculonodular

Question 17

cerebellar lobes

Answer 17

anterior
posterior
flocculonodular

Question 18

midbrain function

Answer 18

vision, hearing and motor control

Question 19

pons function

Answer 19

respiratory control

Question 20

medulla function

Answer 20

cardiac, respiratory, vasomotor control and vomiting

Question 21

meninges

Answer 21

dura matter
arachnoid layer
- subarachnoid space
pia matter

Question 22

number of spinal nerves

Answer 22

31
C, T, L , S, C0

Question 23

cervical segments

Answer 23

8 (C1-C8)

Question 24

thoracic segments

Answer 24

12 (T1-T12)

Question 25

lumbar segments

Answer 25

5 (L1-L5)

Question 26

sacral segments

Answer 26

5 (S1-S5)

Question 27

coccygeal segments

Answer 27

1 (C0)

Question 28

frontal lobe location

Answer 28

most rostral cerebral cortex lateral of central sulcus

Question 29

frontal lobe areas

Answer 29

prefrontal cortex motor cortex broca's area

Question 30

prefrontal cortex

Answer 30

higher cognitive functions

Question 31

motor cortex

Answer 31

formed of premotor and primary motor cortex planning/control/execution of voluntary movement

Question 32

broca's area

Answer 32

mostly found in left side of brain speech production broca's aphasia results in difficulty with speech due to lesions

Question 33

parietal lobe location

Answer 33

between frontal and occipital lobes (medial)

Question 34

parietal lobe areas

Answer 34

primary sensory cortex somatic sensory association area - sensory processing posterior parietal cortex - sensory integration

Question 35

occipital lobe areas

Answer 35

primary visual cortex

Question 36

occipital lobe location

Answer 36

caudal cerebral cortex

Question 37

primary visual cortex function

Answer 37

to process visual information from the thalamus

Question 38

temporal lobe areas

Answer 38

auditory cortex wernicke's area

Question 39

wernicke's area

Answer 39

posterior to auditory cortex responsible for language comprehension wernicke's aphasia is a disturbance in generation of comprehendible speech

Question 40

number of cranial nerves

Answer 40

12

Question 41

pure sensory cranial nerves

Answer 41

I, II, VIII

Question 42

pure motor cranial nerves

Answer 42

III, IV, VI, XI, XII

Question 43

mixed sensory-motor nerves

Answer 43

V, VII, IX, X

Question 44

location of afferent fibres in spinal column

Answer 44

dorsal root - cell bodies in dorsal root ganglion

Question 45

location of efferent fibres in spinal column

Answer 45

ventral root

Question 46

components of basal ganglia

Answer 46

corpus striatum substantia nigra subthalamic nucleus