Neuroanatomy

Question 1

The organization of the brain serves what purpose?

Answer 1

Create synapses in a structured way

Question 2

Dorsal

Answer 2

top

Question 3

Ventral

Answer 3

bottom

Question 4

Rostral

Answer 4

towards face

Question 5

caudal

Answer 5

back of head

Question 6

Coronal section

Answer 6

from top to bottom

Question 7

Transverse section

Answer 7

rostral to caudal

Question 8

sagittal section

Answer 8

divides body into left and right sections

Question 9

List the terms for relative position

Answer 9

anterior, posterior
superior, inferior

Question 10

What are the two main divisions of the nervous system and their components?

Answer 10

central nervous system - brain and spinal cord
peripheral nervous system - nerves that carry sensory and motor info to organs, skin, muscles

Question 11

What is the autonomic nervous system?

Answer 11

Part of the PNS, controls organs that serve life functions (breathing, heart rate, adrenal glands)

Question 12

Define afferent

Answer 12

Towards CNS

Question 13

Define efferent

Answer 13

away from CNs

Question 14

What is the corpus callosum?

Answer 14

medial structure that is the major fiber pathway that connects the left and right hemispheres

Question 15

What is the thalamus?

Answer 15

relay station that carries sensory info from the senses into the cortex

Question 16

What is the function of the amygdala?

Answer 16

controls fear processing

Question 17

What is the function of the hippocampus?

Answer 17

controls memory

Question 18

What is the function of the hypothalamus?

Answer 18

considered a master land that controls hormones throughout the body

Question 19

What are the pieces of the limbic system?

Answer 19

corpus callosum, thalamus and hypothalamus, amygdala, hippocampus, cingulate gyrus, and frontal lobe

Question 20

What is the primary function of the limbic system?

Answer 20

related to emotional processing

Question 21

__ and __ allow the brain to have high surface area in a small space

Answer 21

gyri; sulci

Question 22

Define sulci

Answer 22

valleys

Question 23

Define fissures

Answer 23

deep valleys (big sulci)

Question 24

Define gyri

Answer 24

ridges

Question 25

What allows humans to have higher order processing than other species?

Answer 25

Invaginations of the brain/ sulci and gyrus allow for more space

Question 26

Where is the longitudinal fissure?

Answer 26

separates the left and right hemisphere

Question 27

Where is the Sylvian fissure?

Answer 27

separates the parietal lobe from the temporal and frontal lobes

Question 28

Where is the central sulcus?

Answer 28

separates the precentral gyrus from the postcentral gyrus

Question 29

Describe the information of the precentral gyrus

Answer 29

motor processes

Question 30

Describe the information of the postcentral gyrus

Answer 30

somatosensory processess

Question 31

What is the function of the frontal lobe?

Answer 31

motor function

Question 32

What is the function of the prefrontal cortex?

Answer 32

abstract thinking, cognitive control, and goal directed behavior

Question 33

What is the function of the temporal lobe?

Answer 33

manages language (in the left hemisphere) helps manage memory

Question 34

What is the function of the occipital lobe?

Answer 34

visual processing

Question 35

What is the function of the parietal lobe?

Answer 35

sensory integration