Quiz 5

Question 1

Which of the following is a structure of the limbic system?

Answer 1

The Amygdala

Question 2

In order to visualize the basal ganglia from a lateral view of the brain, what needs to be removed?

Answer 2

Temporal Cortex

Question 3

What is the term for the tissue folds or grooves in the cortex?

Answer 3

Sulci

Question 4

Somatosensory fibers cross from the left to the right hemisphere of the parietal lobe over which part of the corpus callosum?

Answer 4

Trunk

Question 5

Blood to the posterior side of the pons is supplied by what artery?

Answer 5

Basilar

Question 6

A neuron directly adjacent to a capillary takes in a large amount of oxygen and glucose that it wants to distribute to its neighboring cells. How does it deliver those substances across the gap junctions between the cells?

Answer 6

Through connexons

Question 7

What is the purpose of the blood-brain barrier?

Answer 7

To protect the brain from toxic substances or organisms that might be in the blood

Question 8

What small pieces of fatty material stuck to the inside of a blood vessel break off and travel down to occlude smaller blood vessels, this call what?

Answer 8

Embolism

Question 9

Which ventricle supplies CSF to the brainstem?

Answer 9

Fourth