Skull and Brain structures

Question 1

skull makes up ____ bones

Answer 1

22

Question 2

Cranium is comprised of ___ bones making up the sides and back of skull

Answer 2

8

Question 3

What bones make up the cranium

Answer 3

Partiel, Temporal, Occupital, Sephnoid

Question 4

Face (front portion od the skull) is comprised of ___ bones

Answer 4

14

Question 5

What bones make up the face

Answer 5

Frontal, nasal, lacrimental, orbital, vomer, maxilla, mandible, zygomatic TMJ tempormandibluar joint

Question 6

The skull is held together by

Answer 6

Sutures

Question 7

Frontal lobe do

Answer 7

The lobe at the front of the brain associated with movement, speech, and impulsive behavior.

Question 8

parietal lobe

Answer 8

portion of the cerebral cortex lying at the top of the head and toward the rear; receives sensory input for touch and body position

Question 9

occipital lobe

Answer 9

A region of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information

Question 10

limbic lobe

Answer 10

emotion and memory; located in center of brain under celebral cortex

Question 11

Thalamus

Answer 11

the brain’s sensory switchboard, located on top of the brainstem; it directs messages to the sensory receiving areas in the cortex and transmits replies to the cerebellum and medulla

Question 12

pineal gland

Answer 12

produces melatonin, which helps maintain circadian rhythm and regulate reproductive hormones

Question 13

Cerebellum

Answer 13

A large structure of the hindbrain that controls fine motor skills.

Question 14

spinal cord

Answer 14

Nerves that run up and down the length of the back and transmit most messages between the body and brain

Question 15

medulla oblongata

Answer 15

Lowest part of the brainstem that controls vital life-sustaining functions such as heartbeat, breathing, blood pressure, and digestion.

Question 16

Pons

Answer 16

A brain structure that relays information from the cerebellum to the rest of the brain

Question 17

mammillary body

Answer 17

one of a pair of limbic system structures that are connected to the hypothalamus; act primarily as a hippocampal relay, passing information on to the anterior thalamic nuclei and from there to the cingulate cortex

Question 18

putuitary gland

Answer 18

The endocrine system’s most influential gland. Under the influence of the hypothalamus, the pituitary regulates growth and controls other endocrine glands.

Question 19

Hypothalamus

Answer 19

controls pituitary gland ; a small part of the brain that regulates many bodily functions, such as temperature, hunger, thirst, mood, sleep and hormones

Question 20

Optic Schiasma

Answer 20

formed when the optic nerves come together in order two allow eyesight

Question 21

corpus callosum

Answer 21

the large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them

Question 22

cerebral cortex

Answer 22

mostly consists of the six-layered neocortex, with just 10% consisting of allocortex. The cerebral cortex is responsible for integrating sensory impulses, directing motor activity, and controlling higher intellectual functions. It plays a key role in attention, perception, awareness, thought, memory, language, and consciousness

The cerebral cortex is folded in a way that allows a large surface area of neural tissue to fit within the skull. There are four main lobes: the frontal lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe, and occipital lobe1.