Structures of the brain

Question 1

Where is the medulla and pons?

Answer 1

The area where the spinal chord enters the brain

Question 2

What does the cerebellum and pons do?

Answer 2

It contains several of the nuclei of the ANS

Question 3

What does the cerebellum do?

Answer 3

Important in balance and motor learning

Question 4

Where is the midbrain (aka “mesencephalon”) located?

Answer 4

Located above the pons

Question 5

What does the midbrain do?

Answer 5

Combines different sensory information

Directs attention

Question 6

What is the forebrain also commonly know as?

Answer 6

Diencephalon

Question 7

What does the diencephalon include?

Answer 7

Thalamus

Hypothalamus

Question 8

Where is the thalamus? What does it do?

Answer 8

It is a massive structure in top of the midbrain
It’s deep in the centre of the brain

It is the main relay station for incoming sensory signals.
Receives downward input for higher areas, modulating their relay

Question 9

Where is the hypothalamus? What does it do?

Answer 9

It is a small structure in front of and below the thalamus

It is directly connected to the pituitary
Therefore it acts as a gateway between the NS and ES.

Question 10

What is the forebrain also know as?

Answer 10

Telencephalon

Question 11

What are the three components of the telencephalon?

Answer 11

Cerebral hemispheres
Basal Ganglia
Limbic System
Cortex and Corpus Callosum

Question 12

What covers and is in the cerebral hemispheres ?

Answer 12

They are covered in cerebral cortex

They also contain several groups of subcortical nuclei

Question 13

What is the basal ganglia?

Answer 13

A group of nuclei surrounding the thalamus

Question 14

What does the basal ganglia do?

Answer 14

It is Involved in motor control processes

Question 15

What does the basal ganglia include?

Answer 15

Putamen, Globus Pallidus and caudate

Putamen and caudate aka. Corpus striatum

Question 16

What does the limbic system do? What does it do?

Answer 16

It is several interconnected cortical and subcortical areas

Plays a crucial role in memory and emotion

Question 17

What does cortical mean?

Answer 17

Relating to the Cortex

Question 18

What does subcortical mean?

Answer 18

Below the cortex

Question 19

What is the cortex?

Answer 19

The outer layer of the cerebrum

Question 20

What is the sub cortical part of the limbic system?

Answer 20

Fornix, hippocampus ending in the mammillary body and amygdale

Question 21

What are the cortical areas of the limbic system?

Answer 21

Cingulate cortex directly above corpus callosum

Question 22

What is the Corpus Callosum?

Answer 22

Thick bundle of axons connecting the two hemispheres

Question 23

What is the cerebral cortex?

Answer 23

Thin layers of neurones covering the whole hemisphere

Question 24

What is a gyri (gyrus)?

Answer 24

Highly OUTWARD folded areas

Question 25

What are the Sulci (sulcus)?

Answer 25

INWARD folded areas

Question 26

What do smaller Sulci do?

Answer 26

Define boundaries of cerebral lobes

Question 27

What is the longitudinal fissure?

Answer 27

The largest sulcus separating left and right hemispheres

Question 28

What are the 4 lobes?

Answer 28

Occipital Temporal Parietal Frontal

Question 29

Where is the occipital lobe? | What is the occipital lobe involved in?

Answer 29

Located at the BACK of the head Involved in visual perception

Question 30

Where is the temporal lobe? | What is the temporal lobe involved in?

Answer 30

It is located at the SIDES Temporal lobe is involved in auditory perception

Question 31

Where is the parietal lobe located? | What is the parietal lobe involved in?

Answer 31

The parietal lobe is at the TOP of the head It is involved in somatosensory perception: inter- sensory and sensory motor integration

Question 32

Where is the frontal lobe? | What does the frontal lobe do?

Answer 32

The frontal lobe is at the FRONT The frontal lobe is involved in planning and motor output

Question 33

What does the hindbrain include?

Answer 33

Medulla Pons Cerebellum