Supratentorial Level Part 2

Question 1

Includes the reticular nucleus of the thalamus, a component of the consciousness system and involved in mechanisms of arousal and sleep

Answer 1

Ventral thalamus

Question 2

STructure located inferior and anterior to the thalamus

Answer 2

Hypothalamus

Question 3

This layer of the eye is bound by the retinal pigment epithelium and Bruch membrane

Answer 3

Photoreceptor cell layer

Include the rods and cones which convert light into an electrical response

Question 4

Innermost layer of the eye; lies adjacent to the vitreous humor

Answer 4

Ganglion cell layer

Question 5

Ganglion cell axons form which nerve?

Answer 5

Optic nerve