The Brain And Cranial Nerves

Question 1

What is the cerebral cortex?

Answer 1

• Receives sensory information
• sends messages to move skeletal muscles
• performs activities such as thinking learning and remembering

Question 2

What is the basal ganglia?

Answer 2

Helps coordinate slow sustained movements

Question 3

What is the thalamus?

Answer 3

Relay station for all incoming motor movement and sensory info - hearing, taste, sight and touch

Question 4

What does the hypothalamus control?

Answer 4

Homeostatic functions such as body temperature, respiration and heartbeat

Question 5

What is the cerebellum?

Answer 5

Coordinates subconscious movements

Question 6

What is the brain stem?

Answer 6

Reflex center for movements of eyeballs, head and trunk
Regulates heart beat and breathing

Question 7

What is the dura mater?

Answer 7

Outer, thick strong membrane layer under skull and vertebral column

Question 8

What is the cerebral cortex?

Answer 8

Outer layer that lies ON TOP of our cerebrum

Question 9

What are gyri?

Answer 9

Ridge like elevation, which increase the surface area of the cerebral cortex and they form brain divisions

Question 10

What is NOT a major region of the brain?

Answer 10

Cauda Equina

Question 11

What structure consists of the medulla oblongata, pons and midbrain?

Answer 11

The brainstem

Question 12

What protects the brain by preventing the movements of harmful substances and Pathogens from the blood into the brain tissue?

Answer 12

Blood brain barrier

Question 13

What fluid filled cavity is located in each hemisphere of the cerebrum?

Answer 13

Lateral Ventricle

Question 14

What describes the function of cerebrospinal fluid

Answer 14

• mechanical protection
• pH homeostasis
• circulation

Question 15

What structure in the brain contains centres responsible for the ‘startle reflex’ in response to loud sounds?

Answer 15

Inferior colliculus

Question 16

What is NOT controlled by the hypothalamus?

Answer 16

Blood calcium concentration

Question 17

What region of the brain contains pneumotaxic and bpneustic areas that help control respiration?

Answer 17

The pons

Question 18

What functional areas of the cerebrum is responsible for vision?

Answer 18

Primary vision area

Question 19

What structures conducts nerve impulses between the two different hemispheres of the cerebrum?

Answer 19

Corpus callous

Question 20

what functional area of the cerebrum is responsible for sensing body touch and temperature?

Answer 20

Primary somatonsensory area

Question 21

What functional area of the cerebrum is responsible for conscious movements of the body?

Answer 21

Primary motor area

Question 22

What can the cranial nerve V be also known as?

Answer 22

Trigeminal

Question 23

What functional area of the cerebrum is responsible for speech?

Answer 23

Brocas area

Question 24

What cranial nerve carries sensory information coming from the nasal cavity to the olfactory area of the cerebrum?

Answer 24

Cranial nerve I

Question 25

What is another word for the mid brain?

Answer 25

The mammalian brain or emotional brain

Question 26

What does the medulla oblongata control?

Answer 26

Heartbeat, breathing and blood pressure

Question 27

What is the pons varoli?

Answer 27

Component of brainstem, acts as a major pathway that passes information from brain to cerebellum through brainstem

Question 28

What is cerebral spinal fluid? (CSF)

Answer 28

Clear fluid that circulates through the internal cavities in the brain CSF absorbs shock and protects the brain and the cord - also helps to transport nutrients and waste between blood and nervous tissue

Question 29

What does I Olfactory nerve function?

Answer 29

Sense of smell

Question 30

What is II optic nerve function?

Answer 30

Vision

Question 31

What does the front lobe control?

Answer 31

Thinking, emotions, personality, judgment, memory storage

Question 32

What does the parietal lobe control?

Answer 32

Sensory perception, understanding language

Question 33

What does the occipital lobe control?

Answer 33

Visual perception, including colour, form and motion

Question 34

What does the cerebellum control?

Answer 34

Muscle control, including balance and movement

Question 35

What does the brainstem control?

Answer 35

Balance, breathing, heart rate

Question 36

What does the temporal lobe control?

Answer 36

Production of speech, memory, understanding and language