The Brain Week 3

Question 1

The three main structures of the brain:

Answer 1

1. cortex/cerebrum
2. brainstem
3. cerebellum

Question 2

2 gross division of the forebrain:

Answer 2

1. telencephalon (cortex)

2. Diencephalon (Deep structures)

Question 3

Midbrain division:

Answer 3

Mesencephalon

Question 4

2 hindbrain (brainstem) divisions:

Answer 4

1. Myelencephalon (medulla)

2. Metencephalon (pons/cerebellum)

Question 5

Telencephalon (cerebral cortex) consist of what thing divisons

Answer 5

Gray matter and white matter

Question 6

What does gray matter consist of?

Answer 6

neuronal cell bodies (lines exterior)

Question 7

What does white matter consist of?

Answer 7

axons (attach gray matter regions)

Question 8

Reasoning, planning, speech, movement, emotions, problem solving

Answer 8

Frontal lobe

Question 9

Sensation, orientation, recognition, perception of stimuli

Answer 9

Parietal lobe

Question 10

Vision

Answer 10

Occipital lobe

Question 11

Audition, memory, speech

Answer 11

Temporal lobe

Question 12

Name what side of the brain: right hand control

Answer 12

left

Question 13

Name what side of the brain: Spoken language

Answer 13

Left

Question 14

Name what side of the brain: mathematical skills

Answer 14

left

Question 15

Name what side of the brain: written language

Answer 15

left

Question 16

Name what side of the brain: scientific skills

Answer 16

left

Question 17

Name what side of the brain: logical reasoning

Answer 17

left

Question 18

Name what side of the brain: left hand control

Answer 18

right

Question 19

Name what side of the brain: music awareness

Answer 19

right

Question 20

Name what side of the brain: three dimensional forms

Answer 20

right

Question 21

Name what side of the brain: art awareness

Answer 21

right

Question 22

Name what side of the brain: insight

Answer 22

right

Question 23

Name what side of the brain: imagination

Answer 23

right

Question 24

Speech production?

Answer 24

Broca’s area

Question 25

Word recognition?

Answer 25

Wernicke's area

Question 26

a loss of connection in between 2 areas

Answer 26

conduction aphasia

Question 27

wipes out alot of memories

Answer 27

global aphasia

Question 28

Associated with language damage

Answer 28

Transcortical aphasia

Question 29

What connects the two hemispheres?

Answer 29

white matter | -corpus callosum and anterior commissure

Question 30

why would a split brain operation be performed?

Answer 30

epilepsy/seizures

Question 31

Fibers that are within the hemisphere

Answer 31

Assoication fibers

Question 32

Fibers that are located between hemispheres

Answer 32

Commissural fibers

Question 33

Fibers that go from the cerebral cortex to or lower area

Answer 33

Projection fibers

Question 34

White matter pathway and forms internal capsule

Answer 34

Corona Radiata

Question 35

Carries tracts to/from cortex - Ascending (sensory) - Descending (motor)

Answer 35

Corona Radiata

Question 36

What is the order of the basal ganglia?

Answer 36

- cortex - caudate and putamen (modulary inputs) - relay nuclei - thalamus - repeat

Question 37

What is part of the Striatum of the Basal Ganglia

Answer 37

- Caudate | - Putamen

Question 38

What is part of the Lentiform of the Basal Ganglia

Answer 38

Globus Pallidus and Putamen

Question 39

Major function of the Basal Ganglia within the Telencephalon?

Answer 39

initiation of smooth movement

Question 40

Diminished initiation and slowed execution

Answer 40

Basal Ganglia disorder: HYPOKINETIC | -Parkinsons Disease

Question 41

Increased, involuntary movements

Answer 41

Basal Ganglia disorder: HYPERKINETIC | -Huntingtons disease (chorea)

Question 42

Learning and memory formation;

Answer 42

hippocampus (telencephalon) | "Seahorse"

Question 43

area of adult stemm cell generation

Answer 43

hippocampus (telencephalon) | "seahorse"

Question 44

Emotional response, fear & aggression

Answer 44

Amygdala (telencephalon) | "almond"

Question 45

Large, centrally located, grouping of nuclei

Answer 45

Thalamus (Diencephalon)

Question 46

Central relay station for most sensory information, consciousness and arousal

Answer 46

Thalamus (Diencephalon)

Question 47

Arousal and motivation

Answer 47

Lateral Hypothalamus (Diencephalon)

Question 48

Homeostasis and reproduction

Answer 48

Ventromedial Hypothalamus (Diencephalon)

Question 49

Autonomic nervous system function

Answer 49

Periventricular zone Hypothalamus (Diencephalon)

Question 50

Located on dorsal half of midbrain

Answer 50

Tectum

Question 51

Function in midbrain: Orientation

Answer 51

Tectum (midbrain)

Question 52

Located on ventral half of midbrain

Answer 52

Tegmentum

Question 53

Function in midbrain: Movement and arousal

Answer 53

Tegmentum

Question 54

This is considered the "bridge" in the metencephalon

Answer 54

Pons

Question 55

This is considered the "little brain" in the metencephalon

Answer 55

cerebellum

Question 56

- Movement and coordination - sensation - cognition - memory

Answer 56

Cerebellum

Question 57

Regulates sleep, wakefulness and levels of arousal in the myelencephalon?

Answer 57

Reticular formation in the medulla

Question 58

Wakefulness: High SWS: Low REM: Very Low

Answer 58

Serotonin and Norepinephrine

Question 59

Wakefulness: High SWS: Low REM: High

Answer 59

Acetylcholine