Topic 11: Cerebrum

Question 1

location of the limbic system in the brain

Answer 1

medial aspect of the cerebral hemispheres (forebrain), diencephalon, overlaps with rhinencephalon in several places

Question 2

limbic system structure that enables people to shift in between thoughts and express emotion through gestures

Answer 2

Cingulate gyrus

Question 3

limbic system structure that enables processing of fear and triggering the appropriate sympathetic response and enables people to recognize menacing facial expressions

Answer 3

Amygdala

Question 4

limbic system structure that encodes, consolidates and later retrieves memories of facts and events

Answer 4

Hippocampal formation

Question 5

limbic structures (in medial cerebral hemisphere)

Answer 5

septal nuclei, cingulate gyrus, dentate gyrus, hippocampus, and parahippocampal gyrus
part of amydgala

Question 6

limbic structures in diencephalon

Answer 6

anterior thalamic nuclei, hypothalamus and mamillary bodies

Question 7

Fiber tracts that link the limbic system together

Answer 7

fornix and anterior commissure

Question 8

limbic structures involved with PTSD

Answer 8

amydgala, limbic association area (medial prefrontal cortex), hippocampus

Question 9

limbic structures involved with emotion

Answer 9

cingulate gyrus and amygdala

Question 10

structures of the hippocampal formation

Answer 10

hippocampus and parahippocampal gyrus

Question 11

lateral nuclear group nuclei (reticular formation) function

Answer 11

influence autonomic neurons which regulate visceral motor functions