6. Hippocampal Formation and Fornix

Question 1

Identify 1 - 2

Answer 1

1. Septum pellucidum

2. Head of caudate nucleus

Question 2

Identify 3 - 7

Answer 2

3. Columns of fornix
4. Stria terminalis
5. Body of fornix
6. Thalamus
7. Crura of fornix

Question 3

Identify 8 - 11

Answer 3

8. Parahippocampal gyrus
9. Dentate gyrus
10. Fimbria of hippocampus
11. Hippocampus

Question 4

The hippocampal formation, with its connections to ___ and ___ through the fornix, is a C-shaped structure that anatomically sweeps from the temporal lobe around the thalamus into rostral regions of the forebrain

Answer 4

The diencephalon and telencephalon

Question 5

The hippocampal formation, with its connections to the diencephalon and telencephalon through ____, is a C-shaped structure that anatomically sweeps from the temporal lobe around the thalamus into rostral regions of the forebrain

Answer 5

the fornix

Question 6

The hippocampal formation, with its connections to the diencephalon and telencephalon through the fornix, is a C-shaped structure that anatomically sweeps from the temporal lobe around _____ into rostral regions of the forebrain

Answer 6

the thalamus

Question 7

Function of The hippocampal formation

Answer 7

necessary for the consolidation of short- term memory into permanent or long-term traces.