Anatomy, Neuroanatomy, & Physiology

Question 1

diaphragm

Answer 1

thick, dome-shaped muscle,

separates the abdomen from the thorax

Question 2

efferent neurons

Answer 2

transmit info AWAY from the brain

Question 3

hypothalamus

Answer 3

controls emotions

Question 4

thalamus

Answer 4

relays sensory impulses to various portions of the cerebral cortex

Question 5

diencephalon

Answer 5

important structure adjacent to the brainstem,

contains hypothalamus & thalamus

Question 6

corpus striatum

Answer 6

composed of 3 nuclear masses:
globus pallidus,
caudate nucleus,
putamen

Question 7

cerebellum

Answer 7

critical to speech production,
helps coordinate & regulate neural impulses to & from brain,
regulates: body posture, equilibrium, & coordinated fine-motor movements

Question 8

anterior cerebral artery

Answer 8

anterior cerebral artery supplies blood to the
corpus callosum
& basal ganglia

Question 9

aryepiglottic folds

Answer 9

aryepiglottic folds composed of a ring of connective tissue & muscle extending from the tips of the arytenoid cartilages to the larynx,
separate the laryngeal vestibule from the pharynx,
help preserve the airway

Question 10

CN X

Answer 10

the vagus innervates the: 
larynx, 
levator veli palatini, 
palatoglossus, 
palatopharyngeus

Question 11

palatoglossus

Answer 11

contributes to velopharyngeal closure

through elevating & depressing the velum

Question 12

tensor veli palatini

Answer 12

contributes to velopharyngeal closure through tensing the velum

Question 13

levator veli palatini

Answer 13

contributes to velopharyngeal closure through elevating the velum

Question 14

lingual frenum

Answer 14

structure at the inferior portion of the tongue,

connects the tongue with the mandible

Question 15

genioglossus

Answer 15

muscle that is most involved when producing voiced & voiceless /th/

Question 16

cerebellar damage

Answer 16

ataxia

dysarthria

Question 17

brainstem

Answer 17

midbrain, pons, medulla,
connects spinal cord with the brain
via diencephalon

Question 18

brain structures

Answer 18

brainstem, 
reticular activating system, 
diencephalon, 
basal ganglia, 
cerebellum, 
cerebrum (cerebral cortex)

Question 19

meninges

Answer 19

consist of the:
dura mater,
pia mater,
& arachnoid

Question 20

corpus callosum

Answer 20

commissural fiber

connects the 2 cerebral hemispheres