Anatomy of Brain

Question 1

most anterior region

Answer 1

frontal

Question 2

lies between the frontal and occipital lobes

Answer 2

Parietal

Question 3

posterior region, visual processing

Answer 3

Occipital

Question 4

lateral region, auditory processing

Answer 4

Temporal

Question 5

contains more cell bodies and dendrites, which lack myelin

Answer 5

Gray Matter

Question 6

consists mostly of axons with white myelin sheaths

Answer 6

White Matter

Question 7

boundary of the temporal lobe

Answer 7

Sylvian Fissure

Question 8

divides the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe

Answer 8

Central Sulcus

Question 9

a bundle of axons that connects the two cerebral hemispheres

Answer 9

Corpus Callosum

Question 10

a strip of cortex behind the central cortex, important for touch

Answer 10

Postcentral Gyrus

Question 11

in the frontal lobe, important for motor control

Answer 11

Precentral Gyrus

Question 12

bisects the brain into right and left halves

Answer 12

Sagittal Plane

Question 13

divides the brain into front (anterior) and back (posterior) regions

Answer 13

Coronal Plane

Question 14

divides the brain into an upper and lower part

Answer 14

Horizontal Plane

Question 15

the back portion of the body

Answer 15

Dorsal

Question 16

the front part of the body

Answer 16

ventral

Question 17

the front side of the body

Answer 17

Anterior

Question 18

the back of the body

Answer 18

Posterior

Question 19

toward the head end of the body; upper

Answer 19

Superior

Question 20

away from the head; lower

Answer 20

Inferior

Question 21

nearer to the center (trunk of the body) or to the point of attachment to the body

Answer 21

Proximal

Question 22

sites located away from a specific area, most often the center of the body

the hand is distal to the shoulder. The thumb is distal to the wrist

Answer 22

distal

Question 23

on the side opposite to another structure

the right arm and leg are controlled by the left, contralateral, side of the brain

Answer 23

Contralateral