Basic terminology

Question 1

What makes up the hindbrain (rhombencephalon)

Answer 1

medulla, pons, cerebellum

Question 2

What makes up the midbrain (mesencephalon)

Answer 2

tectum (dorsal), tegmentum (ventral)

Question 3

what makes up the forebrain (prosencephalon)

Answer 3

diencephalon (thalamus and hypothalamus), telencephalon (cerebral cortex and basal ganglia)

Question 4

Describe the basic terminology for directions relevant to neuroanatomy

Answer 4

Superior (towards the upper most part of the hemisphere)

Inferior (towards the base of the brain)

rostral (towards the front of the animal)

caudal (towards the tail)

anterior - in brainstem and spinal cord (towards the front)

posterior (BT, SC) - (towards the back)

Dorsal (in CH) - superior

ventral (in CH) - inferior

rostral (in CH) - anterior

caudal (in CH) - posterior

Question 5

what is white matter formed by

Answer 5

collections of nerve fibres with few or no neuronal somata

axons connecting different parts of grey matter together

Question 6

what is grey matter formed by

Answer 6

aggregations of neuronal cell bodies and their local processes (dendrites and axon terminals)

Question 7

What is neuropil

Answer 7

The network of intermingled and interconnected neuronal processes which occupies the space between neuronal cell bodies in the grey matter

Question 8

What do you call collections of nerve cells within the brain

Answer 8

nuclei or ganglia