Brain

Question 1

what is the term for brain

Answer 1

encephalon

Question 2

what is the term for neuronal bodies

Answer 2

perikarya

Question 3

telencephalon

Answer 3

cerebral cortex, basal nuclei, limbic system

Question 4

diencephalon

Answer 4

epithalamus, thalamus, hypothalamus

Question 5

mesencephalon

Answer 5

midbrain

Question 6

metencephalon

Answer 6

cerebellum and pons

Question 7

myelencephalon

Answer 7

medulla oblongata

Question 8

what contributes to the brachial plexus

Answer 8

C6-T2

Question 9

what contributes to the lumbosacral plexus

Answer 9

L4-S3

Question 10

what is the end of the spinal cord called

Answer 10

conus medullaris

Question 11

how many cervical spinal cord segments are there

Answer 11

8

Question 12

what extends caudally from the conus medullaris

Answer 12

cauda equina

Question 13

dividing the spinal cord in half dorsally is the ________ median __________ and ventrally is the ____________ median ___________

Answer 13

dorsal median sulcus, ventral median fissure

Question 14

the blood supply to the spinal cord is (2)

Answer 14

ventral spinal artery and paired dorsolateral spinal arteries

Question 15

the ventral spinal artery supplies

Answer 15

the grey matter and inner white matter

Question 16

the dorsolateral spinal arteries supply

Answer 16

the outer white matter

Question 17

the spinal cord arteries receive blood from

Answer 17

vertebral, thoracic vertebral, intercostal and lumbar arteries

Question 18

another term for longitudinal fissure

Answer 18

falx cerebri

Question 19

another term for transverse fissure

Answer 19

tentorum cerebelli

Question 20

in general, ___________ brains in small animals

Answer 20

smoother

Question 21

what separates the two cerebellar hemispheres

Answer 21

the cerebellar vermis

Question 22

the basal ganglia consists of the

Answer 22

globus pallidus and putamen

Question 23

what produces CSF

Answer 23

choroid plexus

Question 24

the ventricular system is continuous with the ____________ and _____________ space

Answer 24

central canal and subarachnoid space

Question 25

where can CSF go from the fourth ventricle

Answer 25

either 1) to the central canal or 2) through lateral apertures into the subarachnoid space

Question 26

the cerebral aquaduct is flanked by the ________ dorsally and _______ ventrally

Answer 26

tectum; tegmentum

Question 27

at the termination of the spinal cord, the dura continues as the

Answer 27

filum terminale

Question 28

where does the epidural space lie

Answer 28

between the vertebrae and the dura