Brain Flashcards
Name the white fibrous brain covering.
dura mater
Name the brain covering that is shiny and stretches across the surface of the brain.
arachnoid mater
Name the brain covering that directly contacts the surface of the brain.
pia mater
Name the brain division colored purple.
cerebrum
Name the bump that is highlighted yellow.
gyrus
Name the red depression.
sulcus
Name the white matter structure at the red arrow.
corpus callosum
Name the purple depression.
longitudinal fissure
Name the orange brain division.
cerebellum
Name the yellow depression.
transverse fissure
The specific structure colored purple is the _____ which is part of the _____ in the brain stem.
superior colliculus
corpora quadrigemina
Name the orange specific structure on the midbrain.
inferior colliculi
Name the purple specific structure that is part of the diencephalon.
pineal gland
The blue structure is the _____ which is part of the brain division called the diencephalon.
hypothalamus
Name the purple specific structure.
pituitary gland
The red specific structure is the _____
medulla oblongata
The blue structure is the _____
pons
The yellow structure is the _____
midbrain
Name the purple specific structure.
spinal cord
The orange (white matter) structure is the _____
olfactory bulb
The purple (white matter) structure is the _____
olfactory tract
The purple (white matter) structure is the _____
optic nerve
The green (white matter) structure is the _____
optic chiasm
Name the white matter structure that is highlighted with yellow.
optic tract
The white matter structures highlighted yellow are the _____
oculomotor nerve
The one highlighted red is the _____
trochlear nerve
Name the white matter structure highlighted orange.
abducens nerve
Name the purple (white matter) structure.
trigeminal nerve
The specific structure highlighted in purple is the _____.
This structure is part of the brain division called the _____.
thalamus
diencephalon
The blue structure is the _____
pineal gland
The yellow structure is the _____
midbrain
The red structure is the _____
pons
The green structure is the _____
medulla oblongata
The yellow brain division is the _____
cerebellum
The red stucture is the _____
The green structure is the _____
superior colliculus
inferior colliculus
The white matter structure highlighted purple is the _____
corpus callosum
The white matter structure highlighted blue is the _____
optic chiasm
Name the branching white matter structure located inside the cerebellum.
arbor vitae
Name the space indicated by the color red.
lateral ventricle
Name the space indicated by the color purple.
third ventricle
The yellow space is the _____
cerebral aqueduct
Name the red space.
fourth ventricle
