brain and behaviour

Question 1

forebrain

Answer 1

telencephalon and diencephalon

Question 2

telencephalon

Answer 2

basal ganglia, limbic system

Question 3

midbrain

Answer 3

substantia nigra, superior and inferior colliculi, tectum and tegmentum

Question 4

role of the tectum

Answer 4

Superior colliculi-subcortical sensory pathway involved in fast eye movements (vision) and inferior colliculi- part of auditory pathway

Question 5

tegmentum

Answer 5

Role in motor movement, reticular info, red nucleus, substantia nigra

Question 6

what is in diencephalon

Answer 6

Thalamus and hypothalamus

Question 7

cerebrum

Answer 7

Made up of grey matter (comprosed of cell bodies of the neurons), and white matter (axons and dendrites of the neurons- bundles of cables connecting regions of brain and spinal cord

Question 8

parietal lobe

Answer 8

processing somatosensory info

Question 9

primary motor cortex

Answer 9

connect to muscles in different regions of contralateral side of body

Question 10

brodmann areas

Answer 10

Region of cerebral cortex defined based in its cytoarchitectonics or structure and organization of cells

Question 11

limbic system

Answer 11

Set of structures involved in learning, memory and emotion (amygdala, fornix, limbic cortex, amygdala and mamillary bodies

Question 12

basal ganglia

Answer 12

motor movement

Question 13

diencephalon

Answer 13

thalamus and hypothalamus

Question 14

hind brain

Answer 14

metencephalon and myelencephalon

Question 15

metencephalon

Answer 15

cerebellum and pons

Question 16

bell magendie law

Answer 16

Doral roots are afferent and carry info to cns, ventral roots carry motor info to muscles and glands and are efferent

Question 17

cranial nerves

Answer 17

Set of 12 motor and/or sensory nerve attached to the ventral surface of the brain

Question 18

spinal nerves

Answer 18

Peripheral nerves attached to spincal cord. 31 pairs