Brain Development

Question 1

Three sections of early embryonic brain:

Answer 1

prosencephalon, mesencephalon, rhombencephalon

Question 2

Rhombencephalon

Answer 2

posterior section of early brain

Question 3

Mesencephalon

Answer 3

middle section of early brain

Question 4

Prosencephalon

Answer 4

anterior section of early brain

Question 5

Forebrain

Answer 5

Prosencephalon

Question 6

Midbrain

Answer 6

Mesencephalon

Question 7

Hindbrain

Answer 7

Rhombencephalon

Question 8

Middle stage embryological brain sections

Answer 8

Telencephalon, diencephalon, mesencephalon (no change from early embryonic name), metencephalon, myelencephalon. Five sections.

Question 9

Myelencephalon becomes:

Answer 9

medulla oblongata

Question 10

Medulla oblongata function:

Answer 10

autonomic functions - breathing, blood pressure, heart rate

Question 11

Metencephalon becomes:

Answer 11

cerebellum

Question 12

Cerebellum function:

Answer 12

Fine Movement Coordination; Balance and Equilibrium; Muscle Tone; Flight. HIGHLY developed in birds.

Question 13

Mesencephalon becomes:

Answer 13

Corpora quadrigemina and superior colliculi

Question 14

Corpora quadrigemina function:

Answer 14

relay center for sensory input from eyes and nose to cerebrum for muscular coordination.

Question 15

Diencephalon becomes:

Answer 15

TRICK! No change. Once the prosencephalon changes into diencephalon and telencephalon, no more name changes.

Question 16

Telencephalon becomes:

Answer 16

Basically the olfactory nerve and the cerebrum.

Question 17

Diencephalon function:

Answer 17

part of response system for somatic changes in response to changes in day length - reproduction and molting.

Question 18

Neocortex region:

Answer 18

Outer region of cerebrum

Question 19

Three meninges:

Answer 19

dura mater, arachnoid, pia mater.

Question 20

Cerebrum function:

Answer 20

cognitive abilities, memory, self-recognition.