Brain intro

Question 1

Diff between gyri and sulci and fissures

Answer 1

Gyri are ridges while sulci and fissures are grooves

Question 2

What joins both hemispheres

Answer 2

Corpus callosum

Question 3

What separates:
1)frontal and temporal lobes
2) frontal and parietal lobes
3) Left and right hemisphere
4) Parietal and occipital lobes

Answer 3

Lateral fissure/Sylvian fissure
Central sulcus
Great longitudinal fissure
Parieto-occipital sulcus

Question 4

What lies right in front and behind of central sulcus

Answer 4

Primary motor area and somatosensory area

Question 5

Where are the taste area and auditory area located

Answer 5

Above and below lateral fissure, in temporal lobe

Question 6

Brodmann’s areas:
Primary motor
Primary somatosensory
Primary visual
Broca’s area
Primary auditory

Answer 6

Area 4(Frontal)
Areas 1-3 ( Parietal)
Area 17 (Occipital )
Areas 44,45 (Frontal)
Areas 41,42(Temporal)

Question 7

Association fibres Vs Commissural Fibres Vs Projection fibreas

Answer 7

Within same hemisphere Vs between hemispheres Vs cortex to sub-cortical areas

Question 8

Where is the pineal gland found

Answer 8

Epithalamaus

Question 9

Role of thalamus

Answer 9

Sensory info and some motor info

Question 10

Role of subthalamus

Answer 10

Motor pathways

Question 11

How is cerebellum attached to the brain stem

Answer 11

Through three peduncles

Question 12

What are the vermis

Answer 12

Found behind the brain stem

Question 13

What are the peduncles

Answer 13

White matter tracts that link to the brainstem

Question 14

What do the falx cerebri and tentorium cerebelli separate

Answer 14

Left and right hemispheres
Occipital lobe from cerebellum