Brain Lab

Question 1

What are the 3 white matter tracts?

Answer 1

Association Fibre
Commissural Fibre
Projection Fibre

Question 2

Association Fibre

Answer 2

Between gyri in the same hemisphere (arcuate fasciculus)

Question 3

Commissural Fibre

Answer 3

Between hemispheres (corpus collosium)

Question 4

Projection Fibre

Answer 4

Descending or Ascending Tract (internal capsule)

Question 5

Corpus Callosum

Answer 5

white matter tract carrying info between hemispheres

Question 6

Thalamus

Answer 6

relays almost all sensory input to cortex

Question 7

Caudate Nucleus

Answer 7

planning the execution of movement, but also in learning, memory, reward, motivation, emotion, and romantic interaction

Question 8

Third Ventricle

Answer 8

contains CSF
surrounds the intermediate mass
behind the thalamus

Question 9

Calcarine Sulcus

Answer 9

Marks the region of the primary visual cortex
Recieves info from both eyes at the optic chiasm

Question 10

What are the anterior and posterior primary visual cortex used for?

Answer 10

Anterior = peripheral
Posterior = central

Question 11

Mammillary body

Answer 11

Olfactory reflexes
Smells + involuntary actions

Question 12

Intermediate Mass

Answer 12

Joins to thalami together

Question 13

Cingulate Gyrus

Answer 13

Part of the limbic system (emotions)

Question 14

Longitudinal Fissure

Answer 14

Separates Hemispheres

Question 15

Gyri

Answer 15

Folds

Question 16

Sulci

Answer 16

Grooves

Question 17

What are the 3 components of the BRAINSTEM?

Answer 17

Midbrain
Pons
Medulla

Question 18

What are the 3 components of the HINDBRAIN?

Answer 18

Cerebellum
Pons
Medulla

Question 19

Oculomotor Nerve

Answer 19

Controls movement of the eyes

Question 20

Cerebral Peduncles

Answer 20

Thick white matter tracts that carry info between the cerebral cortex and the spinal cord + pons

Question 21

Cerebral Aqueduct

Answer 21

Carries CSF from the 3rd ventricle to the 4th

Question 22

Superior + Inferior Canicului

Answer 22

Superior = Sight
Inferior = Sound

Question 23

Where is CSF secreted from?

Answer 23

Choroid Pleus

Question 24

Fourth Ventricle

Answer 24

Contains CSF that goes to central canal before leaving to protect the meninges

Question 25

Cerebellum

Answer 25

Autonomic muscle control
-Smooths movement + balance

Question 26

Medulla

Answer 26

Centre for cardiovascular + respiratory systems

Question 27

What fibres pass through the medulla?

Answer 27

Spinal Fibres (cortico)

Question 28

What fibres synapse at the pons?

Answer 28

Cortico-pontine fibres

Question 29

What separates the Frontal and Parietal Lobes?

Answer 29

Central Sulcus

Question 30

What separates the Frontal and Temporal Lobes?

Answer 30

Lateral Fissure
also separates P & T

Question 31

What separates the Parietal and Occipital Lobes?

Answer 31

Parieto-occipital sulcus

Question 32

What separates the back part of the Temporal Lobe and the Occipital Lobe?

Answer 32

Pre-occipital Notch

Question 33

What makes up the Basal Ganglia?

Answer 33

Putamen
Globus Pallidus
Caudate Nucleus
Substantia Nigra
Subthalamic Nucelus