Brain Nuclei

Question 1

Thalamus nucleus for olfaction?

Answer 1

Medial dorsal nucleus (MDN)

From amygdala - no direct input

Question 2

Thalamus nucleus for vision?

Answer 2

Lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN)

Question 3

Thalamus nucleus for audition?

Answer 3

Medial geniculate nucleus (MGN)

Question 4

Thalamus nucleus for taste?

Answer 4

Ventral posteromedial nucleus (VPM)

Question 5

Thalamus nucleus for vestibular sense?

Answer 5

Ventral posterior nucleus (VPN)

From medulla - no direct input

Question 6

Thalamus nucleus for declarative memory?

Answer 6

Anterior nucleus

Question 7

Out of the 5 senses, which do no send DIRECT input to the thalamus?

Answer 7

1. Olfaction

2. Vestibular sense

Question 8

Medulla nucleus for audition?

Answer 8

Ventral cochlear

Question 9

Medulla nucleus from otolith organs?

Answer 9

Lateral vestibular nucleus

Question 10

Medulla nucleus from semicircular canals?

Answer 10

Medial vestibular nucleus

Question 11

Purpose of transverse temporal lobe?

Answer 11

Auditory cortex

Question 12

Hypothalamus nucleus for vision?

Answer 12

Suprachiasmic nucleus

Question 13

Where is the striate cortex located?

Answer 13

Occipital lobe (area 17)

Question 14

What is the calcarine fissure?

Answer 14

Located on the medial surface of the occipital lobe and divides the visual cortex into two

Question 15

Where is the extrastriate cortex?

Answer 15

Occipital lobe