brain pt2 (inside)

Question 1

centrally located within the brain sitting at the top of the brain stem above the midbrain and under the cerebrum

Answer 1

diencephalon

Question 2

diencephalon is comprised of the

Answer 2

epithalamus, thalamus, and hypothalamus

Question 3

right and left thalamus are connected by the

Answer 3

massa intermedia (interthalamic adhesion)

Question 4

hollow stalk which connects the hypothalamus and pituitary gland

Answer 4

infundibulum

Question 5

regulates growth, metabolism, and reproduction through the hormones that it produces

Answer 5

pituitary gland

Question 6

where optic nerves go into brain

Answer 6

optic chiasm

Question 7

pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the brain

Answer 7

mammillary bodies

Question 8

below the cerebral cortex and at the topmost part of the brainstem. has two colliculi and one peduncle

Answer 8

midbrain

Question 9

hangs posterior to the thalamus. releases melatonin and controls sleep cycles

Answer 9

pineal gland

Question 10

large, C-shaped nerve fiber bundle (white matter) found beneath the cerebral cortex. Connects left and right hemispheres

Answer 10

corpus callosum

Question 11

white matter bundle right beneath lateral ventricles

Answer 11

fornix

Question 12

C-shaped cavity located deep within cerebrum. sandwiched by corpus callosum and fornix

Answer 12

lateral ventricles

Question 13

a cavity of hindbrain connected to the third ventricle by a narrow cerebral aqueduct

Answer 13

fourth ventricles

Question 14

a fluid-filled canal that runs through the midbrain connecting the third and fourth ventricles

Answer 14

cerebral aqueduct

Question 15

links your brain to your spinal cord (medulla oblongata). inferior to midbrain

Answer 15

pons

Question 16

base of brain stem connecting to spinal cord

Answer 16

medulla oblongata

Question 17

two bulges of gray matter stacked at midbrain

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superior colliculus and inferior colliculus

Question 18

small folds of cerebellum

Answer 18

folia

Question 19

white matter shaped as a tree in cerebellum aka tree of life

Answer 19

arbor vitae

Question 20

connective tissue layers of membranes below skull bones serving to protect brain

Answer 20

meninges

Question 21

largest, most superior located chambers in brain

Answer 21

lateral ventricles

Question 22

meets with bottom of lateral ventricles by the interventricular foramen

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third ventricle

Question 23

attaches to third ventricle by the cerebral aquaduct

Answer 23

fourth ventricle

Question 24

joins lateral ventricles and third ventricle

Answer 24

interventricular foramen

Question 25

joins third and fourth ventricle

Answer 25

cerebral aqueduct

Question 26

number of cranial nerves

Answer 26

12 pairs

Question 27

mnemonic for remembering which nerve pairs are for sensory, motor, or both (12 pairs)

Answer 27

Some say marry money, but my brother says bad business to marry money

Question 28

region of brain responsible for taste

Answer 28

gustatory cortex