Brain-Simplified

Question 1

respiratory and cardiac centers
autonomics
CN 5-12

Answer 1

medulla and pons

Question 2

reflexes to light and sound
proximal flexor relay
motoric relay
CN 3and 4

Answer 2

midbrain

Question 3

relay station

sensory fibers

Answer 3

thalamus

Question 4

integration of sensory infomraiton

Answer 4

pulvinar

Question 5

ventral posteromedial

Answer 5

sensory from face

Question 6

ventral posterolateral

Answer 6

sensory from arms and legs

Question 7

lateral geniculate

Answer 7

sensory from eyes

Question 8

medial geniculate

Answer 8

sensory from ears

Question 9

intellect and association

Answer 9

cerebrum

Question 10

localization “somesthetic cortex”
Brodman 1, 2, 3,
problem solving

Answer 10

parietal lobe

Question 11

vision

brodman 17

Answer 11

occipital lobe

Question 12

superior lobe of temporal

Answer 12

hearing

Question 13

inferior lobe of temporal

Answer 13

long term memory, smell

Question 14

hippocampal cells

Answer 14

memory

Question 15

damage to hippocampus

Answer 15

anterograde amnesia

Question 16

parahippocampal cells in uncal area

Answer 16

smell

Question 17

what is wernicke’s area

Answer 17

junction of parietal occipital and temporal lobe

sensory matching, interpretation

Question 18

what destroys wernicke’s area

Answer 18

B1/thiamine deficiency due to alcoholism

Question 19

what happens with wernicke-korsakoff syndrome

Answer 19

develop sensory aphasia:can’t understand language

word blindness in angular gyrus: can read, see, but not understand

Question 20

voluntary motor

Answer 20

frontal lobe
precentral gyrus
brodman 4,4s,6
corticospinal tracts

Question 21

what are the corticobulbar tracts aka

Answer 21

pyramadal tracts

Question 22

where does corticobulbar start

Answer 22

giant cells of betz
executive function
personality

Question 23

motor aphasia

Answer 23

broca’s speech area in inferior frontal lobe on left

broadens area 44

Question 24

what supplies the motor aphasia

Answer 24

middle cerebral artery

Question 25

limbic system

Answer 25

associated with amygdala
pleasure or pain
do i need to remember for survival

Question 26

basal ganglia

Answer 26

inhibits thalamus (stop motor response)
provide background muscle tone

Question 27

what happens when he basal ganglia dysfunctions

Answer 27

trivial information elicits motor response

Parkinsons disease

Question 28

what is parkinson akak

Answer 28

paralysis agitans

Question 29

describe parkinsons

Answer 29

exhibits pill rolling tremor
mask-like face
forward stoop posture
shuffling/propulsive gait
lead pipe AKA cogwheel rigidity

Question 30

what are inclusion bodies

Answer 30

levy bodies

from decrease dopamine from substantial nigra in midbrain

Question 31

what does the caudate of the basal ganglia do

Answer 31

secreates GABA

Question 32

what does a genetic defect in caudate casue

Answer 32

huntingtons chorea
males
fatal by 50

Question 33

what does the striatum of the basal ganglia do

Answer 33

putamen + caudate

internal capsule separates caudate and putamen

Question 34

what does the lentiform of the basal ganglia do

Answer 34

globus pallidus + putamen

Question 35

hunger
thirst
temperature
regulation
sex
rage
fear

Answer 35

hypothalamus

Question 36

balance
equilibrium
involuntary coordination
unconscious proprioception

Answer 36

cerebellum