Brain Structures

Question 1

Cranial Meninges

Answer 1

surround brain, consistent w/ spine, protect brain from injury, separate brain from cranial bones, contain cerebrospinal fluid, not part of blood brain barrier

Question 2

Pons

Answer 2

connects spinal cord to cerebrum, ventilation/somatic subconscious motor control/visceral motor control/sensory info to cerebellum and thalamus

Question 3

Cerebellum

Answer 3

attached to dorsal part of brain stem, 2 hemispheres —> lobes, skeletal muscle contraction

Question 4

Medulla Oblongata

Answer 4

most inferior of brainstem, connects spinal cord and brain, heart rate/ventilation/swallowing/digesting/sensory info between thalamus and rest of brain stem

Question 5

Mesencephalon

Answer 5

connects pons and diencephalon, somatic motor reflexes/maintaining consciousness/processing visual and auditory info

Question 6

Diencephalon

Answer 6

not part of brainstem, links cerebrum to brainstem, thalamus and hypothalamus, processing and relaying sensory info from spinal cord to brainstem to brain

Question 7

Cerebrum

Answer 7

right and left hemispheres —> 4 lobes FPOT, 3 ventricles with cerebrospinal fluid, intellect/conscious thought/complex movement/sensation/memory