Central Nervous System

Question 1

Contralateral

Answer 1

Located on the opposite side of the body

Question 2

Anterior/rostral

Answer 2

Located near or toward the head

Question 3

Posterior/caudal

Answer 3

Located near or toward the tail

Question 4

Dorsal

Answer 4

Located toward the back of the body or the top of the head

Question 5

Ventral

Answer 5

Located toward the front of the body or the bottom of the skull

Question 6

Lateral

Answer 6

Located toward the side of the body, away from the middle

Question 7

Medial

Answer 7

Located toward the middle of the body, away from the side

Question 8

Sulci

Answer 8

Small grooves in the cortex

Question 9

Fissures

Answer 9

Large grooves in the cortex

Question 10

Meninges

Answer 10

The protective layers of tissue that surround the brain and spinal cord

Question 11

Dura mater

Answer 11

The tough and flexible outer layer

Question 12

Arachnoid membrane

Answer 12

The middle layer with a weblike appearance

Question 13

Pia mater

Answer 13

The thin and delicate layer that clings to the surface of the brain

Question 14

Choroid plexus

Answer 14

Special tissue with an especially rich blood supply that makes CSF

Question 15

Cerebral aqueduct

Answer 15

Tube connecting the third and fourth ventricles

Question 16

Neural tube

Answer 16

Gives rise to brain and spinal cord

Question 17

Ventricular zone

Answer 17

A layer of cells lining the neural tube that contain progenitor cells

Question 18

Neurogenesis

Answer 18

The production of new neurons

Question 19

Cerebral cortex

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Outermost layer of gray matter covering the brain; place of voluntary action, learning, interpretation

Question 20

Frontal lobe (CC)

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Higher order thinking, planning, judgment, impulse control, motor movement

Question 21

Parietal lobe (CC)

Answer 21

Sensory interpretation and integration

Question 22

Temporal lobe (CC)

Answer 22

Auditory sensation and speech

Question 23

Occipital lobe (CC)

Answer 23

Visual sensation and processing

Question 24

Limbic system

Answer 24

Associated with emotional functioning and memory

Question 25

Hippocampus (LS)

Answer 25

Memory

Question 26

Amygdala (LS)

Answer 26

Emotions, especially fear and aggression

Question 27

Mammillary bodies (LS)

Answer 27

Processing of memory and smell

Question 28

Basal ganglia

Answer 28

Motor system involvement, control of movement

Question 29

Thalamus

Answer 29

Projects sensory information to specific regions of the cerebral cortex and receives information back

Question 30

Hypothalamus

Answer 30

Regulation of the autonomic nervous system and survival behaviors (hunger, thirst, sexual response)

Question 31

Brainstem

Answer 31

Basic vital life functions (heart rate, breathing)

Question 32

Reticular formation

Answer 32

Arousal (waking, sleeping) and filtering incoming sensory input (to discriminate the irrelevant)

Question 33

Cerebellum

Answer 33

Regulation and coordination of movement, posture, and balance

Question 34

Pons

Answer 34

Motor control and sensory analysis

Question 35

Medulla

Answer 35

Maintaining vital functions such as breathing and heart rate

Question 36

Somatic nervous system

Answer 36

Reception of sensory information from sensory organs and control of skeletal movements

Question 37

Autonomic nervous system

Answer 37

Regulation of smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, glands

Question 38

Sympathetic division

Answer 38

Controls functions related to arousal and expenditure of energy

Question 39

Parasympathetic division

Answer 39

Controls functions that occur during relaxed state

Question 40

Ipsilateral

Answer 40

Located on the same side of the body