cerebrum structures and significance

Question 1

frontal lobe

Answer 1

voluntary motor functions and verbal communication

Question 2

precentral gyrus

Answer 2

primary motor cortex

Question 3

parietal lobe

Answer 3

general sensory functions

Question 4

postcentral gyrus

Answer 4

primary somatosensory cortex

Question 5

occipital lobe

Answer 5

processing visual information

Question 6

temporal lobe

Answer 6

hearing and smell

Question 7

pineal gland

Answer 7

secretes melatonin hormone

Question 8

thalamus

Answer 8

relays sensory impulses

Question 9

hypothalamus

Answer 9

regulation of body temperature and circadian rhythms

Question 10

pituitary gland

Answer 10

hormone secretion

Question 11

limbic system

Answer 11

process and experience emotions

Question 12

gray matter/ cerebral cortex

Answer 12

location of neuron cell Bodies

Question 13

white matter

Answer 13

connects regions within the nervous system

Question 14

cerebral hemispheres

Answer 14

receives and sends info to opposite sides of body

Question 15

longitudinal fissure

Answer 15

separates cerebral hemispheres

Question 16

corpus callosum

Answer 16

provides primary white matter

Question 17

central sulcus

Answer 17

boundary between frontal and parietal lobes

Question 18

Parieto-occipital sulcus

Answer 18

boundary between parietal and occipital lobes

Question 19

lateral sulcus

Answer 19

boundary between frontal and parietal lobes

Question 20

insula

Answer 20

portion of cerebral cortex deep to lateral sulcus

Question 21

fornix

Answer 21

thin tract of white matter (limbic functions)

Question 22

septum pellucidum

Answer 22

separates lateral ventricles

Question 23

cerebral nuclei

Answer 23

deep bodies of gray matter

Question 24

lateral ventricles

Answer 24

spaces within cerebral hemispheres

Question 25

inter thalamic adhesion

Answer 25

gray matter connects rt and lt halves of thalamus

Question 26

mammillary bodies

Answer 26

processes sensation related to smell

Question 27

infundibulum

Answer 27

attaches hypothalamus to pituitary gland

Question 28

optic chiasm

Answer 28

optic nerve cross here before becoming optic tracts

Question 29

optic tracts

Answer 29

carries sensory impulses from eyes and optic nerves

Question 30

3rd ventricle

Answer 30

produces and circulates csf

Question 31

superior colliculus

Answer 31

visual reflex center

Question 32

inferior colliculus

Answer 32

auditory reflex center

Question 33

cerebral peduncles

Answer 33

connecting pons and cerebrum

Question 34

pons

Answer 34

white matter tracts for communication
gray matter for respiration

Question 35

medulla oblongata

Answer 35

white matter tracts for communication
gray matter for cardiovascular function

Question 36

cerebral aqueduct

Answer 36

passageway between 3rd and 4th ventricles

Question 37

vermis

Answer 37

narrow band that separates cerebellar hemispheres

Question 38

Commissural tracts

Answer 38

Connect 1 hemisphere to another

Question 39

Association tracts

Answer 39

Connect the different areas in 1 hemisphere to other areas in the same hemisphere

Question 40

Projection tracts

Answer 40

Connect a hemisphere to the spinal cord