CHAP 13

Question 1

What are the four major brain regions?

Answer 1

CEREBRUM, CEREBELLUM, BRAIN STEM, DIENCEPHALON

Question 2

Function of frontal lobe?

Answer 2

HAS PRECENTRAL GYRUS WHICH CONTROLS VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; PERSONALITY; CONCENTRATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; PLANNING & DECISION MAKING

Question 3

Function of parietal lobe?

Answer 3

SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX WHICH CONTROLS SENSORY OF TOUCH

Question 4

Function of temporal lobe?

Answer 4

HEARING AND SMELL

Question 5

Function of occipital lobe?

Answer 5

vision

Question 6

Function of insula lobe?

Answer 6

SMALL AND DEEP TO THE TEMPORAL LOBE; CONTROLS MEMORY AND TASTE

Question 7

What are some basic functions of the brainstem?

Answer 7

BREATHING & BLOOD PRESSURE

Question 8

PIA MATER:

Answer 8

AREOLAR CT; FOLLOWS EVERY CONTURE OF THE BRAIN.

Question 9

ARACHNOID MATER:

Answer 9

RESEMBLES SPIDER WEB; COLLAGEN AND ELASTIC FIBERS—ARACHNOID TRABECULAE; BELOW IT IS THE SUBARACHNOID SPACE WHERE CSF IS

Question 10

DURA MATER:

Answer 10

DENSE IRREGULAR CT; STRONGEST OF MENINGES; MENINGEAL LAYER, DEEPER LAYER, AND PERIOSTEAL LAYER, SUPERFICIAL LAYER

Question 11

What do ventricles contain?

Answer 11

CSF fluid and ependymal cells

Question 12

Name the ventricles.

Answer 12

lateral ventricles, third ventricle, and fourth ventricle

Question 13

Specific structure that produces CSF (it is made of capillaries + ependymal cells):

Answer 13

CHOROID PLEXUS

Question 14

Know the embryonic structure that develops into the CNS.

Answer 14

ECTODERM