chap 15 Flashcards
- Human intelligence is most closely related to the
A. size of the brain.
B. weight of the brain.
C. number of neurons.
D. number of active synapses.
E. amount of cerebrospinal fluid.
D. number of active synapses.
- Arrange the primary brain vesicles in the correct anterior to posterior order.
a: Rhombencephalon
b: Mesencephalon
c: Prosencephalon
A. a, c, b
B. b, a, c
C. a, b, c
D. c, b, a
E. c, a, b
D. c, b, a
- Arrange the five secondary vesicles in the correct anterior to posterior order.
a: Diencephalon
b: Myelencephalon
c: Telencephalon
d: Metencephalon
e: Mesencephalon
A. b, a, c, d, e
B. a, b, c, d, e
C. b, c, a, e, d
D. c, d, e, a, b
E. c, a, e, d, b
E. c, a, e, d, b
- Which secondary brain vesicle forms the portion of the adult brain that includes the
epithalamus, thalamus, and hypothalamus?
A. Telencephalon
B. Diencephalon
C. Myelencephalon
D. Metencephalon
E. Mesencephalon
B. Diencephalon
- The portion of the adult brain that includes the cerebrum is derived from which secondary brain vesicle?
A. Telencephalon
B. Diencephalon
C. Myelencephalon
D. Metencephalon
E. Mesencephalon
A. Telencephalon
- The portion of the adult brain that includes the medulla oblongata is derived from which secondary brain vesicle?
A. Telencephalon
B. Diencephalon
C. Myelencephalon
D. Metencephalon
E. Mesencephalon
C. Myelencephalon
- The portion of the adult brain that includes the cerebral peduncles, superior colliculi, and inferior colliculi is derived from which secondary brain vesicle?
A. Telencephalon
B. Diencephalon
C. Myelencephalon
D. Metencephalon
E. Mesencephalon
E. Mesencephalon
8.
Clusters of gray matter that contain neuron cell bodies and lie within masses of white matter are the
A.cortices.
B. cerebral ganglia.
C. cerebral nuclei.
D. cerebral peduncles.
E. ventricles.
C. cerebral nuclei.
- What is the correct order for the cranial meninges, from superficial to deep?
a: Dura mater
b: Pia mater
c: Arachnoid
A. a, b, c
B. a, c, b
C. b, a, c
D. b, c, a
E. c, b, a
B. a, c, b
- Which of the cranial meninges consists of dense irregular connective tissue in two layers (the periosteal layer and the meningeal layer)?
A. Pia mater
B. Arachnoid
C. Dura mater
D. Subdural layer
E. Subarachnoid layer
C. Dura mater
- Dural venous sinuses are areas where
A. the meningeal and periosteal layers separate to form large blood-filled spaces.
B. cerebrospinal fluid is produced.
C. cerebrospinal fluid is stored.
D. large numbers of nuclei congregate.
E. glial cells are formed.
A. the meningeal and periosteal layers separate
to form large blood-filled spaces.
- The meninx composed of a delicate web of collagen and elastic fibers is the
A. pia mater.
B. arachnoid.
C. dura mater.
D. periosteal layer.
E. subarachnoid layer.
B. arachnoid.
- The meninx composed of a thin layer of delicate areolar connective tissue that follows every
contour of the brain surface is the
A. pia mater.
B. arachnoid.
C. dura mater.
D. periosteal layer.
E. subdural layer.
A. pia mater.
- The horizontally oriented fold of dura mater that separates the occipital and temporal lobes
of the cerebrum from the cerebellum is the
A. diaphragma sellae.
B. falx cerebelli.
C.tentorium cerebelli.
D. superior sagittal sinus.
E. falx cerebri.
C.
tentorium cerebelli.
- The largest of the four dural septa, this large, sickle-shaped vertical fold of dura mater
separates the left and right cerebral hemispheres.
A. Diaphragma sellae
B. Falx cerebelli
C. Tentorium cerebelli
D. Superior sagittal sinus
E. Falx cerebri
E. Falx cerebri
- A sickle-shaped vertical partition that divides the left and right cerebellar hemispheres is the
A. diaphragma sellae.
B. falx cerebelli.
C. tentorium cerebelli.
D. superior sagittal sinus.
E. falx cerebri.
B. falx cerebelli
- A brain ventricle located in the cerebrum is the _____ ventricle.
A. third
B. lateral
C. fourth
D. median
E. falx
B. lateral
- The brain ventricle located in the diencephalon is the _____ ventricle.
A. third
B. lateral
C. fourth
D. median
E. falx
A. third
- The brain ventricle located between the pons and the cerebellum is the _____ ventricle.
A. third
B. lateral
C. fourth
D. median
E. falx
C. fourth
- The partition between the lateral ventricles is the
A. central canal.
B. interventricular
foramen.
C. mesencephalic aqueduct.
D. ventricular canal.
E. septum pellucidum.
E. septum pellucidum.
- Which is not a function of cerebrospinal fluid?
A. CSF helps to remove waste products
from the brain.
B. CSF helps to reduce the effective weight of the brain.
C. CSF transports nutrients and chemicals to the brain.
D. CSF helps to promote mitosis within neuronal tissue.
E. CSF provides a liquid cushion to protect the brain from sudden movements.
D. CSF helps to promote mitosis within neuronal tissue.
- Cerebrospinal fluid is formed by the
A. choroid plexus.
B. arachnoid villi.
C. arachnoid granulation.
D. septum pellucidum.
E. mesencephalic aqueduct.
A. choroid plexus
- The amount of CSF within the brain at any given moment
A. is about 500 ml.
B. is somewhere around 1,000 ml.
C. ranges between 100 ml and 160 ml.
D. is about 50-60 ml.
E. ranges between 300 ml and 420 ml.
C. ranges between 100 ml and 160 ml.
- Excess CSF is removed from the subarachnoid space by
A. the median aperture.
B. microglia.
C. astrocytes.
D. arachnoid villi.
E. the choroid plexus.
D. arachnoid villi.
- List these events in the correct order for CSF flow in the CNS.
a: CSF flows into the
arachnoid villi
b: CSF enters the blood
c: CSF flows through the cerebral aqueduct to the
fourth ventricle
d: CSF flows into the subarachnoid space
e: CSF is produced by the choroid
plexus
A. a, b, c, e, d
B. e, a, b, c, d
C. c, d, a, e, b
D. e, c, d, a, b
E. e, d, a, b, c
D. e, c, d, a, b
- Which is not a function of the blood-brain barrier?
A. It prevents nicotine and alcohol from
entering brain interstitial fluid.
B. It prevents brain neurons from being exposed to drugs.
C. It prevents brain neurons from being exposed to waste products in the blood.
D. It protects brain neurons from exposure to abnormal hormone levels.
E. It protects brain neurons from
exposure to abnormal ion levels.
A. It prevents nicotine and alcohol from
entering brain interstitial fluid.
- The blood-brain barrier is made up of
A. microglial extensions and capillary endothelial
cells.
B. ependymal cells and venous blood vessels.
C. astrocyte perivascular feet and
capillary endothelial cells.
D. astrocyte extensions and dural sinuses.
E. astrocyte perivascular feet and the falx cerebri.
C. astrocyte perivascular feet and
capillary endothelial cells.
- The blood-brain barrier is reduced or missing from three locations in the brain. Which is not
one of these locations?
A. Hypothalamus
B. Pineal gland
C. Cerebrum
D. Choroid
plexus
C. Cerebrum
- The location of conscious thought processes and the origin of all complex intellectual
functions is the
A. cerebellum.
B. pons.
C. hypothalamus.
D. corpus callosum.
E. cerebrum.
E.
cerebrum.
- The major pathway of communication between the right and left hemisphere is/are the
A.cerebral gyri.
B. cerebral sulci.
C. longitudinal fissure.
D. hypothalamus.
E. corpus
callosum.
E. corpus
callosum.
- Hemisphere lateralization refers to the
A. difficulty in assigning a precise function to a
specific region of the cortex.
B. generalization that both cerebral hemispheres receive their
sensory information from and project motor commands to the opposite side of the body.
C. separation of the various lobes of the brain from each other.
D. crisscrossing of information
between the two hemispheres.
E. functional differences between the right and left
hemispheres.
E. functional differences between the right and left
hemispheres.
- Of the five cerebral lobes, the one not visible on the surface of the brain is the
A. insula.
B. temporal.
C. frontal.
D. occipital.
E. parietal.
A. insula.