chapter 14 - the brain and cranial nerves

Question 1

what are the three protective coverings of the brain?

Answer 1

dura, arachnoid, and pia mater

Question 2

what are extensions of the dura mater that form hard membranes?

Answer 2

dural extensions

Question 3

what are the three important dural extensions?

Answer 3

falx cerebri, falx cerebelli, tentorium cerebelli

Question 4

what depends vertically on the brain, separating into two cerebral hemispheres?

Answer 4

falx cerebri

Question 5

what small triangular process separates the two cerebellar hemispheres?

Answer 5

falx cerebelli

Question 6

what separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum?

Answer 6

tentorium cerebelli

Question 7

what produces cerebral spinal fluid?

Answer 7

choroid plexues

Question 8

what reabsorbs cerebral spinal fluid into the blood?

Answer 8

arachnoid villi

Question 9

what makes up the brain stem?

Answer 9

medulla oblongata, pons, and midbrain

Question 10

what controls breathing and heart rate?

Answer 10

medulla oblongata

Question 11

what is the relay station of the brain, involved in motor control and sensory analysis?

Answer 11

pons

Question 12

what part of the brain is responsible for. vision, hearing, and eye & body movements?

Answer 12

midbrain

Question 13

what is a netlike region of gray and white matter inter spread throughout the brainstem?

Answer 13

reticular foramen

Question 14

what functions to maintain consciousness?

Answer 14

reticular activating system (RAS)

Question 15

what makes up the diencephalon?

Answer 15

thalamus, epithalamus, and hypothalamus

Question 16

what is the major relay station of the brain for all sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex?

Answer 16

thalamus

Question 17

what controls hormones of the endocrine and autonomic system?

Answer 17

hypothalamus

Question 18

what is responsible for body temperature?

Answer 18

hypothalamus

Question 19

what is responsible for hunger and thirst?

Answer 19

hypothalamus

Question 20

what regulates emotional and behavioral patterns?

Answer 20

hypothalamus

Question 21

what regulates circadian rhythm?

Answer 21

hypothalamus

Question 22

where is the pineal gland located?

Answer 22

epithalamus

Question 23

what secretes melatonin?

Answer 23

pineal gland

Question 24

what is the “little brain”?

Answer 24

the cerebellum

Question 25

what regulates posture, equilibrium, and balance?

Answer 25

the cerebellum

Question 26

what part of the brain is responsible for reading, writing, speaking, and remembering?

Answer 26

the cerebrum

Question 27

what is responsible for voluntary control of motor functions?

Answer 27

the cerebrum

Question 28

what is responsible for memory and personality?

Answer 28

the cerebrum

Question 29

what is responsible for language?

Answer 29

the cerebrum

Question 30

which hemisphere is used for spoken and written language, reasoning, and math and science skills?

Answer 30

left hemisphere

Question 31

which hemisphere is used for artistic functions, emotional content of facial expressions, language, and spatial and pattern recognition?

Answer 31

right hemisphere