Chapter 15, Brain and cranial nerves

Question 1

Gray matter

Answer 1

Forms the cortex, which covers the surface of the adult brain.

Question 2

White matter

Answer 2

Deep to the gray matter of the brain

Question 3

The brain is protected by which structures

Answer 3

Bony cranium, protective connective tissue, cerebral spinal fluid, BBB

Question 4

Falx cerebri

Answer 4

Separates left to right cerebral hemispheres

Question 5

Tentitorium cerebelli

Answer 5

Separates cerebrum from the cerebellum

Question 6

Falx cerebelli

Answer 6

Separates left to right cerebellar hemispheres

Question 7

Diaphragma sellae

Answer 7

The small septum between the pituitary and hypothalamus

Question 8

Ventricles

Answer 8

Cavities within the brain that contain cerebral fluid

Question 9

BBB(blood-brain-barrier)

Answer 9

Regulates what substances can enter the brain

Question 10

What three locations is BBB not commonly seen in

Answer 10

Choroid process, Hypothalamus, Pineal gland

Question 11

Cerebrum

Answer 11

Location for the conscious thought process

Question 12

Corpus callosum

Answer 12

Connects the left and right cerebral hemisphere

Question 13

Frontal lobe

Answer 13

Involved mostly with personality functions

Question 14

Parietal lobe

Answer 14

involved in general sensory functions, (touch and pain)

Question 15

Temporal lobe

Answer 15

hearing and smell

Question 16

occipital lobe

Answer 16

Stores memories

Question 17

Insula

Answer 17

memory and functions of taste

Question 18

Motor areas

Answer 18

controls voluntary motor functions primarily in skeletal muscle

Question 19

Sensory areas

Answer 19

Provides awareness for sensation

Question 20

Association areas

Answer 20

Stores information

Question 21

Broca area

Answer 21

Helps with vocalization

Question 22

Premotor/somatic cortex

Answer 22

Processes motor information

Question 23

Somatosensory association area

Answer 23

Interprets sensory information

Question 24

Wernicke area

Answer 24

Recognizes and comprehends spoken and written languages

Question 25

Gnostic area

Answer 25

Integrates all sensory, visual, and hearing

Question 26

Diencephalon

Answer 26

Epithalamus, thalamus, and hypothalamus

Question 27

Epithalamus

Answer 27

The pineal gland, habenular nuclei

Question 28

Midbrain

Answer 28

Substantia nigra(produces dopamine), superior colliculus(visual reflex), inferior colliculus(hearing)

Question 29

Pons

Answer 29

houses sensory and motor cranial nerves

Question 30

Medulla oblongata

Answer 30

Controls homeostatic process (reflexes and ventilation)

Question 31

Cerebellum

Answer 31

Stores memories

Question 32

Limbic system

Answer 32

A ring around the diencephalon that continuously experiences emotions

Question 33

Cranial nerve 1

Answer 33

Olfaction=smell

Question 34

Cranial nerve 2

Answer 34

Optic=vision

Question 35

Cranial nerve 3

Answer 35

Oculomotor=Muscles that move the eyelid

Question 36

Cranial nerve 4

Answer 36

Trochlear= supplies the superior oblique

Question 37

Cranial nerve 5

Answer 37

Trigeminal= for touch, temperature, and pain

Question 38

Cranial nerve 6

Answer 38

Abducens= innervates the lateral rectus

Question 39

Cranial nerve 7

Answer 39

Facial= increases the secretion of the lacrimal glands

Question 40

Cranial nerve 8

Answer 40

Facial cont.=tatse from the tongue

Question 41

Cranial nerve 9

Answer 41

Vestibulocochlear= vestibular- impulses for equilibrium. Cochlear-impulses for hearing

Question 42

Cranial nerve 10

Answer 42

Glossopharyngeal= innervates pharynx muscle

Question 43

Cranial nerve 11

Answer 43

Vagus=Innervates pharynx and larynx muscle

Question 44

Cranial nerve 12

Answer 44

Accessory=Innervates trapezius and sternocleidomastoid

Question 45

Cranial nerve 13

Answer 45

Hypoglossal=moves tongue muscles