Chapter 2.4 - A Guided Tour of the Brain

Question 1

Visually, what is the most prominent part of the brain

Answer 1

The Cerebral Cortex

Question 2

Evolutionarily, what is the youngest part of the human brain

Answer 2

The Prefrontal Cortex

Question 3

What three sections of brain form the CNS between the spinal cord and diencephalon

Answer 3

The Medulla, Pons and Cerebellum, Midbrain (Brainstem)

Question 4

Damage to the _________ can be life-threatening due to its control of respiration and global states of consciousness

Answer 4

Brainstem

Question 5

Ascending somatosensory information entering from the spinal cord passes through the medulla via two bilateral nuclear groups, the ________ and _______ nuclei

Answer 5

Gracile and Cuneate

Question 6

Corticospinal motor axons cross through the _________ to form the pyramidal decussation

Answer 6

Medulla

Question 7

The part of the brain with motor and sensory nuclei, nuclei controlling neurotransmitter systems; white matter tracts (ascending sensory, descending motor signals), and responsible for respiration and states of consciousness

Answer 7

The Brainstem

Question 8

The part of the brain that relays sensory information to the brain and motor commands from brain to muscles, and responsible for the reflex pathways

Answer 8

The Spinal Cord

Question 9

The ________ is made up of the Midbrain, Pons, Medulla and Cerebellum

Answer 9

The Brainstem

Question 10

The Thalamus and Hypothalamus make up the __________

Answer 10

Diencephalon

Question 11

What part of the brain is the “gateway to the cortex”, and relays sensory and motor information, and creates circuits

Answer 11

The Thalamus

Question 12

What part of the brain is the interface between the nervous system and endocrine system: responsible for hormone production and control

Answer 12

The Hypothalamus

Question 13

The Limbic System, Basal Ganglia and Cerebral Cortex make up the _____________

Answer 13

Telencephalon

Question 14

Part of the Telencephalon that hosts the collection of deep nuclei involved in motor functions, timing, reward processing, motivation and learning

Answer 14

The Basal Ganglia

Question 15

Part of the Telencephalon that is important for emotional processing

Answer 15

The Limbic System

Question 16

The basic features of the __________ include: the folding of the cortex - gyri versus sulci division into lobes

Answer 16

The Cerebral Cortex

Question 17

The _________ Cortex has changed the most significantly between us and our ancestors and non-human primates and other animals

Answer 17

Prefrontal

Question 18

________ Matter is comprised of cell bodies and is layered

Answer 18

Grey

Question 19

Brodmann identified how many architectural areas of the brain

Answer 19

52

Question 20

Dorsal = _________, Rostral = ________, Caudal = ________, and Ventral = ________

Answer 20

Superior, Anterior, Posterior, and Inferior

Question 21

Which part of the brain is only found in mammals

Answer 21

The Prefrontal Cortex

Question 22

The spinal cord is divided into how many segments

Answer 22

31