Chapter 3: Neuroanatomy

Question 1

Cerebral Cortex

Answer 1

6 layers with distinct patterns of cell bodies and processes

Question 2

Basal Ganglia

Answer 2

Motor control

Made of three sub parts:

1) Caudate Nucleus
2) Putamen
3) Globus Pallidus

Question 3

Limbic System

Answer 3

Important in emotion and learning

Important Structures:
Amygdala
Hippocampus
Cingulate Gyrus
Olfactory Bulb
Thalamus
Hypothalamus

Question 4

Amygdala

Answer 4

Emotional regulation and salience attribution

Question 5

Hippocampus

Answer 5

Learning and memory

Question 6

Cingulate gyrus

Answer 6

Attention

Question 7

Olfactory bulb

Answer 7

Smell

Question 8

Thalamus

Answer 8

Relay sensory information

Question 9

Hypothalamus

Answer 9

Homeostasis and neurovegitative functions control pituitary gland

Question 10

Midbrain

Answer 10

Sensory Systems:
Superior colliculi
Inferior colliculi

Motor systems:
Substantial nigra

Other systems
Reticular formation
Periaquedcutal grey

Question 11

Hindbrain

Answer 11

Cerebellum: motor coordination and control

Pons: sensory and motor nuclei

Medulla: transition between brain and spinal cord. Controls respiration and heart rate

Question 12

Support and protective layers

Answer 12

3 layers of tissue called MENINGIES

1) Dura Mater: tough outermost layer
2) Arachnoid Membrane: between dies and pia mater filled with cerebrospinal fluid
3) Pia Mater: delicate innermost layer

Question 13

Ventrical System

Answer 13

Series of chambers filled with cerebrospinal fluid

Choroid Plexus: tissue that produces CSF

Question 14

Blood-Brain Barrier

Answer 14

A result of capillaries in brain that are resistant to letting large molecules pass into Brian