CNS Topography

Question 1

Myelecephalon –>

Answer 1

Medulla

Question 2

Metencephalon –>

Answer 2

Pons, cerebellum

Question 3

Rhombencephalon –>

Answer 3

Medulla + pons + cerebellum

Question 4

Mesencephalon –>

Answer 4

Midbrain

Question 5

Diencephalon =

Answer 5

thalamus, hypothalamus

Question 6

Telencephalon –>

Answer 6

cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, amygdala, hippocampus

Question 7

Frontal lobe function:

Answer 7

Intelligence, personality, motivation, motor command

Question 8

Parietal lobe function:

Answer 8

General sensation, language, spatial orientation

Question 9

Temporal lobe function:

Answer 9

Hearing, language processing, visual processing, memory

Question 10

Occipital lobe function:

Answer 10

Vision

Question 11

Limbic lobe function:

Answer 11

Emotions, basic drives, memory, smell

Question 12

Hippocampus function:

Answer 12

Limbic component: Spatial memory

Question 13

Amygdala function:

Answer 13

Limbic component: Associative learning where non-emotional stimuli can acquire emotional properties

Question 14

Insula function:

Answer 14

Limbic component: Taste, visceral sensation, emotional aspects of pain

Question 15

Basal ganglia function:

Answer 15

Activates and coordinates internally generated movements

Question 16

Thalamus function:

Answer 16

Relays sensory and motor information to/from the cerebral cortex

Question 17

Hypothalamus function:

Answer 17

Integrates autonomic, endocrine, limbic functions

Question 18

Brainstem functions:

Answer 18

Regulation of cardiac and respiratory function
Regulates CNS
Maintains consciousness
Regulates sleep cycle

Question 19

Cerebellum functions:

Answer 19

Synergizes and corrects movement
Maintains upright posture
Maintains muscle tone

Question 20

White matter in spinal cord, medulla, pons and midbrain are on the (inside/outside)

Answer 20

Outside

Question 21

White matter in the cerebral cortex, cerebellum and diencephalon are on the (inside/outside)

Answer 21

Inside

Question 22

Somatotopic organization of precentral gyrus of primary motor cortex
Located in:

Answer 22

Hands and face

Frontal lobe

Question 23

Inferior frontal gyrus contains:

Located in:

Answer 23

Motor speech area (Broca’s area)

Frontal lobe

Question 24

Somatotopic organization of post central gyrus of primary somatosensory cortex
Located in:

Answer 24

lips, mouth, arms, hands

Parietal lobe

Question 25

Supramarginal gyrus and angular gyrus responsible for:

Located in:

Answer 25

language processing

Parietal lobe

Question 26

Transverse temporal gyrus (Heschl’s gyrus) is:

Located in:

Answer 26

primary auditory cortex

Temporal lobe

Question 27

Superior temporal gyrus contains:

Located in:

Answer 27

Wernicke’s area for understanding speech

Temporal lobe

Question 28

Cingulate gyrus involved in:

Located in:

Answer 28

emotion formation and processing, learning and memory

Limbic lobe

Question 29

Calcarine sulcus located in:

Answer 29

Occipital lobe

Question 30

Parahippocampal gyrus:

Located in:

Answer 30

Memory encoding and retrieval

Limbic lobe surrounding hippocampus

Question 31

Uncus:

Located in:

Answer 31

Olfactory cortex

Limbic lobe

Question 32

Epithalamus:

Answer 32

Circadian rhythms

Includes pineal body