Deep Cerebrum

Question 1

Putamen is the ________ of the lentiform nucleus

Answer 1

lateral nucleus

Question 2

Basal ganglia nuclei located medially to internal capsule

Answer 2

Caudate nucleus

Question 3

major sensory and motor relay center of CNS

Answer 3

Thalamus

Question 4

connects the two cerebral hemispheres.

Answer 4

corpus callosum

Question 5

major pathway between the cerebral hemispheres and the diencephalon (thalamus), brainstem and spinal cord.

Answer 5

internal capsule

Question 6

extends between the corpus callosum and the fornix; separates the two lateral ventricles.

Answer 6

septum pellucidium

Question 7

major pathway connecting the hippocampal formation with the mammillary nucleus and the septal nuclei.

Answer 7

Fornix

Question 8

one of the basal ganglia nuclei; located ventral to the head of the caudate and connects the caudate and putamen.

Answer 8

Nucleus accumbens

Question 9

Lentiform nucleus consists of

Answer 9

putamien (lateral) and globus pallidus (medial) – both lateral to IC

Question 10

parts of internal capsule

Answer 10

anterior limb (caudate and lentiform)
genu
posterior limb (thalamus and lentiform)

Question 11

Thalamocortical and corticothalamic fibers

corticopontine

Answer 11

anterior limb

Question 12

corticobulbar
somatotopic organization: H
thalamocortical
corticopontine

Answer 12

genu

Question 13

3 parts of posterior limb

Answer 13

lenticulothalamic portion
retrolenticular - optic radiations (geniculocalcarine tract)
sublenticular (auditory and optic radiations)

Question 14

parts of fornix

Answer 14

fimbrae, commissure, body and columns