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Question 1

Occupies most of the cranial activity within the skull

Answer 1

Brain

Question 2

Nerves that project directly from the brain is ?

Answer 2

Cranial nerves

Question 3

Remarkably similar to the human brain

Answer 3

Sheep brain- smaller cerebrum

Question 4

A tough, leathery, outer covering

Answer 4

Dura mater

Question 5

Thin, translucent middle meninx

Answer 5

Arachnoid

Question 6

Thin, vascular membrane covering the brain

Answer 6

Pia mater

Question 7

Forma a large cavity for blood along the top of the brain called the ?

Answer 7

Sagittal sinus

Question 8

Contains CBS fluid in living specimens

Answer 8

Subarachnoid space

Question 9

Most prominent feature of the brain

Answer 9

Cerebrum

Question 10

Surface of the cerebrum is covered with large folds of tissue called ?

Answer 10

Gyri

Question 11

Mass of white fibers that connects the left and right hemisphere

Answer 11

Corpus callosum

Question 12

Grooves between the gyri are ?

Answer 12

Sulci

Question 13

How do anatomists use fissures?

Answer 13

As landmarks to divide the surface of cerebrum

Question 14

Snaller, rounded structure caudal to the cerebrum but still possessing gyri is the ?

Answer 14

Cerebellum

Question 15

An x shaped junction of fibers at the bases of the optic nerves

Answer 15

Optic chiasma