External Brain Anatomy

Question 1

Cerebrum

Answer 1

Biggest part

Question 2

Cerebellum

Answer 2

Under cerebrum

Question 3

Brainstem

Answer 3

Between cerebrum & spinal cord. Critical functions. heart rate, breathing, sleep

Question 4

Gyrus

Answer 4

the ridges of the brain

Question 5

Sulcus

Answer 5

the grooves of the brain

Question 6

Frontal lobe

Answer 6

Higher lvl executive function: critical thinking, impulse control, attention

Question 7

Primary motor cortex

Answer 7

In precentral gyrus. Planning & executive motor control movement

Question 8

Parietal lobe

Answer 8

Sensory information & higher visual processing, math, spatial processing

Question 9

Central sulcus

Answer 9

Sulcus that divides frontal & parietal lobe

Question 10

Primary somatosensory cortex

Answer 10

In postcentral gyrus. Perceiving touch & pain

Question 11

Temporal lobe

Answer 11

Beneath frontal & parietal lobes. Hearing, smell, taste, higher lvl visual processing. Speech, memory. Has hippocampus and amygdala

Question 12

Occipital lobe

Answer 12

Back of brain. Visual processing

Question 13

Lateral/Sylvian fissure

Answer 13

Divides temporal from frontal & parietal

Question 14

Lissencephalic

Answer 14

smooth brain

Question 15

Gyrencephalic

Answer 15

wrinkly brain

Question 16

Fissure

Answer 16

Large sulcus

Question 17

Longitudinal fissure

Answer 17

diving the right & left sides of the brain

Question 18

Dorsal Roots

Answer 18

Sensory pathways from body to spinal cord

Question 19

Ventral Roots

Answer 19

Motor pathways from spinal cord to muscles

Question 20

Dorsal Root Ganglion

Answer 20

Bridging the gap between CNS and PNS