Forebrain

Question 1

visual

Answer 1

LGN–> broadman area 17

Question 2

auditory

Answer 2

MGN–> superior temporal gyrus

Question 3

somatosensory for the face

Answer 3

VPM/VPL–> somatosensory cortex 3,2,1

Question 4

somatosensory for the body

Answer 4

VPM/VPL–> somatosensory gyrus

Question 5

taste

Answer 5

VPM

Question 6

hippocampal

Answer 6

mamillary bodies and then to ant. nucleus of thalamus

Question 7

limbic

Answer 7

anterior nucleus–> cingulate gyrus

Question 8

motor cortex

Answer 8

VA/VL from cerebellum

Question 9

pulvinar nuc

Answer 9

visual processed information parieto-occipital association cortex

Question 10

Dorsal median

Answer 10

(prefrontal) frontal cortex association cortex- executive function

Question 11

Centromedian

Answer 11

motor

Question 12

reticular

Answer 12

interneurons on inferior surface that interact with other nuclei

Question 13

Identify the following limbs of the internal capsule: anterior, posterior, retrolenticular and sublenticular limbs and list the contents of these four regions.

Answer 13

Anterior Anterior nucleus of thalamus, DM nucleus Cingulate gyrus, Prefrontal cortex

Posterior Motor cortex VPL/VPM Spinal cord and brainstem Postcentral gyrus

Retrolenticular Pulvinar LGN Parietal association cortex
Visual cortex

Sublenticular LGN MGN Visual cortex Auditory cortex

Question 14

Identify the following structures in coronal and horizontal sections through the brain: 1) thalamic nuclei: anterior nuc., lateral and medial geniculate nuclei, VA-VL, pulvinar, VPL-VPM, centromedial, dorsomedial (DM), and 2) parts of the internal capsule: anterior, posterior, retrolenticular, and sublenticular limbs.

Answer 14

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