General Brain Anatomy Flashcards
What is the light blue lobe called?
Frontal lobe
What is the purple lobe called?
Parietal lobe
What is the green lobe called?
Occipital lobe
What is the red lobe called?
Cerebellum
What is the yellow lobe called?
Temporal lobe
What are the gyri?
The rolls of the cerebral cortex
What are the sulci?
The grooves between the gyri
What is the central sulcus?
A large fissure separating the frontal from the parietal lobes
What is the lateral sulcus?
A large fissure that separates the temporal lobe from the parietal and frontal lobes
What is the corpus callosum?
A large bundle of white matter connecting the two hemispheres
What are the layers of membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord called?
The meninges
How many layers of the meninges are there and what are they called?
3
- The dura mater
- The arachnoid mater
- The pia mater
What is the dura mater?
The outer layer of the meninges that lines the interior of the skull
What is the arachnoid mater?
The delicate, middle layer of the meninges that invests the brain loosely- doesn’t follow the surface closely
What is the pia mater?
The inner layer of the meninges that is closely attached to the surface of the brain and closely adherent to the underlying nervous tissue