Gross Anatomy of the Brain and Spinal Cord 1

Question 1

what is normally the dominant hemisphere

Answer 1

left hemisphere

Question 2

what is the left hemisphere responsible for

Answer 2

language, speech and writing

Question 3

what are the left and right hemispheres connected by

Answer 3

corpus callosum

Question 4

what is the non-dominant hemisphere in control of

Answer 4

orientation of the body in its environment, visual, interpretation of music, emotion and intuition

Question 5

what is the purpose of the sulci

Answer 5

they are grooves that separate the gyri

Question 6

what is the purpose of the gyri

Answer 6

ridges that increase surface area

Question 7

what divides the brain into quarters

Answer 7

longitudinal cerebral fissure and the central sulcus

Question 8

what divides left and right hemispheres

Answer 8

longitudinal fissure

Question 9

what runs in the longitudinal fissure

Answer 9

falx cerebri

Question 10

what are the ridges in the cerebellum called

Answer 10

folia

Question 11

what cranial nerves are associated with medulla

Answer 11

CN IX, X, XII

Question 12

what cranial nerves are associated with the pons

Answer 12

CN VI-VIII

Question 13

what is part of the diencephalon

Answer 13

epithalamus, thalamus, hypothalamus

Question 14

what surface is the parietal-occipital sulcus visible on

Answer 14

medial surface

Question 15

what sulcus is the insula deep to

Answer 15

the lateral sulcus

Question 16

what are the three major parts of the frontal lobe

Answer 16

prefrontal cortex
motor cortex
broca’s area

Question 17

what is the function of the prefrontal cortex

Answer 17

problem solving
personality

Question 18

what is the function of the motor cortex

Answer 18

planning, control and voluntary movement via
primary motor cortex

Question 19

what is the function of Broca’s area

Answer 19

production of speech
usually found in left hemisphere

Question 20

what is broca’s aphasia

Answer 20

when there has been damage to broca’s area and sounds can be made but words cannot be formed, also an inability with writing

Question 21

what are the main parts of the parietal lobe

Answer 21

primary somatosensory cortex
posterior parietal cortex

Question 22

what is in the primary somatosensory cortex

Answer 22

sensory humunculus and deals with tactile sensation

Question 23

what is the function posterior parietal cortex

Answer 23

spatial perception
spatial attention
cognitive functions

Question 24

what is the main part of the occipital lobe

Answer 24

primary visual cortex

Question 25

where is the primary visual cortex located

Answer 25

around the calcarine sulcus

Question 26

where does the primary visual cortex receive visual information from

Answer 26

the thalamus

Question 27

what are the two main parts of the temporal lobe

Answer 27

auditory cortex
wernickle’s area

Question 28

what is the function of the auditory cortex

Answer 28

hearing, speech, words, pitch and tone of music

Question 29

what is the function of wernickles area

Answer 29

language comprehension

Question 30

what happens in wernickles aphasia

Answer 30

the person can say words perfectly fine but the words they say are often wrong as the comprehension is impeded

Question 31

where is the insula found

Answer 31

deep to the lateral sulcus

Question 32

what is the anterior insula involved in

Answer 32

language and planning

Question 33

what is the posterior insula involved in

Answer 33

integrating information