Gross Brain

Question 1

What is the Neuraxis?

Answer 1

The long axis of the brainstem

Question 2

Brain Subdivisions

Answer 2

Rhombencephalon, Mesencephalon, Prosencephalon

Question 3

division of rhombencephalon

Answer 3

Myelencephalon, Metencephalon

Question 4

division of prosencephalon

Answer 4

diencephalon, telencephalon

Question 5

division that produces Medulla Oblongata

Answer 5

myelencephalon

Question 6

division that produces pons and cerebellum

Answer 6

metencephalon

Question 7

division that produces “in between brain”

Answer 7

diencephalon

Question 8

division that produces cerebral hemispheres

Answer 8

telencephalon

Question 9

ventrical that forms rhombencephalon

Answer 9

4th

Question 10

ventrical that forms telencephalon

Answer 10

lateral ventricals (1st and 2nd)

Question 11

ventrical that forms diencephalon

Answer 11

3rd

Question 12

ventrical that forms mesencephalon

Answer 12

cerebral aqueduct

Question 13

small molecule neurotransmitters

Answer 13

Glutamate, GABA, ACh

Question 14

Monoamines

Answer 14

Dopamine, Norepinephrine, Epinephrine, Seratonin

Question 15

Neuropeptides

Answer 15

ACTH, Substance P

Question 16

A group of nerve cell bodies in the CNS

Answer 16

nucleus

Question 17

A group of nerve cell bodies in the PNS

Answer 17

Ganglion

Question 18

Ipsilateral

Answer 18

axon terminates on the same side as the cell body

Question 19

Contralateral

Answer 19

axon terminates on the opposite said as the cell body

Question 20

bilateral

Answer 20

the axon divides and runs and terminates on both sides

Question 21

commissure

Answer 21

fibers pass directly from one side of the brain to the other

Question 22

Meninges

Answer 22

Dura Mater, Arachnoid mater, pia mater

Question 23

two layers of dura mater that line the skull

Answer 23

Endosteal, Meningeal

Question 24

Dura Septa

Answer 24

Falx cerebri, tentorum cerebelli (tentorial incisure)

Question 25

How does the brain control circulation from within?

Answer 25

astrocytes

Question 26

Arachnoid villi

Answer 26

Protrusions of the Arachnoid into the Dura mater into the venus sinuses to allow drainage of CSF from the subarachnoid space into the bloodstream

Question 27

Supplies blood to the lateral aspect of brain

Answer 27

middle cerebral artery

Question 28

Supplies blood to the occipital lobe

Answer 28

Posterior cerebral artery

Question 29

Supplies blood to the front lobe and tissue below it

Answer 29

Anterior Cerebral artery

Question 30

Subdural hematoma

Answer 30

Blood gathering between the dura mater and arachnoid mater. life threatening

Question 31

Epidural hematoma

Answer 31

Blood gathering between dura mater and skull.

Question 32

most rostral part of the subarachnoid space along the optic nerve

Answer 32

optic disc

Question 33

The insular cortex is associated with what lobe?

Answer 33

temporal

Question 34

What artery lies over the pons

Answer 34

Basilar artery

Question 35

What two arteries converge to form the basilar artery

Answer 35

vertebral

Question 36

The basilar artery divides into...

Answer 36

Posterior cerebral arteries