H&N: Neuroanatomy

Question 1

What connective tissue is located in the longitudinal fissure?

Answer 1

-Falx cerebri

Question 2

What is the region responsible for general sensory perception of one half of the body?

Answer 2

-Primary somatosensory cortex in the parietal lobe

Question 3

Which region is responsible for motor function for one half of the body?

Answer 3

-Primary motor cortex in the pre-central gyrus in the fontal lobe

Question 4

What is found running between inferior part of the occipital lobes and the cerebellum below?

Answer 4

-Tentorium cerebelli

Question 5

How does a corpus callostomy benefit patients with epilepsy?

Answer 5

Prevents severe epilepsy occurring as the lobes of the brain cannot communicate with each other which can prevent muscles on each side working together

Question 6

Between which meningeal layers can the CSF be found?

Answer 6

-Arachnoid and Pia

Question 7

Where within the brain is CSF?

Answer 7

Ventricles