Head, Neck and Thorax

Question 1

Name the three cranial fossa?

Answer 1

anterior, middle, posterior

Question 2

Is the lesser sphenoid closer to anterior or posterior?

Answer 2

anterior

Question 3

Which part of the skull takes a lot of the blow upon impact?

Answer 3

sphenoid

Question 4

What is the petrous portion of the temporal bone?

Answer 4

large ridge that separates the middle cranial fossa and the posterior cranial fossa

Question 5

What attaches to the christa galli?

Answer 5

the dura mater

Question 6

What bone is the cribiform plate part of?

Answer 6

ethmoid bone

Question 7

What passes through the perforations of the cribiform plate?

Answer 7

the nasal nerve

Question 8

What holds the pituitary gland?

Answer 8

the hypophyseal fossa

Question 9

What is behind the hypophseal fossa?

Answer 9

the dorsum sellae

Question 10

What is the pre central gyrus responsible for?

Answer 10

motor

Question 11

What is the post central gyrus responsible for/

Answer 11

sensory

Question 12

What does the lateral sulcus separate?

Answer 12

frontal and temporal lobe

Question 13

List the functions of the frontal lobe?

Answer 13

spatial tasks
object recognition
problem solving
task management
complicated movements

Question 14

What is the parietal lobe associated with?

Answer 14

sensory

Question 15

Where is brocas area and what is it?

Answer 15

frontal left lobe

motor speech

Question 16

Where is wernickes area and what is it?

Answer 16

left temporal lobe

word salad -understand question but cant make sensible answer

Question 17

Where is the lie zone?

Answer 17

left prefrontal cortex

Question 18

What does the basal ganglia do?

Answer 18

recieve input from cortex and other areas
relay to motor and premotor areas
start, stop and monitor movement
control intensity of movement - antagonists

Question 19

What is the cause of parkinsons and the symptoms?

Answer 19

low amounts of dopamine in basal ganglia
tremour
pill rolling
shuffling gait
rigidity

Question 20

What are the components of the diencephalon?

Answer 20

thalamus - relay center
hypothalamus - ANS center
Pituitary - endocrine, hormones
Epithalamus - pineal gland, melatonin

Question 21

What is the primitive brain?

Answer 21

limbic system

Question 22

What are the parts of the limbic system and their responsibilities?

Answer 22

amygdala - emotions

hippocampus - memory

Question 23

What is the limbic system also responsible for?

Answer 23

visceral responses: increase BP, increased resp, sweating

Question 24

What happens if there is a lesion to the limbic area?

Answer 24

cannot complete simple tasks (forget why), no facial or object recognition, eat things they shouldnt, increased sexual desire toward anything

Question 25

Where does the cerebellum reside?

Answer 25

posterior cranial fossa

Question 26

What does the cerebellum do?

Answer 26

coordinate skeletal muscle action
compares instructions with performance
cant walk heel to toe without it
unable to coordinate muscles for speech

Question 27

What are the components of the brain stem?

Answer 27

midbrain
pons
medulla oblongata
spinal cord

Question 28

What are the components of the midbrain and purpose?

Which cranial nerve is here?

Answer 28

colliuli
visual (superior) and auditory
for reflexes

3 and 4

Question 29

What is the pons for and what cranial nerves are here?

Answer 29

acts as a bridge to other areas
ex) cerebellum

nerves 5, 6, 7

Question 30

What nerves are associated with medulla oblongata?

Answer 30

8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Question 31

What is the function of the medulla?

Answer 31

cardiac centers
vasomotor control
respiratory control
reflex - coughing, sneezing, gagging, swallowing, vomiting, etc/