Horizontal plane Flashcards
1
Q
Name it and state its function.
A
Choroid plexus.
- Tissue producing CSF.
2
Q
Name.
A
Lateral ventricle.
3
Q
Name and state its function.
Also, state areas where it receives it inputs from.
A
Optic radiation.
- Connects lateral geniculate nucleus—->occipital lobe.
Receiving input from:
- retina, optic nerve and optic tract.
4
Q
Name.
A
Occipital lobe.
5
Q
Name.
A
The posterior horn of lateral ventricle.
6
Q
Name.
A
Splenium of Corpus Callosum.
7
Q
Name.
A
Genu of Corpus Callosum.
8
Q
Name and state its function.
A
Fornix.
- Allows information to travel to the hippocampus from the mamillary bodies, and is mostly involved in the pathway of memory and learning.
9
Q
Name , state its function and the artery that supplies it.
A
Insula.
- Visceral sensation and autonomic control.
Supplied by:
- Middle cerebral artery.
10
Q
Name and state its function.
A
Caudate nucleus.
- Execution of voluntary skeletal movement, cognition and emotion.
11
Q
Name, state its function and components.
A
Internal capsule.
- White appearance, sensory and motor fibres to and from the cortex.
- Processing of movement, lesions causes weakness in limbs.
12
Q
Name, state its function and its inputs/outputs to or from other regions of the brain.
A
Putamen.
- Regulating movement and learning, via GABA, acetylcholine and enkephalin.
- Inputs: sensory and motor from Cortex.
- Outputs: sends to globus pallidus.
13
Q
Name this, state its function and inputs/outputs.
A
Thalamus.
- Acts as a gatekeeper and modulator, outputs to the cortex and inputs from the brainstem.
