hypothalamus

Question 1

hypothalamus extends from ____ to _____

Answer 1

optic chiasm to caudal border of mammillary bodies

Question 2

it lies below the ______ on lateral wall of the 3rd ventricle

Answer 2

hypothalamic sulcus

Question 3

hypothalamus is close to _____

Answer 3

limbic system, thalamus, ascending and descending tracts, and hypophysis

Question 4

function of hypothalamus

Answer 4

Homeostasis
Endocrine
ANS
Limbic

nearly all

Question 5

the preoptic area is found _____ to hypothalamus

Answer 5

anterior

Question 6

preoptic are is from ____ to ____

Answer 6

optic chiasm to lamina terminalis and anterior commissure

Question 7

caudally the preoptic area merge with _____

Answer 7

tegmentum of midbrain

Question 8

related structures to preoptic are from anterior to psoterior

Answer 8

Optic chiasm
Tuber cinereum and infundibulum
Mammillary bodies

Question 9

Thalamus lies ______ to the hypothalamus

Answer 9

sup

Question 10

subthalamic region lies ______ to the hypothalamus

Answer 10

inferolateral

Question 11

what is the optic chiasm

Answer 11

Flattened bundle of nerve fibers

Question 12

optic chiasm is situated at

Answer 12

junction of the anterior wall and floor of the third ventricle

Question 13

sup surface of OC is attached to

Answer 13

lamina terminalis

Question 14

inferiorly OC is related to

Answer 14

hypophysis cerebri; separated by diaphragma sella

Question 15

Anterolateral corners of OC are continuous with

Answer 15

optic nerves

Question 16

Posterolateral corners of OC continuous with

Answer 16

optic tracts

Question 17

optic recess of 3rd vent lies on ___ of OC

Answer 17

superior surface

Question 18

what is the tuber cinereum

Answer 18

convex mass of gray matter seen on the inferior surface

Question 19

tuber cinereum con inf with _____

Answer 19

infundibulum

Question 20

infundibulum cont w ______

Answer 20

posterior lobe of the hypophysis cerebri

Question 21

raised part of tuber cinereum

Answer 21

Median eminence

Question 22

Median eminence is attach to the _____

Answer 22

infundibulum

Question 23

parts of neurohypophysis

Answer 23

Median eminence

Infundibulum

Posterior lobe (pars nervosa) of hypophysis cerebri (pituitary gland)

Question 24

the mammillary bodies are situated side by side posterior to ____

Answer 24

tuber cinereum

Question 25

mammillary bodes posses central core of ______ invested by _____

Answer 25

entral core of gray matter invested by a capsule of myelinated fibers

Question 26

found posterior to mammillary bodies

Answer 26

posterior perforated substance

Question 27

posterior perforated substance transmits ______

Answer 27

central branches of the PCA