Laboratory 1

Question 0

What sulcus divides the frontal and parietal lobes?

Answer 0

Central Sulcus

Question 1

What are the lobes of the cerebral cortex?

Answer 1

Frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital

Question 2

What divides the frontal and the temporal lobe?

Answer 2

Sylvian Fissure

Question 3

What separates the parietal lobe from the occipital lobe?

Answer 3

Parieto-occipital sulcus

Question 4

What are the divisions of the brainstem from rostral to caudal?

Answer 4

Thalamus > Mid Brain > Pons > Medulla > Spinal Cord

Question 5

What are deep brain nuclei that are involved in motor function and addiction/reward behaviors?

Answer 5

Basal Ganglia

Question 6

What are the 3 components of the basal ganglia?

Answer 6

Caudate Nucleus, Putamen, Globus Pallidus

Question 7

What is the term referring to the caudate nucleus and putamen together?

Answer 7

Striatum

Question 8

What is the term referring to the putamen and globus pallidus together?

Answer 8

Lenticular or lentiform nucleus

Question 9

What is a deep brain structure that is involved in relaying information between cortex and brainstem and between cortical structures?

Answer 9

Thalamus

Question 10

What structure forms the walls of the third ventricle?

Answer 10

Thalamus

Question 11

What is a large white matter bundle that connects the cerebral cortical hemispheres and forms the roof of the lateral ventricles?

Answer 11

Corpus Callosum

Question 12

What large white matter bundle runs within the diencephalon and connects the brainstem and the cerebral cortex?

Answer 12

Internal Capsule

Question 13

What is the name of the first coronally orientated gyrus?

Answer 13

Pre-central Gyrus

Question 14

What structure is immediately caudal to the pre-central gyrus?

Answer 14

Central Sulcus

Question 15

What is the primary center for voluntary control of motor function?

Answer 15

Pre-central Gyrus

Question 16

What is the primary center for somatic sensory projections?

Answer 16

Post-central Gyrus

Question 17

What gyri form the primary cortical centers for hearing?

Answer 17

Transverse gyri (superior surface of temporal lobe)

Question 18

What carries descending motor fibers to the contra lateral arm and leg, and to the oculomotor nerve as it emerges from the interpeduncular fossa?

Answer 18

Crus Cerebri

Question 19

An expanding mass in the cerebral hemisphere on one side sometimes causes what to push against the Crus Cerebri resulting in dilation of the ipsilateral pupil and paralysis of the contralateral arm and leg?

Answer 19

Uncus

Question 20

What are the primary visual receptive areas?

Answer 20

Calcarine fissure and adjacent cortex

Question 21

What is the cortical matter surrounding the central sulcus on the medial plane?

Answer 21

Para central lobule

Question 22

What lobe means border, forms the border between the upper end of the brainstem and portions of the cerebral hemispheres?

Answer 22

Limbic lobe

Question 23

What lobe structures are involved in memory, behavior, emotion, and higher control of visceral functions, and are very Important in behavioral science?

Answer 23

Limbic lobe

Question 24

The metencephalon is composed of what?

Answer 24

Cerebellum and Pons

Question 25

What forms the roof of the mecencephalon aka midbrain?

Answer 25

Superior and inferior colliculi