Lecture 1- Neuro Intro

Question 0

What are the 3 developmental subdivisions of the brainstem?

Answer 0

Mesencephalon
Metencephalon
Myelencephalon

Question 1

Lise the 5 developmental subdivisions of the brain.

Answer 1

Telencephalon 
Diencephalon 
Mesencephalon 
Metencephalon
Myelencephalon

Question 2

What are the 3 large fiber tracts that connect the brainstem to the cerebellum?

Answer 2

Sup, middle and inf cerebellar peduncles

Question 3

What are swellings containing neurotransmitter vesicles that occur along the course of an axon called?

Answer 3

boutons en passat

Question 4

What is the myelencephalon?

Answer 4

medulla oblogata

Question 5

What is the metencephalon?

Answer 5

pons and cerebellum

Question 6

What is the mesencephalon?

Answer 6

midbrain

Question 7

What is the fluid filled space in the myelencephalon?

Answer 7

4th ventricle

Question 8

What is located in the space between the cerebellum and the brainstem?

Answer 8

4th Ventricle

Question 9

What does the 4th ventricle become in the midbrain (mesencephalon)?

Answer 9

cerebral aqueduct

Question 10

What are the 2 main structures that comprise the diencephalon?

Answer 10

thalamus and hypothalamus

Question 11

What separates the thalamus and hypothalamus?

Answer 11

3rd ventricle

Question 12

List the 5 lobes of the cerebrum

Answer 12

occiptial
temporal
parietal
frontal
limbic

Question 13

Where does pain information cross?

Answer 13

in the spinal cord

Question 14

Where does fine touch and pressure information cross?

Answer 14

caudal medulla (myelencephalon)

Question 15

What structure does OUTPUT from the cerebellum travel in?

Answer 15

superior cerebellar peduncle

Question 16

Where do the pontine nuclei send fibers?

Answer 16

to the cerebellum via the middle cerebellar peduncle

Question 17

List 3 brainstem nuclei that are associated with the cerebellum.

Answer 17

Red Nucleus
Inferior Olivary Nucleus
Pontine Nuclei