Lecture 10 (Anatomy Of The Brain)

Question 1

What is the basal nuclei responsible for?

Answer 1

Primarily motor control

Question 2

What is the role of the hypothalamus?

Answer 2

Maintaining homeostasis, control release of hormones from the pituitary gland

Question 3

What structure connects the pituitary glands to the hypothalamus

Answer 3

Pituitary stalk

Question 4

What hormones are produced from pituitary gland

Answer 4

• Growth hormone
• Thyroid stimulating hormone
• Follicle stimulating hormone

Question 5

What cause Acromegaly?

Answer 5

Over production of growth hormone by pituitary gland

Question 6

Untreated acromegaly may lead to?

Answer 6

Diabetes, HBP and sleep apnea

Question 7

Name one dentally relevant sign of acromegaly?

Answer 7

Large jaw causing gaps between teeth

Question 8

Where in the brain does the CSF produced

Answer 8

Ventricles

Question 9

What are ventricles

Answer 9

Fluid filled cavity that provide protection to the brain

Question 10

What is the name of the foramen that the spinal neves exit from?

Answer 10

Intervertebral foramen

Question 11

There are 7 cervical vertebrae 8 cervical spinal nerves

Answer 11

T1–T12 (thoracic)
L1–L5 (lumbar)
S1–S5 (sacral)
Co1 (coccygeal)

Question 12

What is myotomes

Answer 12

A group of muscles innervated by single spinal nerve

Question 13

What is dermatomes

Answer 13

Skin supplied by a single spinal nerve