Nervous System 5

Question 1

Frontal Lobe

Answer 1

Motor planning and decision making

Question 2

Corpus Callosum

Answer 2

Connects L & R cerebral hemispheres

Question 3

Thalamus

Answer 3

All sensory except olfaction synapses here

Question 4

Hypothalamus

Answer 4

Neuro-endocrine control of visceral function

Question 5

Midbrain

Answer 5

Sleep/wake (RAS), dopamine production

Question 6

Pituitary Gland

Answer 6

Master endocrine gland

Question 7

Temporal Lobe

Answer 7

Hearing

Question 8

Pons

Answer 8

Brain ‹-› spinal cord tracts

2 respiratory centers

Question 9

Medulla oblongata

Answer 9

Important autonomic nuclei forming cardiovascular and respiratory centers

Question 10

Parietal Lobe

Answer 10

Somatosensory

[knows where a touch occurs]

Question 11

Occipital Lobe

Answer 11

Vision

Question 12

Pineal gland

Answer 12

Melatonin secretion / circadian rhythms

Question 13

Tectal Plate

Answer 13

Corpora quadrigemina
-superior and inferior colliculi
+reflexes involving vision and hearing

Question 14

Cerebral Aqueduct

Answer 14

CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) pathway

Question 15

Cerebellum

Answer 15

Balance, coordination of skilled motor activity

Question 16

Fourth Ventricle

Answer 16

CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) pathway

Question 17

The brain is protected by

Answer 17

skull bones
meninges
cerebrospinal fluid
blood-brain barrier

Question 18

The three meninges are…

Answer 18

Outer dura mater
Arachnoid
Inner Pia Mater

Question 19

Internal projections of the dura form the ____ that secure the brain to the ____

Answer 19

dura

skull

Question 20

Nourishes and cushions the brain and spinal cord

Answer 20

Cerebrospinal fluid

Question 21

Cerebrospinal fluid from the plasma at the _____ ______ which are located in the roofs of the ventricles

Answer 21

choroid plexus

Question 22

CSF circulates through the spinal cord and returns to the blood through the

Answer 22

arachnoid villi

Question 23

____-____ barrier results from specialization of the brain capillaries

Answer 23

Blood-brain

Question 24

The BBB permits the passage or ____, ____, ____, and _____-____ molecules into the brain tissue, but prevents the passage of most _______ _______

Answer 24

water
oxygen
nutrients
fat-soluble
harmful substances

Question 25

Arched fold of dura mater that descends vertically into the longitudinal fissure between the cerebral hemispheres

Answer 25

falx cerebri

Question 26

What two layers is the Dura Mater made up of?

Answer 26

Periosteal layer | Meningeal layer

Question 27

The space between the dura mater and the arachnoid mater of the brain and spinal cord that contains a small amount of fluid

Answer 27

Subdural Space

Question 28

Space between the spinal dural mater and the vertebral canal, contains areolar connective tissue and a plexus of veins

Answer 28

Epidural Space

Question 29

Upward wrinkle in brain

Answer 29

gyro

Question 30

Downward wrinkle on brain

Answer 30

sulcus

Question 31

Really deep wrinkle in brain

Answer 31

fissure

Question 32

Each hemisphere has what lobes?

Answer 32

``` frontal lobe parietal lobe occipital lobe temporal lobe insula ```

Question 33

Functional areas of the cerebral cortex include

Answer 33

- motor areas in the frontal lobes - sensory areas in the parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes - association areas

Question 34

Functional area of the cerebral cortex that is the primary motor cortex, pre-motor cortex, frontal eye field, and Broca's area for speech production

Answer 34

Motor Area in the Frontal Lobe

Question 35

Functional area of the cerebral cortex that is the primary somatosensory, visual, auditory, gustatory, vestibular, and olfactory cortices

Answer 35

Sensory areas in the parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes

Question 36

Functional area of the cerebral cortex that are the sensory association areas, the prefrontal cortex for the highest cognitive processes, and language areas

Answer 36

Association Areas

Question 37

The [left or right] hemisphere is specialized for language and math skills

Answer 37

Left

Question 38

The [left or right] hemisphere is specialized for visual-spatial and creative abilities

Answer 38

Right

Question 39

Reflexes involving vision and hearing

Answer 39

Superior and inferior colliculi