Neuro: Gross Neuroanatomy And Intracranial Environment

Question 1

Structures in the supratentorial compartment:

Answer 1

-thalamus
-hypothalamus
-cerebral hemispheres

Question 2

Structures in the infratentorial compartment:

Answer 2

-Midbrain
-cerebellum
-pons
-medulla

Question 3

Structures in the vertebral compartment:

Answer 3

-spinal cord

Question 4

Major structures of the telecephalon:

Answer 4

-cerebral hemispheres
-cerebral cortex
-subcortical white matter
-basil ganglia
-basal forebrain nuceli

Question 5

Major structures of the diencephalon:

Answer 5

-thalamus
-hypothalamus
-epithalamus

Question 6

Major structures of the mesencephalon:

Answer 6

-cerebral peduncles
-midbrain rectum
-midbrain tegmentum

Question 7

Regions that make up the prosencephalon (or forebrain):

Answer 7

-telencephalon
-diencephalon

Question 8

Another name for mesencephalon

Answer 8

Midbrain

Question 9

Major structure of the metencephalon:

Answer 9

-pons
-cerebellum

Question 10

Major structures of the myelencephalon:

Answer 10

-medulla

Question 11

What regions make up the rhombencephalon (or hindbrain):

Answer 11

-metencephalon
-myencephalon

Question 12

If an issue in a case is slow developing it is most likely a…

Answer 12

Tumor

Question 13

If an issue in a case is quick developing then it is most likely a…

Answer 13

Hematoma