Neuro System Anatomy 1 Flashcards
Name the ventricles of the brain.
lateral ventricles, third ventricle, and fourth ventricle
How do the 2 lateral ventricles communicate with the third ventricle?
The interventricular foramina or foramen (aka the foramina of Monro)
What connects the 3rd and 4th ventricles?
Cerebral aqueduct
What divides the cerebral peduncle into an anterior part (the crus cerebri) and a posterior part (tegmentum)?
Substantia nigra
Where would you find the graciles tubercle?
Brain
How many cervical nerves are there?
Eight
How many coccygeal nerves are there?
One
At what level does spinal cord end?
L2
What are the nerve roots below L2 called?
The cauda equina
What does the brain stem consist of?
Medulla oblongata
Pons
Midbrain
What divides frontal and parietal lobes?
Central sulcus
What separates frontal and temporal lobes?
Lateral sulcus
What separates the cingulate gyrus from the superior frontal gyrus?
The cingulate sulcus
What separates the cingulate gyrus from the corpus callosum?
Callosal sulcus
What does the cerebrum consist of?
The telencephalon and the diencephalon
What 4 structures make up the diencephalon?
Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Subthalamus
Epithalamus
What parts make up the telencephalon?
cerebral cortex
subcortical white matter
Basal ganglia
What is the cerebellum comprised of?
2 lateral hemispheres divided by the vermis
What structure is connected to the hypothalamus by the infundibulum?
The pituitary gland is connected to the hypothalamus via the infundibulum and the infundibulum is considered part of the posterior lobe or the neurohypophysis
What part of the spinal cord contains the nerve bodies and unmyelinated fibers?
Gray matter
What part of the spinal cord contains somatic cell bodies and have motor functions?
Ventral or anterior horn
What part of the spinal cord contains visceral cell bodies and have visceral motor function?
Lateral horn
What part of the spinal cord contains the cell bodies of the neuron and have sensory functions?
Dorsal horn
What part of the spinal cord and brain contains an interconnecting nerve system which is made of the myelinated nerve fibers?
White matter. Myelin sheaths (which contain fat) gives white matter its color.
What are the four lobes of the brain?
Frontal
Parietal
Temporal
Occipital
What is the general function of the frontal lobe?
Motor function
What is the general function of the parietal lobe?
Somatosensory
What is the general function of the occipital lobe?
Vision