Neuroanatomy

Question 1

Cervical region of spinal cord

Answer 1

neck, shoulders, and upper limbs

Question 2

Thoracic region of spinal cord

Answer 2

chest

Question 3

Lumbar

Answer 3

lower back

Question 4

Sacral

Answer 4

buttocks, genitalia, and back of legs

Question 5

Dorsal

Answer 5

sensory

Question 6

Ventral

Answer 6

motor

Question 7

Dorsal roots

Answer 7

contains axons of sensory neurons

Question 8

Dorsal horn

Answer 8

Grey matter where sensory neurons enter spinal cord

Question 9

Ventral roots

Answer 9

contains axons of motor neurons

Question 10

Ventral horn

Answer 10

Grey matter where motor neurons enter spinal cord

Question 11

Sulcus

Answer 11

groove on cortex

Question 12

gyrus

Answer 12

bump of cortex

Question 13

medial longitudinal fissure

Answer 13

fissure between two hemispheres

Question 14

Central sulcus

Answer 14

separates frontal and parietal lobes

Question 15

cerebellum

Answer 15

little brain, balance

Question 16

cerebral cortex/cerebrum

Answer 16

thin layer of interconnected neurons on cerebral hemisphere, upper level processing

Question 17

spinal cord

Answer 17

dense bundle of myelinated axons in CNS

Question 18

Olfactory bulb

Answer 18

sends smell information to brain

Question 19

frontal lobe

Answer 19

Problem solving and planning, motor movements

Question 20

temporal lobe

Answer 20

auditory information

Question 21

occipital lobe

Answer 21

visual information

Question 22

parietal lobe

Answer 22

somatosensory information

Question 23

function of spinal cord

Answer 23

recieves sensory info from body to brain, and motor info from brain to body

Question 24

Cerebellum

Answer 24

involved in motor learning and coordination of movements

Question 25

Medulla

Answer 25

controls respiration, blood glucose levels, and heart rhythms

Question 26

Pons

Answer 26

links signals from cerebrum to cerebellum and medulla, carries sensory signals to thalamus

Question 27

Cerebrum

Answer 27

largest and most evolved part of the brain, involved in highly complex processing of information

Question 28

Diencephalon

Answer 28

Contains structures involved in homeostasis, reproduction, and the relay of sensory information to the cortex