Neuroanatomy

Question 1

Afferent nerves

Answer 1

Send signals to the brain

Question 2

Efferent nerves

Answer 2

Send signals away from the brain

Question 3

Mesencephalon (location, structures, function)

Answer 3

Location: Superior to the pons, inferior to the diencephalon

Structures: Substantia nigra, superior peduncles connecting the brainstem and the cerebellum

Function: Controls many motor and sensory functions

Question 4

Metencephalon/pons (location, structures, function)

Answer 4

Location: Bridges the two halves of the cerebellum

Structures: Inferior and middle peduncles, is the pons

Function: Contains many descending motor fibers and is involved with transmitting information between the ccerebellum and various cerebral structures