Neuroanatomy

Question 1

What is the function of the frontal cortex

Answer 1

Motor
Problem solving
Spontaneity 
Memory
Language 
Judgement
Personality
Impulse control
Social and sexual functions
High cognitive function

Question 2

What is the role of the parietal lobe

Answer 2

Perception
Sensory information
Language
Maths

Question 3

Role of the temporal lobe

Answer 3

Wernicke’s area

Short erm memory
Emotions
Equilibrium

Question 4

Role of the occipital lobe

Answer 4

Primary visual and association cortex

Question 5

Role of nucleus accumbens

Answer 5

Sexual arousal

High experience with drugs

Question 6

What is the supratentorial dura mater innervated by

Answer 6

Trigeminal nerves (all three)

Question 7

What is the infratentorial dura mater supplied by

Answer 7

Upper Cervical branches of facial nerve

Question 8

What cell from the CNS is derived from mesenchymal cells of the bone marrow

Answer 8

Microglial cells

Question 9

What nerve innervates the tip of the nose

Answer 9

Opthalmic nerve

Question 10

What structure lies POSTERIOR to the cerebral aqueduct

Answer 10

Tectum

Question 11

What artery supplies the paracentral lobule of the brain

Answer 11

Anterior cerebral artery

Question 12

What cranial nerve is linked with the superior salivatory nucleus

Answer 12

Facial Nerve

Question 13

What cranial nerve is associated with the ciliary ganglion

Answer 13

Oculomotor

Question 14

Where is the raphe nulceus located

Answer 14

Midbrain

Question 15

What three arteries supply the optic chiasma

Answer 15

Internal Carotid Artery
Middle Meningeal Artery
Anterior communicating artery

Question 16

Where are hair cells of the vestibular pathway located

Answer 16

Ampulla of semicircular canals

Question 17

What structure are hair cell cell bodies in contact with

Answer 17

Basilar Membrane

Question 18

What is the difference in elasticity in basilar membrane and tectorial membrane

Answer 18

Basilar membrane is LESS elastic than the tectorial membrane

Question 19

Where is the olfactory cortex located lobe-wise

Answer 19

Temporal lobe

Question 20

What cells in the olfactory bulb relay signals to the cortex

Answer 20

Tufted and mitral cells

Note: That’s why there is no need for the thalamus

Question 21

What bone is the foramen spinosum located in:

a) Frontal
b) Occipital
c) Temporal
d) Parietal
e) Sphenoid

Answer 21

Sphenoid bone

Question 22

Which of the following is not part of the crescent of foramina in the middle cranial fossa

a) Superior Orbital Fissure
b) Foramen Lacerum
c) Foramen Rotundum
d) Foramen Ovale
e) Foramen spinosum

Answer 22

Foramen Lacerum

Question 23

What nerves innervate the dura mater

Answer 23

Vagus
Glossopharyngeal
Trigeminal
Upper 1st/2nd cervical spinal nerve

Question 24

What muscle is innervated by the supra scapular nerve

Answer 24

Infraspinatus

Question 25

Where is the lumbar plexus located

Answer 25

Substance of the psoas major

Question 26

What artery supplies the inferior temporal gyrus

Answer 26

Posterior cerebral artery

Question 27

Role of the ligament flavum

Answer 27

Links vertebral bodies together lamina to lamina

Question 28

How many pedicles do we see per vertebral body

Answer 28

Two

Question 29

How many cervical vertebrae do we have

Answer 29

Seven

Question 30

What are the three main distinguishing features of the cervical vertebrae

Answer 30

1. Spinous process split into two parts (bifid spinous process) 2. Triangular vertebral foramen 3. Two transverse foramina

Question 31

How many thoracic vertebrae do we have

Answer 31

12

Question 32

What are the three distinguishing features of the thoracic vertebrae

Answer 32

Two demi facets on each side of th body Costal facets needed to articulate with each rib Vertebral foramen is circular (triangular in cervical)

Question 33

What are the largest vertebrae set

Answer 33

Lumbar

Question 34

How many lumbar vertebrae do we have

Answer 34

5

Question 35

What is the role of the lumbar vertebrae

Answer 35

Support weight of the upper body

Question 36

What are four distinguishing features of the lumbar vertebrae

Answer 36

1. No transverse foramina 2. No costal facets 3. No bifid spinous process 4. Triangular-shaped vertebral foramina

Question 37

What is the property of the vertebral body

Answer 37

Cartilaginous

Question 38

What cartilage are the articular surface of the vertebral body made of

Answer 38

Hyaline Cartilage

Question 39

At what vertebral level does the spinal cord end at

Answer 39

L1/2

Question 40

At what vertebral level does the conus medullar is start at

Answer 40

L2

Question 41

Where does the film terminals end at

Answer 41

S5

Question 42

What is the role of the psoas minor

Answer 42

It flexes the vertebral column

Question 43

What structure attaches to the crista galli

Answer 43

Falx cerebri

Question 44

What structure does the sigmoid sinus continue from

Answer 44

Internal jugular vein

Question 45

What sinus joins the sigmoid sinus to the cavernous sinus

Answer 45

The petrosal sinus