Neuroanatomy

Question 1

What lies in the anterior cranial fossa

Answer 1

Frontal lobe of the cerebral hemisphere

Question 2

What lies in the middle cranial fossa

Answer 2

Temporal lobe of the cerebral hemisphere

Question 3

What lies in the posterior cranial fossae

Answer 3

Cerebellum

Question 4

What passes through the foremen magnum

Answer 4

Medulla

Question 5

What lies directly above the body of the sphenoid bone

Answer 5

Hypothalamus

Question 6

Which part of the ventricular system relates to the cerebral hemisphere

Answer 6

Lateral ventricle

Question 7

Which part of the ventricular system supplies the cerebral hemisphere

Answer 7

Lateral ventricle

Question 8

What part of the ventricular system supplies the diencephalon

Answer 8

Third ventricle

Question 9

Which part of the ventricular system supplies the midbrain

Answer 9

Aqueduct

Question 10

Which part of the ventricular system supplies the pons and medulla

Answer 10

Fourth ventricle

Question 11

Frontal lobe function

Answer 11

Primary motor cortex

Question 12

Parietal lobe function

Answer 12

Primary somatosensory cortex

Question 13

Temporal lobe function

Answer 13

Primary auditory complex

Question 14

Occipital lobe function

Answer 14

Primary visual cortex

Question 15

Limbic lobe function

Answer 15

Contains region for memory and emotional aspects of behaviour

Question 16

Which two areas in the visual cortex are usually only locations in the left hemisphere

Answer 16

Broca’s and Wernicke’s

Question 17

Function of Broca’s

Answer 17

Speech production

Question 18

Wernickes area

Answer 18

Language function - comprehension of speech

Question 19

What is the circle of Willis

Answer 19

Arterial supply of brain

Question 20

Which are the only two cortical areas in the brain that are not supplied by the middle cerebral area

Answer 20

Primary motor cortex for foot and primary visual cortex

Question 21

What is the blood supply for the primary motor cortex for the foot

Answer 21

Anterior cerebral artery

Question 22

What is the cortical blood supply for the primary visual cortex

Answer 22

Posterior cerebral artery

Question 23

Nucleus

Answer 23

A collection of neuronal cell bodies in the CNS. Grey matter

Question 24

Lamina

Answer 24

A layer of neurones in the CNS

Question 25

White matter tract

Answer 25

A collection of axons in the CNS

Question 26

Ganglion

Answer 26

A collection of neuronal cell bodies in the PNS

Question 27

Nerve

Answer 27

A collection of axons in the PNS