Neuroanatomy (lab session)

Question 1

Which part of the brain lies in the anterior cranial fossa?

Answer 1

-frontal lobe

Question 2

Which part of the brain lies in the middle cranial fossa?

Answer 2

-temporal lobe

Question 3

Which part of the brain lies in the posterior cranial fossa?

Answer 3

-cerebellum

Question 4

Which part of the bran lies directly above the body of the sphenoid bone?

Answer 4

-hypothalamus

Question 5

Which part of the brain passes through the foramen magnum?

Answer 5

-medulla (becomes the spinal cord)

Question 6

Which part of the ventricular system relates to the cerebral hemisphere?

Answer 6

-lateral ventricles

Question 7

Which part of the ventricular system relates to the diencephalon (thalamus & hypothalamus)?

Answer 7

(posterior)

-third ventricle

Question 8

Which part of the ventricular system relates to the midbrain?

Answer 8

-cerebral aqueduct

Question 9

Which part of the ventricular system relates to the pons and medulla?

Answer 9

-fourth ventricle

Question 10

What are the 12 cranial nerves in order from the anterior aspect?

Answer 10

Olfactory
Optic 
Oculomotor
Trochlear
Trigeminal
Abducens
Facial
Vestibulocochlear
Glossopharyngeal
Hypoglossal
Vagus
Accessory

Question 11

Which blood vessel supplies the primary motor cortex for face?

Answer 11

middle cerebral artery

Question 12

Which blood vessel supplies the primary motor cortex for arm?

Answer 12

middle cerebral artery

Question 13

Which blood vessel supplies the primary motor cortex for foot?

Answer 13

anterior cerebral artery

Question 14

Which blood vessel supplies the primary somatosensory cortex for arm?

Answer 14

middle cerebral artery

Question 15

Which blood vessel supplies the primary visual cortex?

Answer 15

posterior cerebral artery

Question 16

Which blood vessel supplies the primary auditory cortex

Answer 16

middle cerebral artery

Question 17

Which blood vessel supplies Broca’s area?

Answer 17

middle cerebral artery

Question 18

Which blood vessel supplies Wernicke’s area?

Answer 18

middle cerebral artery

Question 19

What is a nucleus in terms of the CNS?

Answer 19

-a collection of neuronal cell bodies

Question 20

What is the lamina?

Answer 20

• a layer of neurones

- only CNS

Question 21

What is the white matter tract?

Answer 21

• a collection of axons

- only CNS

Question 22

What is the ganglion?

Answer 22

• a collection of neuronal cell bodies

- only PNS

Question 23

What is a nerve in terms of the PNS?

Answer 23

• a collection of axons

- only the PNS

Question 24

lecture slides

Answer 24

https://imperiallondon-my.sharepoint.com/personal/jmoss1_ic_ac_uk/Documents/Bioregulatory%20Systems/01.%20Neurology%20%26%20neuroscience/Student%20resources/Neuro_LE04_Neuroanatomy.pdf?&originalPath=aHR0cHM6Ly9pbXBlcmlhbGxvbmRvbi1teS5zaGFyZXBvaW50LmNvbS86YjovZy9wZXJzb25hbC9qbW9zczFfaWNfYWNfdWsvRVNpenpWR3V6VUZKZ1hPbHlVekM2UllCMzFMNkU2c3g4azAxMDl3bkJRRG1kdz9ydGltZT13RzdwbGdHTTEwZw