Neuroanatomy Language

Question 1

Dorsal

Answer 1

Towards the back

Question 2

Ventral

Answer 2

Front

Question 3

Rostral

Answer 3

Latin for “beak”
= toward the NOSE

Question 4

Caudal

Answer 4

Latin for “tail”
=towards the TAIL or posterior

Question 5

Anterior

Answer 5

Front

like the ante meridian is in the front of the day

Question 6

Proximal

Answer 6

Situated nearer the CENTER of the body or point of attachment

Question 7

Distal

Answer 7

Further away from the center of the structure of interest

Question 8

Axial

Answer 8

Towards the central axis

Question 9

Appendicular

Answer 9

•refers to the appendages which are

AWAY FROM central axis

Question 10

Horizontal

Answer 10

= AXIAL = Transverse = Cross section

Parallel to the horizon or floor

Question 11

Coronal

Answer 11

CROWN or TIARA-like

Question 12

Sagittal

Answer 12

•a Vertical plane running from front to back

•divides body into RIGHT and LEFT sides

Question 13

Central Nervous System

Answer 13

brain, spinal chords and tracts

Question 14

Peripheral Nervous System

Answer 14

nerves and ganglia

Question 15

Telencephalon

Answer 15

Greek = “end brain”
•the Anterior part of the forebrain

Consists of:
1) cerebral hemispheres
2) basal forebrain

Question 16

Diencephalon

Answer 16

Greek = “in between brain”
•The caudal (posterior) part of the forebrain
Consists of:
-Thalamus
-Hypothalamus
-Epithalamus

Question 17

Dorsal Root Ganglia (DRG)

Question 18

Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nerves

Question 19

Mid-sagittal Plane

Answer 19

View of brain that shows
bisection of brain down longitudinal fissure

Question 20

Hemisections

Answer 20

Refers to two halves of brain as separated by longitudinal fissure

Question 21

Prosencephalon

Answer 21

Forebrain:

1) Telencephalon
2) Diencephalon

Question 22

Rhombencephalon

Answer 22

Hindbrain:
1) Metencephalon
2) Myelencephalon

Question 23

Metencephalon

Answer 23

Part of the hindbrain
that contains the Pons & Cerebellum

Question 24

Myelencephalon

Answer 24

Part of the hindbrain that
contains the MEDULLA

Question 25

View of Developing Nervous
System from the side (Human)

Answer 25

Question 26

Sub-Cortical

Answer 26

deep to the cortex

valuably shown in the Coronal fashion