Neurobiology Lecture 1

Question 1

All parts of the CNS arise from a specialized region of the ectoderm called the

Answer 1

neural plate

Question 2

Where is the neural plate located

Answer 2

along the dorsal midline

Question 3

What part of the neural tube differentiates the fastest

Answer 3

more quickly in the center of the neural plate

Question 4

The neural tube closes first at the

Answer 4

top and then the bottom

Question 5

The open fluid-filled space inside the neural tube becomes

Answer 5

ventricular system

Question 6

What does the prosencephalon become

Answer 6

cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, and thalamus

Question 7

What does the mesencephalon become

Answer 7

brainstem (midbrain)

Question 8

What does the rhombencephalon become

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pons, medulla, cerebellum

Question 9

The telencephalon becomes the

Answer 9

cerebral cortex and basal ganglia

Question 10

The open fluid filled space within the telencephalon becomes the

Answer 10

lateral ventricles

Question 11

The diencephalon becomes the

Answer 11

thalamus and hypothalamus

Question 12

The open fluid filled space in the diencephalon becomes the

Answer 12

third ventricle

Question 13

The telencephalon houses the olfactory…

Answer 13

bulbs

Question 14

The diencephalon houses the olfactory…

Answer 14

cups

Question 15

The open fluid fillled space within the midbrain becoems the

Answer 15

cerebral aqueduct

Question 16

The rhombencephalon become the hindbrain which contains which two brainstem portions

Answer 16

pons
medulla

Question 17

The metecephalon becomes the

Answer 17

pons and cerebellum

Question 18

The myelencephalon becomes the

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medulla

Question 19

Can the fourth ventricle be seen through the rhombencephalon

Answer 19

yes

Question 20

What is a thick band of white matter connecting hemsipheres

Answer 20

Corpus collosum

Question 21

T/F higher order animals tend to have more complex cortex meaning more layers of neurons

Answer 21

T

Question 22

How many layers of neocortex

Answer 22

6

Question 23

What is Broadman’s area divided up by

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cytoarchitecture

Question 24

Language is

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lateralized

Question 25

Lobe: cognition, decision making, motor cortex

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frontal

Question 26

Lobe: spatial information with other senses, navigation

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parietal

Question 27

Lobe: vision

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occipital

Question 28

Lobe: audition, speech/language, memory, emotion, object recognition

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temporal

Question 29

The edges expand, forming the ______ _____ whereas the central region bottoms out forming the ______ ____

Answer 29

neural fold; neural groove

Question 30

Gyri are ; where are sulci are

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hills; valleys

Question 31

What does the limbic system include

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cingulate cortex and other emotion

Question 32

In the spinal cord great matter is ___ while white matter is

Answer 32

in; out