neurology

Question 1

primary division of brain (embryo)

Answer 1

prosencephalon
mesencephalon
rhombencephalon

Question 2

secondary (subdivision)

Answer 2

telencephalon
diencephalon
mesencephalon
metencephalon 
myelencephalon

Question 3

adult structure - telencephalon

Answer 3

cerebrum
subcortical white matter
basal ganglia
hippocampus

Question 4

diencephalon

Answer 4

subthalamus
hypothalamus-infundibulum
epithalamus- pineal gland
thalamus

Question 5

mesencephalon

Answer 5

tectum
tegmentum
crus cerebri
peduncles

Question 6

metencephalon

Answer 6

cerebellum

pons

Question 7

myelencephalon

Answer 7

medulla oblongata

spinal cord

Question 8

organizes and keeps the cell in function

Answer 8

cell body

Question 9

controls every function of the neuron “control center”

Answer 9

nucleus

Question 10

receives signal “towards the cell”

Answer 10

dendrites

Question 11

sends signal away the cell

Answer 11

axons

Question 12

generates signal or action potential

Answer 12

axon hillock

Question 13

increases the speed of conducting signal

Answer 13

myelin sheath

Question 14

allow diffusion of ions

saltatory conduction

Answer 14

nodes of ranvier

Question 15

to form a junction to other neurons

Answer 15

axon terminal

Question 16

site of communication

Answer 16

synapse

Question 17

functions as metabolic support and immunity of the neuron

Answer 17

neuroglia

Question 18

neuroglia that is star shaped

most numerous and for supporting framework

Answer 18

astrocytes

Question 19

smallest neuroglia and acts as a scavenger

brain macrophage and for immunity

Answer 19

microglia

Question 20

transport and circulate cerebrospinal fluid

Answer 20

ependymal cells

Question 21

largest part of brain

Answer 21

cerebrum

Question 22

dominant hemisphere

Answer 22

left

Question 23

non dominant hemisphere

Answer 23

right

Question 24

mathematical
analytical
language

Answer 24

dominant

Question 25

hemineglect
arts/music
memorization

Answer 25

non-dominant

Question 26

“ammon’s horn”

for declarative memory

Answer 26

hippocampus

Question 27

sex drive, emotion, personality

Answer 27

amygdala

Question 28

lesion of amygdala

Answer 28

kluverbucy syndrome

Question 29

lesion in BA 4

Answer 29

flaccidity

Question 30

lesion in BA 6

Answer 30

spasticity

Question 31

lesion in BA 312

Answer 31

hemianesthesia

Question 32

lesion in BA 5,7

Answer 32

proprioception, kinesthesia and stereognosis

Question 33

lesion in BA 39

Answer 33

gertsman syndrome

Question 34

lesion in BA 18

Answer 34

dyschromatopsia

alexia s agraphia

Question 35

gaps/line

separates the gyri

Answer 35

sulcus/fissures

Question 36

separates left and right hemisphere

Answer 36

medial longitudinal fissure

Question 37

aka “rolandic fissure”

separates pre central and post. central gyrus

Answer 37

central sulcus

Question 38

connects left and right hemisphere

Answer 38

commisural/transverse

Question 39

largest fiber that connects R & L

Answer 39

corpus callusum / great commisure

Question 40

connects to same side/area

Answer 40

association

Question 41

connects BA 44 & 22

Answer 41

arcuate fasciculus

Question 42

connects 1 part to a distant area

Answer 42

projection

Question 43

excitatory neurotransmitter

Answer 43

acetylcholine
glutamate
epinephrine