Overview of the brain

Question 1

Name the parts of the corpus callosum

Answer 1

rostrum, genu, body, splenium

Question 2

where does the frontal lobe lie?

Answer 2

anterior cranial fossa

Question 3

What lies in the middle cranial fossa?

Answer 3

temporal lobe and parietal lobe

Question 4

where is the insular lobe

Answer 4

deep in the lateral fissure, overlapped

Question 5

what is the limbic lobe

Answer 5

a functional lobe, cingulate gyrus and parahippocampal gyrus, emotions and intellect

Question 6

where is brocca’s speech area

Answer 6

ONLY the L hemisphere of frontal lobe

Question 7

primary motor area

Answer 7

precentral gyrus of frontal lobe

Question 8

function of prefrontal cortex

Answer 8

personality and judgement

Question 9

primary sensory area

Answer 9

postcenrtal gyrus of parietal lobe

Question 10

where is the hippocampus found

Answer 10

deep in the parahippocampal gyrus

Question 11

where is the amygdala found

Answer 11

deep to the uncus, the medial tip of parahippocampal gyrus

Question 12

where is the primary auditory area

Answer 12

superior temporal gyrus of temporal lobe

Question 13

where is the primary visual cortex

Answer 13

on either side of the calcarine fissure in the occipital lobe

Question 14

what does the diencephalon contain

Answer 14

the hypothalamus, thalamus, epithalamus, subthalamus

Question 15

what is the function of the thalamus

Answer 15

integration and relay center for sensory, motor, and limbic systems

Question 16

what is the function of the hypothalamus

Answer 16

control of ANS and endocrine systems, connections with limbic

Question 17

what is the function of the subthalamus

Answer 17

motor function related to basal ganglia

Question 18

What structures are developed in a C shape

Answer 18

hemispheres, lateral ventricle, caudate nucleus, corpus callosum

Question 19

the globus pallidus and putamen are found

Answer 19

medial and lateral in the basal ganglia

Question 20

where do axons of the internal capsule in the diencephalon run

Answer 20

to and from the cortex

Question 21

what do each of the cerebellar peduncles relate to?

Answer 21

superior- midbrain
middle- pons
interior- medulla

Question 22

which CN are related to the midbrain

Answer 22

CN III, CN IV

Question 23

which CN are related to the pons

Answer 23

CN V

Question 24

which CN are related to the pontomedullary junction

Answer 24

CN VI, CNVII, CN VIII

Question 25

which CN are related to the medulla

Answer 25

CN IX- CN XII

Question 26

what is the medulla continuous with

Answer 26

the spinal cord

Question 27

where is the coronal suture found

Answer 27

between the frontal and parietal bones

Question 28

where is the sagittal suture found

Answer 28

between the parietal bones

Question 29

where is the bregman suture found

Answer 29

where the sagittal and coronal sutures meet

Question 30

where is the lambdoid suture found

Answer 30

between the parietal and occipital bones

Question 31

where is the lambda suture found

Answer 31

where the sagittal and lambdoid sutures meet

Question 32

what is the boundary between anterior and middle cranial fossa

Answer 32

edge of lesser wing of sphenoid

Question 33

what is the boundary between middle and posterior cranial fossa

Answer 33

ridge in the petrous portion of the temporal bone

Question 34

what does the anterior cranial fossa contain

Answer 34

the frontal lobe, olfactory nerve

Question 35

what does the middle cranial fossa contain

Answer 35

temporal lobe, parietal lobe, CN II- VI exit, ICA enters

Question 36

what does the posterior cranial fossa contain

Answer 36

occipital lobe, brainstem, cerebellum, CN VII-XII exit, medulla (continuous with SC), vertebral a. and spinal CN XI enter foramen magnum