Readings

Question 1

Myelencephalon

Answer 1

Medulla

Question 2

Metencephalon

Answer 2

Pons an cerebellum

Question 3

Mesencephalon

Answer 3

Midbrain

Question 4

Bell-Magendie Law

Answer 4

Dorsal part of SC receives sensory input; ventral sends motor output to muscle fibers

Question 5

Diencephalon

Answer 5

Thalamus and Hypothalamus

Question 6

Telencephalon

Answer 6

Cerebral hemispheres

Question 7

Lateral (Sylvian) fissure

Answer 7

Seperates temporal lobe from frontal/parietal lobes

Question 8

Longitudinal/medial fissure

Answer 8

Separates two hemispheres

Question 9

Central (Rolando) fissure

Answer 9

Separates frontal lobes from parietal lobe

Question 10

Terminal differentiation

Answer 10

Neurons so specialized they have lost a ability to reproduce

Question 11

Nissl bodies

Answer 11

High concentration of stacked ribosomes (synthesise proteins)

Question 12

Raynauds disorder

Answer 12

Extreme vasoconstriction of toes, nose
Pale and cold
Crawling sensations

Question 13

Angina

Answer 13

Excessive vasoconstriction of coronary arteries

Question 14

Quinke’s disorder

Answer 14

Edema on arms or face
Chills and fever

Question 15

Riley-Day Syndrome

Answer 15

Absence of tear
Excessive sweating
Emotional liability

Question 16

Hirschsprung’s Disease (Megacolon)

Answer 16

Dilation of colon
Chronic constipation (due to congenital lack parasympathetic ganglia and abnormal fibres to colon)

Question 17

Horner’s Syndrome

Answer 17

Interruption of sympathetic fibres to eye
Results in constriction of pupil, eyelid drooping, and loss of sweating on side of face and neck

Question 18

Funiculi

Answer 18

Horns of spinal cord divide surrounding spinal white matter into large bundles of fibres