Revision 1- brain

Question 1

How many of each vertebrae are there in the spine?

Answer 1

7, 12, 5, 5, 4

Question 2

What is the first vertebrae of the cervical spine called?

Answer 2

Atlas

Question 3

What is unusual about the processes of the cervical spine?

Answer 3

C1- no body or spinous process
C2- dens connecting to C1
C3-6- bifid spiny process
C7- long spiny process

Question 4

What does the sacral promontory act as a landmark for?

Answer 4

The distinction between the abdominal and pelvic cavities

Question 5

what ligament links the posterior vertebral discs?

Answer 5

posterior longitudinal ligament

Question 6

the spinal cord is a continuation of what?

Answer 6

medulla oblongata

Question 7

name of the termination of spinal cord?

Answer 7

conus medularis

Question 8

what fissure seperates the left and right cerebral hemispheres?

Answer 8

longitudinal

Question 9

what structure runs through the longitudinal fissure?

Answer 9

falx cerebri, superior sagittal sinus

Question 10

branches of which vessel extends along the sylvian fissure?

Answer 10

middle cerebral artery

Question 11

what fissure seperates the cerebellum from the cerebrum?

Answer 11

transverse fissure

Question 12

bundle of white fibres that connects impulses between L and R side of brain?

Answer 12

corpus callosum

Question 13

what structure is centrally located with each lobe on each side of the ventricle?

Answer 13

thalamus

Question 14

what structure forms CSF?

Answer 14

choroid plexus

Question 15

what midline structure seperates the ventricles?

Answer 15

septum pelludicum

Question 16

into what vein does the blood from arachnoid drain?

Answer 16

dural venous sinus