Revision - 3 Flashcards
Small cracks in the cortex are called …
Sulci
The inferior and superi or colliculi compose the …
Tectum
The cortex visible on simple examination is divided into …
Four lobes
The corpus callosum is the human brain’s largest …
Comissure (connection between hemispheres)
Regulation of breathing and the cardiovascular system is primarily controlled by …
The medulla
Thalamus is to hypothalamus as,
Sensory input is to body maintenance
Six layers of gray matter on top of a layer of white matter would describe …
The neocortex
The difference between sensory and motor pathways is least distinct in the …
Cortex
What is most immediately superior to (on top of) the spinal cord head?
The medulla
The grey matter of the brain is composed of …
Neuronal soma
A ___ section is made parallel to the ground
Horizontal
The cranial and spinal nerves, plus the peripheral ganglia, form the …
Peripheral nervous system
The brain and spinal cord form the …
Central nervous system
What provides a measure of protection for the neurons that form the central nervous system?
Meninges, blood-brain barrier, skull
The ___ is a tough protective sheath that covers the brain and that lies closest to the skull
Dura mater
The brain is cushioned by ___, which is contained within the ___
Cerebrospinal fluid, subararachnoid space
The ___ are formed by four hollow and interconnected spaces within the brain
Venticles
A ___ is a large groove in the surface of the human cortex
Fissure
A bulge located between the adjacent grooves in the surface of the human cortex would be termed a …
Gyrus
Primary visual cortex is located within which cortical lobe?
Occipital
Regions of the cortex that are NOT primarily concerned with sensation or movement are termed ___ cortex
Association cortex
Primary auditory cortex is located within which cortical lobe?
Parietal
Which cortical lobe contains the primary somatosensory cortex?
Parietal
By which division of the nervous system is the flight/fight response governed?
Autonomic nervous system
Which area of the brain contains the pons?
Brainstem
To which major region of the basal ganglia does the substantia nigra project?
Striatum
Which is the area of the cerebral cortex that lies anterior to the central sulcus?
Frontal lobes
What is not part of the cerebral cortex?
Cerebellar cortex
As the spinal cord enters the brain, it develops into the …
Medulla
The two main structures of the diencephalon are the …
Hypothalamus and the thalamus
