Session 3- Intro to neuroanatomy: general organisation and functional anatomy

Question 1

what makes up the forebrain

Answer 1

cerebrum

dicephalon

Question 2

what makes up the brainstem

Answer 2

midbrain pons and medulla

Question 3

what is grey matter made up of

Answer 3

cell bodies

Question 4

what are fissures

Answer 4

deep dips into the brain

Question 5

what is white matter

Answer 5

dense packed billions of axons

Question 6

what are the main sulci

Answer 6

central sulcus
lateral fissure
longitudinal fissure
parietal-occipital sulcus

Question 7

major function of the brainstem

Answer 7

• number of cranial nerve nuclei are found at different points in the brainstem
• pons= feeding= trigéminal nerve exits here
• medulla= CVS respiratory centre reside here
• many motor and sensory fibres within

Question 8

function of frontal

Answer 8

voluntary motor control
speech production
social behaviour
impulse control
high cognition

Question 9

function of temporal

Answer 9

language 
emotion
long term memory 
sense of smell 
hearing 
taste

Question 10

function of parietal

Answer 10

somatosensory perception

spatial awareness

Question 11

function of occipital

Answer 11

visual perception

Question 12

function of cerebellum

Answer 12

co ordination and motor learning

Question 13

pathway of the spinal nerves

Answer 13

pathways connecting primary motor cortex with spinal nerves controlling the limbs cross to the opposite side at the level of the lower medulla

cortical control of limb movement is from one primary motor cortex which is contralateral

Question 14

pathway of cranial nerves

Answer 14

pathways connecting primary motor cortex with cranial nerves controlling the muscles of face/ neck cross to the opposite side at the level the nuclei onto which they communicate

cortical control of muscles is from one primary motor cortex which is contralateral

most cranial nerves has cortical input from the ipsilateral cortex as a back up