sheep brain anatomy exam

Question 1

What is the function of the thalamus?

Answer 1

Sensory and motor relay station

Question 2

What is the function of the hypothalamus?

Answer 2

Everything, motivation, hunger, thirst, sex, link nervous and endocrine system via the pituitary gland

Question 3

What is the function of the hippocampus?

Answer 3

Memory consolidation of long and short term, spatial navigation, creates mental maps

Question 4

What is the function of the mammillary bodies?

Answer 4

Recollective memory, emotion, reward, goal directed behavior, sense of direction (NESW)

Question 5

What is the function of the globus pallidus?

Answer 5

Regulation of voluntary movement

Question 6

What is the function of the putamen?

Answer 6

Influence movement and types of learning, speech articulation, addiction, language

Question 7

What is the function of the caudate nucleus?

Answer 7

Motor processes, reward, learning, planning

Question 8

What structures compose the basal ganglia?

Answer 8

Putamen, caudate nucleus, globus pallidus

Question 9

What is the function of the pons?

Answer 9

Sleep and arousal, sending signal from forebrain to cerebellum

Question 10

What is the function of the corpus collusum?

Answer 10

Connects left and right cerebrum, movement, cognition, vision

Question 11

What is the function of the ventricles?

Answer 11

Interconnected cavities where CSF is produced

Question 12

What is the function of the pineal gland?

Answer 12

Melatonin production for day to day and seasonal sleep cycles

Question 13

What is the function of the pituitary gland?

Answer 13

Hormone production and release

Question 14

What is the function of the medulla?

Answer 14

Everything to live, HR, BP, RR etc

Question 15

What is the function of the superior colliculi?

Answer 15

Visual reflexes

Question 16

What is the function of the inferior colliculi?

Answer 16

Auditory reflexes

Question 17

What is the function of the cingulate gyrus?

Answer 17

Neural interface, emotion, sensation, action, part of the limbic system, sleep, behavior

Question 18

What is the function of the cerebellum?

Answer 18

Coordinates regulates functional activities, receives input from spinal cord and other parts of the brain, balance, attention, language production

Question 19

What is the function of the optic chiasm?

Answer 19

Determines which hemisphere receives visual feedback. Optic nerves cross here. Visual input from eyes to brain

Question 20

What film covers the cerebellum?

Answer 20

Arachnoid matter

Question 21

What is meant by homologous structures?

Answer 21

Organs that have similar structures and relation to other structures

Question 22

Where is the transverse fissure?

Answer 22

Fissure that separates the cerebellum from cerebrum

Question 23

What is the longitudinal fissure?

Answer 23

Splits hemispheres in half

Question 24

What is the ansate fissure?

Answer 24

Homologous to central fissure in humans. Separates parietal and frontal lobe

Question 25

Where is CSF produced?

Answer 25

Ependymal cells within the choroid plexi that is present in the ventricles

Question 26

What is the function of the amygdala?

Answer 26

Emotions, especially fear

Question 27

What is the function of the cerebral aqueduct?

Answer 27

To connect the third and fourth ventricles

Question 28

What is the function of the parietal lobe?

Answer 28

Processing sensory information

Question 29

What is the function of the frontal lobe?

Answer 29

Reasoning, social function, muscle movement, executive function

Question 30

What is the function of the fornix?

Answer 30

Major output tract of hippocampus

Question 31

What is the function of the dura mater?

Answer 31

Support for neural vasculature, protect CNS from mechanical damage

Question 32

What is the function of the spinal cord?

Answer 32

Carries nerve signals to and from other areas of the body