Skull and Brain

Question 1

Original structure of invaginations?

Answer 1

Branchial arches

Supported gills

Question 2

Tetrapod differences from fish?

Answer 2

• Developed neck
• Bones instead of cartilage

Question 3

Ear ossicles?

Answer 3

Bones of the ear; evolved from reptilian jaw joint

Question 4

Difference btwn mammalian/human brain & other animals?

Answer 4

Same basic pattern, but:

• larger forebrain
• smaller midbrain and hindbrain

Question 5

What are the 2 divisions of the skull?

Answer 5

Cranium and mandible

Question 6

Cranial divisions?

Answer 6

• Viscerocranium (face; jaws)
  • Basicranium (skull base)
  • Neurocranium (brain case

Question 7

Types of cranial bone? What parts do they form?

Answer 7

Endochondral bone: forms cranial base

Intramembranous bone: forms cranial vault, most of face, and jaws

Individual cranial bones can have both endochondral and intramembranous parts

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Question 9

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Frontal bone

Question 10

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Ethmoid

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(Within sphenoid)

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Question 18

Which brain regions go in each fossa?

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Question 21

3 ways the skull grows?

Answer 21

• Sutural growth
• Drift
• Synchondrosis growth

Question 22

Sutural growth?

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Question 24

Drift?

Answer 24

Deposition and reabsorption of cranial bone; expands cavities

Question 25

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Question 26

Cranial capacity at birth?

Answer 26

400cc (size of adult chimp)

Question 27

Infants have spaces between cranial bones. What are they called and what’s their purpose?

Answer 27

Fontanelles

Allows for brain growth, and deformation during childbirth

Question 28

Edentulous jaws

Answer 28

“Meth mouth”

Loss of teeth = less bone stress = bone resorption

Question 29

CNS body mass % & BMI %?

Answer 29

2-3% of body mass

20-30% of basal metabolic rate

Question 30

of neurons and synapses?

Answer 30

• 100 Billion neurons
• Each neuron makes 10k synapses

Question 31

Brain folds are called (2 words)?

Answer 31

• Gyri
• Sulci

Question 32

Brain gray matter & white matter location?

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Question 34

Cerebellum function?

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Question 35

Pons function?

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Question 36

Medulla oblongata function?

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Question 37

Midbrain?

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Question 38

Thalamus and Hypothalamus function?

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Question 40

Occipital lobe function?

Answer 40

Vision (receives sensory input from the eyes)

Question 41

Frontal lobe function?

Answer 41

Motor functions, memory, emotional regulation, motor aspects of speech

Question 42

Parietal lobe function?

Answer 42

Integrate sensory stimuli (e.g. vision and balance), major speech areas

Question 43

Temporal lobe function?

Answer 43

Receives sensory input from ears, smell, visual/word memory

Question 44

Limbic system?

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Question 47

Pre and post central gyrus function?

Answer 47

Pre-central gyrus: motor cortex

Post-central gyrus: sensory cotex