Structure and Function

Question 1

Foramen magnum

Answer 1

The largest “hole” in the skull

Question 2

Dura

Answer 2

The meninges that lies closest to the skill

Question 3

What are the three types of brain slices?

Answer 3

1. Horizontal (upper and lower sections)
2. Corona (front and back sections)
3. Sagittal (right and left hemispheres)

Question 4

Term that means toward the front of the brain.

Answer 4

Anterior

Question 5

Term that means toward the back of the brain.

Answer 5

Posterior

Question 6

Term that means toward the top of the brain.

Answer 6

Superior

Question 7

Term that means toward the bottom of the brain.

Answer 7

Inferior

Question 8

The area of the brain that regulates reflexive, involuntary, and repetitive functions that sustain life.

Answer 8

Hindbrain

Question 9

The hindbrain consists of what three structures?

Answer 9

Medulla, Pons, Cerebellum

Question 10

The area of the brain that regulates body temperature, sleep-wake, and movement.

Answer 10

Midbrain

Question 11

Superior colliculus

Answer 11

Orients vision
and visual tracking

Question 12

Inferior colliculus

Answer 12

Relays all auditory
information

Question 13

Reticular formation

Answer 13

Relays for limb
movement

Question 14

Substantia nigra

Answer 14

Source of dopamine

Question 15

50% of the total number of neurons are in this part of the brain.

Answer 15

Cerebellum

Question 16

All sensory information flows through the thalamus with the exception of:

Answer 16

Olfaction

Question 17

The forebrain is responsible for these three main functions.

Answer 17

Thinking, processing, and voluntary actions.

Question 18

The limbic system supports regulation of these three functions.

Answer 18

Emotion, behavior, and motivation.

Question 19

Damage to the optic nerve at the optic chiasm could result in loss of:

Answer 19

Peripheral vision

Question 20

The occipital lobe is the only lobe with a singular function. What is the function?

Answer 20

Visual processing

Question 21

Dorsal is the pathway for:

Answer 21

Where

Question 22

Ventral is the pathway for:

Answer 22

What

Question 23

Cortical blindness is caused by:

Answer 23

Damage to the occipital lobe.

Question 24

Main functions of the parietal lobe include:

Answer 24

Sensory and proprioception, visual-spatial (right hemisphere), language and reading (left hemisphere)

Question 25

A person with damage to the parietal lobe may experience:

Answer 25

Difficulty navigating using maps, finger localization, sensing touch

Question 26

Main functions of the temporal lobe include:

Answer 26

Auditory processing, memory, language, and emotional reactions and processing

Question 27

A person with damage to the temporal lobe may experience:

Answer 27

Difficulty recognizing auditory sounds. Left hemisphere: impaired memory for verbal material. Right hemisphere: impaired memory for non-verbal material.

Question 28

Prosopagnosia

Answer 28

Difficulty recognizing faces

Question 29

Main functions of the frontal lobe include:

Answer 29

Motor coordination and planning, expressive language, saccadic eye movements, attention, judgment, planning, personality

Question 30

Wernicke’s Area is responsible for:

Answer 30

Receptive language, understanding of language (strategy to remember: Wernicke = What? I don’t understand you.)

Question 31

Wernicke’s Area is located in what lobe?

Answer 31

Temporal

Question 32

Broca’s Area is responsible for:

Answer 32

Speech production and articulation; expressive language (strategy to remember: Broca is similar to boca in Spanish which means mouth)

Question 33

Broca’s Area is located in what lobe?

Answer 33

Frontal

Question 34

Ventricular System

Answer 34

Produces, transports, and makes cerebrospinal fluid

Question 35

Direct impact injury

Answer 35

aka Blunt Trauma, an injury caused by a direct, forceful blow or external force to the brain; occurs in sports, physical attacks, and other outdoor activities

Question 36

Acceleration-deceleration injury

Answer 36

aka Whiplash, when the brain is is quickly thrust forward and then backward, such as in a car accident.

Question 37

Blast injury

Answer 37

caused by the shock waves from an explosion that transmit energy into the brain

Question 38

The brain forms myelin in which direction?

Answer 38

Back to front

Question 39

What is critical for removal of toxins in the brain?

Answer 39

Sleep

Question 40

Brain injury can result in disruption to these three functions:

Answer 40

Physical structures, chemical balance, electrical balance