the brain

Question 1

what is the cerebrospinal fluid

Answer 1

ultrafiltrate of plasma that surrounds the brain and spinal cord

Question 2

what are the main functions of the cerebrospinal fluid

Answer 2

protection
buoyancy
chemical stability

Question 3

what are the ventricles of the brain

Answer 3

these are the structures responsible for producing cerebrospinal fluid

Question 4

what lines the ventricles of the brain

Answer 4

ependymal cells

Question 5

what are the four ventricles of the brain

Answer 5

• right lateral
• left lateral
• third ventricle
• fourth ventricle

Question 6

what connects the lateral ventricles to the third ventricle

Answer 6

foramen of monro

Question 7

where is the third ventricle in the brain

Answer 7

situated between the right and left thalamus

Question 8

how does the fourth ventricle receive CSF

Answer 8

from the third ventricle via the cerebral aqueduct

Question 9

where is the fourth ventricle of the brain

Answer 9

within the brainstem

Question 10

what produces the CSF

Answer 10

choroid plexus

Question 11

where is the choroid plexus

Answer 11

within the lining of the ventricles

Question 12

what are the lobes of the brain

Answer 12

frontal lobe
temporal lobe
parietal lobe
occipital lobe

Question 13

which lobe is responsible for perceiving sounds, assigning meaning and remembering them

Answer 13

the temporal lobe

Question 14

what is the function of the temporal lobe

Answer 14

auditory processing

Question 15

what is the function of the occipital lobe

Answer 15

processes what we see

Question 16

which lobe of the brain is responsible for recognising colours, shapes, faces and movements

Answer 16

the occipital lobe

Question 17

which lobe of the brain is described as the visual brain

Answer 17

the occipital lobe

Question 18

what is the function of the parietal lobe

Answer 18

process sensory information for understanding numbers, objects and spacial relations

Question 19

which lobe of the brain is responsible for spacial reasoning

Answer 19

the parietal lobe

Question 20

what is the function of the frontal lobe

Answer 20

voluntary movement, speech, attention, reasoning, problem solving, impulse control, memory and emotional expression.

Question 21

which lobe of the brain is responsible for personality

Answer 21

the frontal lobe

Question 22

what is the function of the cerebellum

Answer 22

coordination, precision, balance and posture

Question 23

what is the function of the medullary oblongata

Answer 23

involuntary functions like breathing and heart rate

Question 24

what are the areas of the brain

Answer 24

cerebrum
ventricles
hypothalamus
pituitary gland
pons
medulla
cerebellum
midbrain
brainstem
thalamus
corpus callosum

Question 25

what is the brain divided into

Answer 25

two hemispheres - left and right

Question 26

what are the two hemispheres each divided into

Answer 26

the four lobes

Question 27

what connects the two hemispheres of the brain

Answer 27

corpus callosum

Question 28

what is brocas area

Answer 28

section of the frontal lobe responsible for language production

Question 29

what is wernickes area

Answer 29

the section of the temporal lobe essential for understanding speech

Question 30

which side of the body does the left hemisphere control

Answer 30

the right side

Question 31

which side of the body does the right hemisphere control

Answer 31

the left

Question 32

what is the lateral sulcus

Answer 32

a deep fissure in each hemisphere that separates the frontal and parietal lobes from the temperol lobe

Question 33

what is the precentral gyrus

Answer 33

an elevated bridge of brain tissue that executes voluntary movements

Question 34

what does the post central gyrus do

Answer 34

the somatosensory cortex where the body's sensory inputs like touch pain and temperature are registered

Question 35

what does the left hemisphere specialise in

Answer 35

language and speech

Question 36

what does the right hemisphere specialised in

Answer 36

visual and spatial skills

Question 37

what is the pons

Answer 37

the largest part of the brainstem between the midbrain and the medulla oblongata. it is a group of nerves that function as connection between the cerebrum and the cerebellum

Question 38

what is cerebral cortex

Answer 38

the gray matter that forms the outermost layer of nerve tissue in the brain and is what is then separated into the lobes

Question 39

what is the central sulcus

Answer 39

groove separating the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe