The Brain

Question 1

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Answer 1

1- precentral gyrus

2- frontal lobe

3- lateral fissure

4- temporal lobe

5- pons

Question 2

6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Answer 2

6- medulla oblongata

7- central sulcus

8- postcentral gyrus

9-parietal lobe

10- parieto-occipital sulcus

Question 3

11, 12, 13, 14

Answer 3

11- occipital lobe

12- transverse fissure

13- cerebellum

14- spinal cord

Question 4

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Answer 4

1- corpus callosum

2- septum pellucidum

3- interventricular foramen

4- thalamus

5- hypothalamus

Question 5

6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Answer 5

6- optic chiasma

7- hypophysis/pituitary gland

8- mammillary body

9- cerebral peduncle of the midbrain

10- pons

Question 6

11, 12, 13, 14, 15

Answer 6

11- cerebral aqueduct

12- medulla oblongata

13- central sulcus

14- paracentral lobule

15- choroid plexus of third ventricle

Question 7

16, 17, 18, 19, 20

Answer 7

16- parieto-occipital sulcus

17- pineal gland

18- superior and inferior colliculi

19- calcarine fissure

20- arbor vitae of cerebellum

Question 8

21, 22

Answer 8

21- choroid plexus in the fourth ventricle

22- central canal of spinal cord

Question 9

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Answer 9

1- olfactory bulb

2- olfactory tract (CN I)

3- optic n. or CN II

4- mammillary body

5- interpeduncular fossa

Question 10

6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Answer 10

6- trigeminal n. or CN V

7- CN VIII or vestibulocochlear n.; CN VII or facial n. is just medial

8- CN X, vagus n.

9- CN XII, hypoglossal n.

10- Optic chiasma

Question 11

11, 12, 13, 14, 15

Answer 11

11- infundibulum

12- optic tract

13- oculomotor nerve or CN III

14- trochlear nerve or CN IV

15- abducens n. or CN VI

Question 12

16, 17, 18, 19

Answer 12

16- pyramid of medulla

17- glossopharyngeal n., CN IX

18- olive

19- accessory n. or CN XI

Question 13

1, 2, 3, 4

Answer 13

1- longitudinal fissure

2- occipital lobe

3- vermis of cerebellum

4- gracile tubercle (sensory info from lower body)

Question 14

5, 6, 7

Answer 14

5- cuneate tubercle

6- dorsal median sulcus of medulla

7- transverse fissure

Question 15

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Answer 15

1- Longitudinal fissure

2- Corpus callosum

3- Lateral ventricle

4- Third ventricle

5- Temporal lobe

Question 16

6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Answer 16

6- Midbrain

7- Cerebellum

8- septum pellucidum

9- interventricular foramen

10- lateral fissure

Question 17

11, 12, 13, 14

Answer 17

11- Massa intermedia

12- Cerebral aqueduct

13- cerebral cortex

14- transverse fissure

Question 18

What are basal nuclei?

Answer 18

Groups of nerve cell bodies that are deep to the cortex. They inhibit skeletal muscle contraction and help maintain motor control.

Question 19

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Answer 19

1- Interventricular foramen

2- lateral ventricle

3- third ventricle

4- cerebral aqueduct

5- fourth ventricle

6- central canal