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The brain Flashcards

1
Q

What is the function of the superior colliculi?

A

Sight

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2
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What is the function of the inferior colliculi?

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Hearing

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3
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What do the inferior cerebellar peduncles connect?

A

cerebellum to medulla oblongata

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4
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What do the middle cerebellar peduncles connect?

A

cerebellum to pons

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5
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What do the superior cerebellar peduncles connect?

A

cerebellum to midbrain

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6
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Where is the falx cerebri?

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between cerebral hemispheres

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7
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Where is the falx cerebelli?

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between cerebellar hemisphere

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8
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Where is the tentorium cerebelli?

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between cerebrum and cerebellum

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9
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What is the function of the precentral gyrus?

A

motor

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10
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What is the function of the postcentral gyrus?

A

sensory

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11
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Name all 5 lobes.

A

frontal, temporal, occipital, parietal, insula

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12
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What is part of the basal ganglia?

A

caudate nucleus, internal capsule, lentiform nucleus

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13
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What is called the nucleus at the end of the caudate nucleus?

A

amygdaloid nucleus

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14
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What is part of the internal capsule?

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corona radiata (extension of capsule)

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15
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What is part of the lentiform nucleus?

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globus pallidus, putamen

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16
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What is part of the epithalamus?

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pineal body

17
Q

What is part of the thalamus?

A

intermediate mass

18
Q

What is part of the hypothalamus?

A

mamillary bodies, tuber cinereum, infundibulum (pituitary stalk), hypophysis (pituitary gland), optic chiasm

19
Q

What is part of the corpora quadrigemina?

A

superior and inferior colliculi

20
Q

What is part of the cerebellum?

A

cerebellar hemispheres, cortex, arbor vitae, vermis

21
Q

What are the different cerebellar peduncles?

A

superior, middle, inferior

22
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What is part of the medulla oblongata?

A

pyramids, decussation of the pyramids, ventral median sulcus, olive

23
Q

What is part of the fourth ventricle?

A

foramen of Luschka, foramen of Magendie

24
Q

What is part of the dura mater?

A

falx cerebri, falx cerebelli, tentorium cerebelli

25
Q

What is part of the arachnoid mater?

A

subarachnoid space

26
Q

What are the three different coverings of the brain?

A

dura, arachnoid and pia mater

27
Q

What is the function of the 4 ventricles?

A

act as reservoir for CSF produced by choroid plexus

28
Q

What does the choroid plexus produce?

A

cerebrospinal fluid

29
Q

What structure produces cerebrospinal fluid?

A

choroid plexus

30
Q

What structure connects the 3rd and 4th ventricle?

A

cerebral aqueduct

31
Q

Which foramen connects the 2 lateral ventricles to the 3rd ventricle?

A

interventricular foramen

32
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What ligaments are part of the pia mater in the spinal cord?

A

denticulate ligaments

33
Q

What sulci are made out of white matter?

A

anterior and posterior median sulcus

Anatomy II (12 decks)

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