The brain and its parts

Question 1

Gyrus

Answer 1

a ridged or raised portion of a convoluted brain surface

Question 2

Sulcus

Answer 2

a furrow of a convoluted brain surface

Question 3

Sylvina fissure

Answer 3

demarcates the temporal lobe

Question 4

central sulcus

Answer 4

devides frontal from parietal lobe

Question 5

Corpus callosum

Answer 5

allows communication between both hemispheres

Question 6

White matter

Answer 6

a shiny layer underneath the cortex that consists largely of anxons with white myelin sheats

Question 7

Grey matter

Answer 7

areas of the birth that are dominated by cell bodies and do not include myelin

Question 8

sagital plane

Answer 8

devides into right and left

Question 9

Coronal plane/ transverse plane/ frontal plane

Answer 9

devides into anterior and posterior (vorne vs. hinten)

Question 10

horizontal plane

Answer 10

devides into upper and lower parts

Question 11

mdeial

Answer 11

towards the middle

Question 12

lateral

Answer 12

towards the side

Question 13

ipsilateral

Answer 13

same side of the body

Question 14

contralateral

Answer 14

opposite side of the body

Question 15

anterior/ rostral

Answer 15

head end

Question 16

posterior/ caudal

Answer 16

tail end

Question 17

proximal

Answer 17

near the trunk or center

Question 18

distal

Answer 18

toward the periphery / towards the end of the limb

Question 19

dorsal

Answer 19

towards the back (top of the head of a human)

Question 20

ventral

Answer 20

toward the belly or front

Question 21

afferent

Answer 21

carries information into regions we are interested in

Question 22

efferent

Answer 22

carries information away from the region of interest