The Brain and the Cerebrum I.

Question 1

What are the cranial meninges?

Answer 1

duramater
arachnoid mater
piamater

Question 2

What fluid surrounds the entire CNS? and what are it’s functions?

Answer 2

cerebral spinal fluid

It cushions the brain, provides nutrients to the brain and removes waste from the brain

Question 3

Three major regions of the brain

Answer 3

1. cerebrum
2. brainstem
3. cerebellum

Question 4

cerebellum does what?

Answer 4

-associated with conscious thoughts and behaviors, controls higher mental functions

Question 5

Gray and white matter are where in the cerebrum>

Answer 5

gray on the outside and white is on the inside

Question 6

Gray matter composed of…?

Answer 6

neuron cell bodies, outer surface; cerebral cortex

Question 7

white matter composed of…?

Answer 7

myelinated axons deep to the cerebral cortex

Question 8

The longitudinal tissue separates what?

Answer 8

cerebral cortex into right and left hemispheres

Question 9

frontal lobe controls what?

Answer 9

somamotor (skelital movement voluntary conscious movement)

Question 10

Partietal lobe controls what

Answer 10

somasensory

Question 11

temporal lobe controls what

Answer 11

audition

Question 12

occipital lobe controls what

Answer 12

vision

Question 13

Is a Gyrus a bump or a crack in the cerebral cortex?

Answer 13

bump

Question 14

Is a sulcus a bump or a crack in the cerebral cortex

Answer 14

crack

Question 15

Lateral sulcus separates…?

Answer 15

frontal and parietal lobes from temporal lobe

Question 16

central sulcus separates…?

Answer 16

frontal lobes from parietal lobes

Question 17

precentral gyrus

Answer 17

associated with simples movement, anterior to the central sulcus

Question 18

postcentral gyrus

Answer 18

associated with basic senses, posterior to central sulcus

Question 19

Which area of the brain generates understanding of spoken languages?

Answer 19

wernickes area

Question 20

What region of the brain is the motor region for speaking?

Answer 20

broca’s area

Question 21

prefrontal cortex deals with

Answer 21

emotions and behavior..etc