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1
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Define rostral

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Towards the head

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Define caudal

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Towards the tail

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Define dorsal

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Towards the back

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Define ventral

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Towards the front

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Structures found towards the front of the head in the forebrain are described as what?

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Being anterior

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Structures found towards the back of the head in the forebrain are described as what?

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Bein posterior

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Structures found towards the top of the head in the forebrain are described as what?

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Being superior

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Structures found towards the bottom of the head in the forebrain are described as what?

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Being inferior or ventral

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What are the names of the 3 vesicles that originally form the brain?

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  1. Prosencephalon (Forebrain)
  2. Mesencephalon (midbrain)
  3. Rhombencephalon (hind brain)
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Name the 5 secondary vesicles of the developing brain

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  1. Telencephalon
  2. Diencephalon
  3. Mesencephalon
  4. Metencephalon
  5. Myelencephalon
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Where does the cerebral hemisphere originate from

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The Prosencephalon

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Where does the diencephalon originate from

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The Prosencephalon

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What are the sub units of the diencephalon?

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The thalamus and hypothalamus

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Where does the midbrain originate from?

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The Mesencephalon

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What so the pons sit on top of?

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The medulla oblongata

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What is the medulla oblongata

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It is an expansion of the rostral end of the spinal cord

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What forms the brain stem?

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The midbrain
The pons
The medulla

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What lies dorsal to the brain stem?

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The cerebellum

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Where do the pons develop from?

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The Metencephalon

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Where does the cerebellum originate from?

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The Metencephalon

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What serpents the 2 hemispheres of the brain?

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The sagittal fissure

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What are sulci?

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Grooves in the brain

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What are gyri?

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Folds in the brain

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What do the sulci and gyri do?

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Increase the surface area of the cerebral hemispheres thereby increase the cerebral cortex

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What is the cerebral cortex?

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Is a layer neural cell bodies (grey matter) that covers the surface of each cerebral hemispheres

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What allows for there to be communication between the left and right hemisphere?

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The corpus callosum

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Describe the corpus collosum

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It is a band of white matter found between the left and right hemisphere and it allows for communication to occur between both

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Name the lobes that make up each hemisphere

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  1. Frontal
  2. Parietal
  3. temporal
  4. Occipital
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Name the 2 most prominent sulci

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  1. The central sulcus

2. The lateral sulcus

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Where does the frontal lobe lie

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Anterior to the central sulcus

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Where does the parietal lobe lie

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Posterior to the central sulcus

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Where does the occipital lobe lie

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Most posterior to each cerebral hemisphere

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Where does the temporal lobe lie

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Inferior to the lateral sulcus

34
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What is found at the extreme ends of each lobe?

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Poles (Eg frontal pole ect)

35
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Name the 2 prominent gyri visible in a lateral view of the brain

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  1. Pre central gyrus

2. Post central gyrus

36
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Where is the pre central gyrus found?

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Anterior to the central sulcus

In the frontal lobe

37
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Where is the post central gyrus found?

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Posterior to the central sulcus

In the parietal lobe

38
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Why is the pre central gyrus important?

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It gives rise to a series of motor neurones

39
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Why is the post central gyrus important?

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Receives a whole series of sensory fibres

40
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What are found inferior to the frontal lobe in a ventral view of the brain?

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The olfactory tracts which are an extension of the central nervous system

41
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What come off the inferior aspect of the hypothalamus?

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2 mammillary bodies

42
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What is found anterior to the mammillary bodies?

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It is where the pituitary stalk would radiate from the hypothalamus

43
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What do the 2 mammillary bodies form?

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Part of the diencephalon

44
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What are the cerebral peduncles?

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They are an information highway

45
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What is found between the cerebral peduncles?

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The interpeduncular fossa

46
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What runs through the interpeduncular fossa?

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The Oculomotor nerve (cranial nerve III)

47
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Where do the Oculomotor nerves originate?

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From the ponto midbrain junction

48
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What connects the pons to the cerebellum?

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The middle cerebellar peduncle

49
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What are the 3 pairs of cerebral peduncles called?

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  1. The superior cerebellar peduncle
  2. The middle cerebellar peduncle
  3. The inferior cerebellar peduncle
50
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What connects the midbrain to the cerebellum?

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The superior cerebellar peduncle

51
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What connects the medulla to the cerebellum?

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The inferior cerebellar peduncle

52
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What anatomical term means “towards the front”?

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Ventral

53
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What anatomical term means “towards the head”?

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Rostral

54
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Which gyri is found Anterior to the central sulcus?

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The precentral gyrus

55
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What anatomical term means “towards the back”?

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Dorsal

56
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What anatomical term means “towards the tail”?

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Caudal

57
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What word can be used inter-changeable with ROSTRAL In humans?

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Superior

58
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Which gyrus is found Anterior to the central sulcus?

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The post central gyrus

59
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What word can be used inter-changeable with CAUDAL In humans?

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Inferior

60
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What word can be used inter-changeable with DORSAL In humans?

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Posterior

61
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What word can be used inter-changeable with VENTRAL In humans apart from in the brain?

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Anterior

62
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What originates from the Prosencephalon?

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The cerebral hemisphere and the diencephalon

63
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What originates from the Mesencephalon?

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The midbrain

64
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The midbrain pons and medulla form what?

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The brainstem

65
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What does the superior cerebellar peduncle do?

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connects the midbrain to the cerebellum

66
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What originates from the Metencephalon?

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The pons and cerebellum

67
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Where is the cerebellum?

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Sits under the occipital lobes of the cerebral hemispheres

It lies posterior to the brainstem

68
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What lies Anterior to the central sulcus?

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The frontal lobe

69
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What does the inferior cerebellar peduncle do?

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connects the medulla to the cerebellum

70
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What lies Posterior to the central sulcus?

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The parietal lobe

71
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Which gyrus is found in the frontal lobe?

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The pre central gyrus

72
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Which lobe is situated most posterior in each cerebral hemisphere?

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The occipital lobe

73
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Which lobe is situated Inferior to the lateral sulcus?

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The temporal lobe

74
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Which gyrus is found in the parietal lobe?

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The post central gyrus

75
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What does the middle cerebellar peduncle do?

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Connects the pons to the cerebellum

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