The intact brain

Question 1

What makes up the forebrain / cerebrum?

Answer 1

• cerebral hemispheres

- Diencephalon (thalamus + hypothalamus)

Question 2

What makes up the brainstem?

Answer 2

• Midbrain
• Pons
• Medulla Oblongata

Question 3

describe the corpus callosum.

Answer 3

a flat bundle of neural fibres that connects the left and right cerebral hemispheres. Allows interhemispheral communication.
Contains commissural fibers.

Question 4

Central sulcus

Answer 4

separates the Parietal and Frontal lobes.

Question 5

Precentral Gyrus

Answer 5

site of primary MOTOR cortex

put your first foot fowards and your thoughts behind

Question 6

Postcentral Gyrus

Answer 6

site of primary SOMATOSENSORY cortex

put your first foot forwards, and your thoughts behind

Question 7

What is different about the Optic Nerve?

Answer 7

it is NOT a true cranial nerve

it is an extension of the brain

Question 8

what are peduncles?

Answer 8

White matter structures that connect areas of the brain

Question 9

What structures are linked by the middle cerebellar peduncle?

Answer 9

Cerebellum and Pons