W1 neuroanatomy labs

Question 1

lies in the anterior cranial fossa

Answer 1

frontal lobe of cerebral hemisphere

Question 2

lies in the middle cranial fossa

Answer 2

temporal lobe of cerebral hemisphere

Question 3

lies in the posterior cranial fossa

Answer 3

cerebellum

Question 4

lies directly above the body of the sphenoid bone

Answer 4

hypothalamus

Question 5

passes through the foramen magnum

Answer 5

medulla

Question 6

ventricular system cerebral hemisphere relation

Answer 6

lateral ventricle

Question 7

ventricular system diencephalon relation

Answer 7

third ventricle

Question 8

ventricular system midbrain relation

Answer 8

aquaduct

Question 9

ventricular system pons and medulla relation

Answer 9

fourth ventricle

Question 10

diencephalon components

Answer 10

thalamus and hypothalamus

Question 11

surface features of the brain

Answer 11

gyrus- the brain tissue part
fissure- the space between the gyrus
sulcus- the ridges within the gyrus

Question 12

names of the lobes of the brain

Answer 12

slide 9

Question 13

name all the cranial nerves in the brain

Answer 13

slide 10

Question 14

name the cerebral cortex components

Answer 14

Broca’s area usually left hemisphere only
primary motor cortex
somatosensory cortex
Wernicke’s area usually left hemisphere only
primary auditory cortex
visual cortex

Question 15

describe the circle or Willis

Answer 15

vertebral arteries merge to form basilar artery which bifurcates into the posterior cerebral artery
each branch becomes the posterior communicating artery
middle communicating artery into internal carotid artery and anterior cerebral artery

Question 16

what’s a nucleus

Answer 16

collection of neuronal cell bodies in CNS

Question 17

what’s a lamina

Answer 17

layer of neurons

Question 18

what’s a white matter tract

Answer 18

collection of axons in CNS

Question 19

what’s a ganglion

Answer 19

collection of neuronal cell bodies in PNS

Question 20

what’s a nerve

Answer 20

collection fo axons in PNS