Week 3

Question 1

Cerebellum

Answer 1

Balance and coordination

Question 2

Alzheimer’s attacks

Answer 2

temporal lobe first

Question 3

Temporal lobe parts

Answer 3

Hippocampus
amygdala
inferotemporal cortex

Question 4

Hippocampus

Answer 4

New long-term memories

Question 5

Amygdala

Answer 5

Behaviour change
anxiety/fear

Question 6

Inferotemporal cortex

Answer 6

Forgetting faces

Question 7

4 important structures of midbrain

Answer 7

Red nucleus
Substantia nigra
superior colliculus
inferior colliculus

Question 8

Colliculus

Answer 8

Relay nuclei

Question 9

Red nucleus

Answer 9

Motor coordination
mostly UE

Question 10

Substantia nigra

Answer 10

Produces dopamine

Question 11

Superior colliculus

Answer 11

visual relay
eye tracking

Question 12

inferior colliculus

Answer 12

auditory relay nuclei

Question 13

two cranial nerves

Answer 13

Oculomotor nerve (CNIII)
Trochlear nerve (CN IV)

Question 14

Pons

Answer 14

Contains CN 5, 6, 7, 8
connects motor cortex to cerebellum

Question 15

medulla oblongata

Answer 15

Regulates muscles of inspiration (diaphragm/intercostals)

Question 16

anterior spinothalamic tract

Answer 16

Light touch (crude)
two point discrimination (Fine details)

Question 17

Crude

Answer 17

Warning system
know you were touched
don’t know where or what you were touched by

Question 18

Two-point discrimination

Answer 18

dorsal
fine details
where/what touched you

Question 19

conscious proprioception

Answer 19

Knowing where your body is in space without looking at it

Question 20

spinocerebellar tracts

Answer 20

Unconscious proprioception
supports muscles

Question 21

“Spinal”

Answer 21

Motor pathway going down through the spinal cord

Question 22

Lateral corticospinal

Answer 22

Movement

Question 23

Reticulospinal tract

Answer 23

prevents spasticity

Question 24

Vestibulospinal tract

Answer 24

Balance

Question 25

Reticular formation

Answer 25

Attention/focus
in middle of brain (midbrain, brainstem)
helps regulate consciousness

Question 26

Cranial Nerve 1 (I)

Answer 26

Olfactory
Smell
anosmia

Question 27

Anosmia

Answer 27

Losing sense of smell

Question 28

Cranial Nerve 2 (II)

Answer 28

Optic
sight
Rods
Cones

Question 29

Rods

Answer 29

Black and white vision
low focus
don’t need a lot of light

Question 30

Cones

Answer 30

Colour vision
high focus
need a lot of light
quick response

Question 31

Cranial Nerve 3 (III)

Answer 31

Oculomotor
movement of eyes up, down and inward
opening of eyelid
dilation and constriction of pupil

Question 32

Damage to eyelid

Answer 32

ptosis
droopy eyelids

Question 33

Cranial Nerve 4 (IV)

Answer 33

Trochlear
Moves eye down and inward (cross-eyed if both at same time)

Question 34

Cranial Nerve 5 (V)

Answer 34

Trigeminal
Largest CN
Controls the face

Question 35

Cranial Nerve 6 (VI)

Answer 35

Abducens
lateral eye movement (outward movement)

Question 36

Cranial Nerve 7 (VII)

Answer 36

Facial
Muscle and expression
taste on tongue
tears
saliva

Question 37

Bell’s Palsy

Answer 37

Damage to muscles of facial expression
face muscles droop
can heal

Question 38

Cranial Nerve 8 (VIII)

Answer 38

Vestibulocochlear
Balance
auditory

Question 39

Cranial Nerve 9 (IX)

Answer 39

Glossopharyngeal
Controls HR/BP and Oxygen levels

Question 40

Cranial Nerve 10 (X)

Answer 40

Vagus
Longest nerve
slows HR/digestion
Dysarthria
Dysphasia

Question 41

Dysarthria

Answer 41

Speech

Question 42

Dysphasia

Answer 42

Swallowing

Question 43

Cranial Nerve 11 (XI)

Answer 43

Spinal accessory
scapular elevation

Question 44

Cranial Nerve 12 (XII)

Answer 44

Hypoglossal
tongue movements

Question 45

Which nerve is affected if pt. can’t move tongue, but can still taste

Answer 45

CN 11 (XII)

Question 46

Neuroendocrine connection

Answer 46

conscious thought connected to your body systems through the hypothalamus which uses the pituitary gland