Week Three Flashcards
The inferior and superior colliculli compose of the…
Tecumseh
The cortex on simple examination is divided into
Four lobes
The corpus callousness is the brains largest…
Commissure or connection between hemispheres
The nude dulls is responsible for…
.
Thalamus is what to the hypothalamus
.
The six layers of Gray matter on top of the white matter is the …
Neocortex
The difference between sensory and motor pathways is least distinct in the…
The cortex.
What part of the brain is immediately on top of the spinal cord head…
The medulla followed by the pons
The grey matter of the brain is….
Neuronal soma
Slicing through the brain parallel to the ground would be what plan…
Horizontal
The cranial, spinal nerves and the peripheral ganglia form the …..
The cranial, spinal nerves and peripheral ganglia form the Peripheral nervous system
The central nervous system CNS comprises the…
Brain and spinal cord are the CNS
The meninges, blood brain barrier and skull provide some protection for neurons that form the CNS… TRUE OR FALSE.
True
The dura mater is…..
The dura mater is a tough protective sheath that covers the brain and is closest to the skull
The brain is cushion by cerebrospinal fluid and contained in the subararachnoid space…. True or false
True
Describe the ventricles
The ventricles are formed by four hollow and interconnected spaces within the brain.
Describe a fissure and name one
A fissure is a large groove in the cortex
A gurus is…
A gurus is the bulge between sulcus
The primary visual cortex is located in which cortical lobe…
The primary visual cortex is located in the occipital lobe at the rear of the brain
The primary auditory cortex is located in the …..
Temporal lobe
The primary somatosensory cortex is located in the …
Parietal lobe
The fight/flight response is governed by which nervous system…
Fight/flight is the autonomic nervous system
The pons is located…..
Above the medulla on the brain stem
The striatum is a region of the
Basal ganglia
The substantia nigra is and projects to
….the striatum in the basal ganglia
The small cracks in the cortex are called…
Sullivan
