White Matter of the Brain

Question 1

Interconnect areas of neural cortex within a single cerebral hemisphere

Answer 1

Association Fibers

Question 2

Connect the cerebral hemispheres.

Answer 2

Commissures

Question 3

Link the cerebral cortex to the diencephalon, brain stem, cerebellum, and spinal cord.

Answer 3

Projection Fibers

Question 4

The collection of afferent and efferent fibers of the white matter of the cerebral hemispheres.

Answer 4

Internal Capsule

Question 5

The most important band of commissural fibers that allows communication and coordination between the left and righ cerebral hemispheres.

Answer 5

Corpus Callosum

Question 6

The anterior portion of the corpus callosum

Answer 6

Genu

Question 7

The posterior portion of the corpus callosum

Answer 7

Splenium

Question 8

What special names are given to axons in the white matter of the cerebral hemispheres?

Answer 8

The association fibers, the commissural fibers, and the projection fibers.

Question 9

What is the function of the longitudinal fasciculi?

Answer 9

They connect the frontal lobe to the other lobes of the same hemisphere

Question 10

What are the fibers carrying information between the brain and spinal cord called, and through which brain regions do they pass?

Answer 10

They are called the projection fibers, and they pass through the diencephalon, brain stem, and cerebellum.