Lecture 21: Gross Neuroanatomy & Lecture 22: General Rules of Organization

The frontal lobe is _____ to the parietal lobe.

anterior/rostral to the parietal lobe

The parietal lobe is _____ to the central sulcus.

posterior/caudal to the central sulcus

The temporal lobe is _____ to the lateral/Sylvian fissure.

inferior/ventral to the sylvian fissure

The basal ganglia is ______ to the Amygdala.

superior/dorsal/above the amygdala

The pons is ______ to the medulla.

superior to the medulla

If I were to cut a brain through the corpus callosum what kind of cut would that be?

sagittal

If I were to cut the brain so one section had the frontal lobe and the other had the
occipital lobe, what kind of cut would that be?

coronal

If I were to cut the brain so one section had the frontal lobe and the other had the
occipital lobe, what kind of cut would that be? ______

transverse/horizontal

how many layers are in the meninges? kind of cut would that be?

three

how many layers does the cerebral cortex have?

6

List the meninges in order starting with the most superficial to the deepest layer:

Dura mater > arachnoid > pia mater

cerebellum (matching)

coordinated movements

pons (matching)

bridge to the cerebellum

medulla (matching)

respiratory and cardiovascular control

reticular formation (m)

arousal and activation

Superior Colliculus

vision

Inferior Colliculus

audition

Substantia Nigra

initiating purposeful movements

thalamus

Grand Central for sensory information

hypothalamus

controls hormones, feeding, sexual behavior

hippocampus

learning and memory

amygdala

fear and fear based learning

is the brain symmetrical or asymmetrical?

the brain is both symmetrical and asymmetrical

which side of the brain is language localized to?

left