mizzou antomy class notes 3

Which part of the brain controls body temperature, hunger/thirst and sleep cycles? Etc.

Hypothalamus

Somatic Motor

Cerebellum

Equilibrium and balance, find-tunes movement

The middle

Regulates intensity of movement

First one (red)

Voluntary control of skeletal muscles: decides on movements

Last one (blue)

TTQ: Your patient has hydrocephalus. Which structure has build-up of CSF?

Lateral ventricles

Ischemic Stroke

A clot blocks blood flow to an aera of the brain (cloudy)

Hemorrhagic

Bleeding occurs inside or around the brain tissue (red & smaller)

Which brain ventricle is located in the cerebrum?

Lateral

Dural venous sinuses are areas where

The meningeal and periosteal layers separate to form large blood-filled spaces.

The brain ventricle located in the diencephalon is the ___ ventricle.

Third

Which part of the limbic system is involved in storing memories and forming long-term memories?

Hippocampus

The primary somatosensory cortex is part of the

Parietal lobe

Which part of the brain filters sensory information and forwards only a fraction of it to the cerebral cortex?

Thalamus

Which of the cranial meninges consists of dense irregular connective tissue in two layers (the periosteal layer and the meningeal layer)?

Dura Mater

Paired, irregular masses of gray matter buried deep within the central white matter in the basal region of the cerebral hemispheres, inferior to the floor of the lateral ventricle, are the

Cerebral nuclei

Which two distinct cell types form nervous tissue?

Glial cells and neurons

The location of conscious thought processes and the origin of all complex intellectual functions is the

Cerebrum

Of the five cerebral lobes, the one not visible on the surface of the brain is the

Insula

Which portion of the brain ensures that skeletal muscle contraction follows the correct pattern leading to smooth, coordinated movements?

Cerebellum

The primary motor cortex is part of the

Frontal Lobe

The major pathway of communication between the right and left hemisphere is/are the

Corpus Callosum

Spinal nerves contain

Both sensory and motor fibers

The wrist drop is associated with what nerve

Radial nerve