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What are the parts of the brain?
Diencephalon, Cerebellum, Brainstem, and Cerebrum.
What connects the brain and spinal cord?
The brainstem.
What are the three membranes surrounding the brain called?
Dura mater, Arachnoid mater, Pia mater.
Which layer of the meninges is the outermost and composed of tough, white, dense connective tissue?
Dura mater.
What does the subarachnoid space contain?
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
What secretes cerebrospinal fluid?
Choroid plexus.
Approximately how much cerebrospinal fluid does the human body secrete daily?
1000 mL.
Where is the cerebrospinal fluid found?
In the subarachnoid space, in the ventricles of the brain, and in the central canal of the spinal cord.
How many ventricles are present in the human brain?
Which function is NOT performed by cerebrospinal fluid?
Regulating the body's blood pressure.
How many segments does the spinal cord consist of?
Where does the spinal cord begin?
At the foramen magnum.
Which enlargement of the spinal cord supplies nerves to the upper limbs?
Cervical enlargement.
Which region makes up about 80% of the brain and consists primarily of grey matter?
Cerebrum.
How many hemispheres does the cerebrum consist of?
2 hemispheres.
What does the central sulcus separate?
The frontal and parietal lobes.
Which lobe is responsible for sensations of touch, pressure, and pain?
Parietal lobe.
What is Broca's area involved in?
Producing coherent speech.
What is the cerebellum primarily responsible for?
Motor control, balance, and posture.
Which is a function of the brainstem?
Relays information between the spinal cord and brain.
Which structure of the limbic system plays a major role in emotional behavior and motivation?
Amygdala.
What is the hippocampus associated with?
Learning and memory.
What does the thalamus process?
Sensory information except for smell.
Which of the following is NOT a function of the hypothalamus?
Producing melatonin.
Which gland is involved in hormone production and is located at the base of the brain?
Pituitary gland.
Which part of the brainstem regulates the rate and depth of breathing?
Pons.
What does the medulla oblongata control?
Blood pressure, breathing rate, and heartbeat.
Which structure links the nervous and endocrine systems?
Hypothalamus.
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