Homeanatomy lecture 2 What are the three major divisions of the brain? What structures make up the brainstem? What is the largest portion of the brain? To which structure is the cerebellum attached? What does the brainstem connect? ⸻ Answers Forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain Midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata Cerebrum Brainstem Brain to spinal cord ⸻ Section 2 — Lobes of the Brain How many lobes are in each cerebral hemisphere? Name the four lobes of the brain. Which lobe controls voluntary movement? Which lobe controls sensation? Which lobe controls hearing? Which lobe controls vision? Which lobe is located posterior to the parietal lobe? Which lobe lies anterior to the central sulcus? Which lobe lies posterior to the central sulcus? ⸻ Answers Four Frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital Frontal lobe Parietal lobe Temporal lobe Occipital lobe Occipital lobe Frontal lobe Parietal lobe ⸻ Section 3 — Sulci and Fissures What is a sulcus? What is a gyrus? What is a fissure? What does the central sulcus separate? What does the lateral sulcus separate? What does the longitudinal fissure separate? ⸻ Answers A groove A ridge A deep groove Frontal and parietal lobes Temporal lobe from frontal and parietal lobes Right and left cerebral hemispheres ⸻ Section 4 — Corpus Callosum and White Matter What is the corpus callosum? What does the corpus callosum connect? What type of tissue is the corpus callosum composed of? What type of fibres connect the right and left cerebral hemispheres? What type of fibres connect areas within the same hemisphere? What type of fibres connect the brain to the spinal cord? What structure contains projection fibres linking the cortex to the brainstem? ⸻ Answers A bundle of nerve fibres Right and left cerebral hemispheres White matter Commissural fibres Association fibres Projection fibres Internal capsule ⸻ Section 5 — Cerebellum and Brainstem What is the function of the cerebellum? Where is the cerebellum located relative to the brainstem? Which part of the brainstem controls breathing and heart rate? Name three automatic functions controlled by the brainstem. ⸻ Answers Coordination and balance Posterior to the brainstem Medulla oblongata Breathing, heart rate, reflexes ⸻ Section 6 — Meninges and CSF (Very High Yield) Name the three layers of the meninges from outermost to innermost

anatomy lecture 2 What are the three major divisions of the brain? What structures make up the brainstem? What is the largest portion of the brain? To which structure is the cerebellum attached? What does the brainstem connect? ⸻ Answers Forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain Midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata Cerebrum Brainstem Brain to spinal cord ⸻ Section 2 — Lobes of the Brain How many lobes are in each cerebral hemisphere? Name the four lobes of the brain. Which lobe controls voluntary movement? Which lobe controls sensation? Which lobe controls hearing? Which lobe controls vision? Which lobe is located posterior to the parietal lobe? Which lobe lies anterior to the central sulcus? Which lobe lies posterior to the central sulcus? ⸻ Answers Four Frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital Frontal lobe Parietal lobe Temporal lobe Occipital lobe Occipital lobe Frontal lobe Parietal lobe ⸻ Section 3 — Sulci and Fissures What is a sulcus? What is a gyrus? What is a fissure? What does the central sulcus separate? What does the lateral sulcus separate? What does the longitudinal fissure separate? ⸻ Answers A groove A ridge A deep groove Frontal and parietal lobes Temporal lobe from frontal and parietal lobes Right and left cerebral hemispheres ⸻ Section 4 — Corpus Callosum and White Matter What is the corpus callosum? What does the corpus callosum connect? What type of tissue is the corpus callosum composed of? What type of fibres connect the right and left cerebral hemispheres? What type of fibres connect areas within the same hemisphere? What type of fibres connect the brain to the spinal cord? What structure contains projection fibres linking the cortex to the brainstem? ⸻ Answers A bundle of nerve fibres Right and left cerebral hemispheres White matter Commissural fibres Association fibres Projection fibres Internal capsule ⸻ Section 5 — Cerebellum and Brainstem What is the function of the cerebellum? Where is the cerebellum located relative to the brainstem? Which part of the brainstem controls breathing and heart rate? Name three automatic functions controlled by the brainstem. ⸻ Answers Coordination and balance Posterior to the brainstem Medulla oblongata Breathing, heart rate, reflexes ⸻ Section 6 — Meninges and CSF (Very High Yield) Name the three layers of the meninges from outermost to innermost

Section 1 — Divisions of the Brain

What are the three major divisions of the brain?

What structures make up the brainstem?

What is the largest portion of the brain?

To which structure is the cerebellum attached?

What does the brainstem connect?

Answers

Forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain

Midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata

Cerebrum

Brainstem

Brain to spinal cord

Section 2 — Lobes of the Brain

How many lobes are in each cerebral hemisphere?

Name the four lobes of the brain.

Which lobe controls voluntary movement?

Which lobe controls sensation?

Which lobe controls hearing?

Which lobe controls vision?

Which lobe is located posterior to the parietal lobe?

Which lobe lies anterior to the central sulcus?

Which lobe lies posterior to the central sulcus?

Answers

Four

Frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital

Frontal lobe

Parietal lobe

Temporal lobe

Occipital lobe

Frontal lobe

Parietal lobe

Section 3 — Sulci and Fissures

What is a sulcus?

What is a gyrus?

What is a fissure?

What does the central sulcus separate?

What does the lateral sulcus separate?

What does the longitudinal fissure separate?

Answers

A groove

A ridge

A deep groove

Frontal and parietal lobes

Temporal lobe from frontal and parietal lobes

Right and left cerebral hemispheres

Section 4 — Corpus Callosum and White Matter

What is the corpus callosum?

What does the corpus callosum connect?

What type of tissue is the corpus callosum composed of?

What type of fibres connect the right and left cerebral hemispheres?

What type of fibres connect areas within the same hemisphere?

What type of fibres connect the brain to the spinal cord?

What structure contains projection fibres linking the cortex to the brainstem?

Answers

A bundle of nerve fibres

Right and left cerebral hemispheres

White matter

Commissural fibres

Association fibres

Projection fibres

Internal capsule

Section 5 — Cerebellum and Brainstem

What is the function of the cerebellum?

Where is the cerebellum located relative to the brainstem?

Which part of the brainstem controls breathing and heart rate?

Name three automatic functions controlled by the brainstem.

Answers

Coordination and balance

Posterior to the brainstem

Medulla oblongata

Breathing, heart rate, reflexes

Section 6 — Meninges and CSF (Very High Yield)

Name the three layers of the meninges from outermost to innermost.

In which space does cerebrospinal fluid circulate?

At what vertebral level does the spinal cord usually end?

At what vertebral level does the subarachnoid space end?

What is the main function of cerebrospinal fluid?

Answers

Dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater

Subarachnoid space

L1 or L2

Protection and cushioning

Section 7 — Cranial Nerves (Core Facts Only)

How many pairs of cranial nerves are there?

Through what structures do cranial nerves exit the skull?

Which two cranial nerves attach to the forebrain?

Which cranial nerve is responsible for smell?

Which cranial nerve is responsible for vision?

Which cranial nerve controls chewing muscles and facial sensation?

Answers

Twelve

Foramina

Olfactory and optic nerves

Olfactory nerve

Optic nerve

Trigeminal nerve