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?
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Forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain
Midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata
Cerebrum
Brainstem
Brain to spinal cord
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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?
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Four
Frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital
Frontal lobe
Parietal lobe
Temporal lobe
Occipital lobe
Occipital lobe
Frontal lobe
Parietal lobe
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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?
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A groove
A ridge
A deep groove
Frontal and parietal lobes
Temporal lobe from frontal and parietal lobes
Right and left cerebral hemispheres
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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?
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A bundle of nerve fibres
Right and left cerebral hemispheres
White matter
Commissural fibres
Association fibres
Projection fibres
Internal capsule
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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.
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Coordination and balance
Posterior to the brainstem
Medulla oblongata
Breathing, heart rate, reflexes
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Section 6 — Meninges and CSF (Very High Yield)
Name the three layers of the meninges from outermost to innermost
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