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level: Brain Overview

Questions and Answers List

level questions: Brain Overview

QuestionAnswer
The medial geniculate body of the metathalmus is responsible for which function?Hearing
VisionThe lateral geniculate body of the metathalmus plays a role in which function?
Diencephalon (forebrain)The optic nerve arises from which embryonic region of the brain?
Frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal lobesEach hemisphere is divided into four lobes. Name these lobes.
ElevationsGyri is the term used for what characteristic of the brain surface?
DepressionsSulci is the term used for what characteristic of the brain surface?
Corpus callosumName the largest commisure of the brain.
Name the structure that demarcates the dorsal border of the lateral ventricleCorpus collosum
The rhinencephalon includes which 4 major structures of the brain?Olfactory bulb, piriform lobe, hippocampus, and septum pellucidum
4: right lateral, left lateral, third ventricle, and fourth ventricleHow many ventricles does the brain have?
The lateral ventricles of the brain are located in either side of which structure?Septum pellucidum
The lateral ventricles of the brain are connected to the third ventricle by which foramen?The intraventricular foramen of monroe
Interthalamic adhesionThe third ventricle encircles which structure of the brain?
Mesencephalic aquaductThe third ventricle is connected to the fourth ventricle by which structure?
Basilar arteryThis artery runs up ventral midline of pons and medulla which are supplied by its branches
Rostral cerebellar arteryThis artery branches off caudal communicating artery to supply rostral cerbellum.
Caudal cerebellar arteryThis artery branches off of bacilar artery to supply the caudal cerebellum.
Rostral cerebral arteryThis artery branches off of the internal carotid that mostly supplies rostro-medial surface of the hemispheres but also a bit of rostro-lateral surface.
Middle cerebral arteryThis artery branches off the internal carotid and supplies most of the lateral hemisphere. This artery is also commonly injured due to trauma.
Caudal cerebral arteryThis artery branches off of the caudal communicating artery that most supplies the caudo-medial surface of the hemispheres but also a bit of the caudo-medial hemisphere surface.