Anatomy Ch 15

Front 1

towards the nose or forehead and is higher in reference to the bottom of the brain

Back 1

rostral

Front 2

toward the tail or the back where the spinal cord is

Back 2

caudal

Front 3

three principle parts of the brain

Back 3

cerebrum, cerebellum, and brainstem

Hint 3

80%, 10%, and 10%

Front 4

80% of the brain at the top

Back 4

cerebrum

Front 5

10% at the base of the brain

Back 5

cerebellum

Hint 5

balance and your name

Front 6

10% at the very bottom of the brain

Back 6

brainstem

Hint 6

base of the brain that sticks out

Front 7

half globes making up the cerebrum

Back 7

cerebral hemispheres

Hint 7

remember hemispheres and globes in terms to a globe map

Front 8

hills or the part that goes up in the brain

Back 8

gyri

Front 9

the valleys or parts that dip in

Back 9

sulci

Front 10

separates the cerebrum into different hemispheres up and down

Back 10

longitudinal fissures

Hint 10

long line up and down

Front 11

separate the cerebrum from the cerebellum

Back 11

transferred cerebral fissures

Front 12

structure that runs thru the middle of the brain to separate left and right fissure

Back 12

corpus collosum

Hint 12

large or colossal

Front 13

area mostly made of neuron soma and dendrites that is outside the brain

Back 13

gray matter

Front 14

a cluster of gray matter inside the brain

Back 14

nuclei

Front 15

areas of matter that, when in the brain, are called this

Back 15

tracts

Hint 15

a pathway

Front 16

three meninges in the brain

Back 16

dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater

Hint 16

same as in spinal cord

gentle mater

spiderweb consistency

pia mater

Front 17

meninges between the brain and the skull

Back 17

dura mater

Hint 17

tough mother

Front 18

meninge that is pushing against the spinal cord

Back 18

pia mater

Hint 18

gentle mother

Front 19

where the dura mater goes inward down into the longitudinal fissure

Back 19

falx cerebri

Hint 19

sickle-shaped

Front 20

where the dura mater goes in between the cerebellum and the rest of the brain

Back 20

tentorium cerebelli

Hint 20

like a tent covering the brain

Front 21

four ventricles of the brain

Back 21

2 lateral ventricles, 3rd ventricle, and the 4th ventricle

Front 22

connects the 2 lateral ventricles to the 3rd ventricles

Back 22

interventricular foramen

Hint 22

intertwined in the ventricle

Front 23

connects the third ventricle to the 4th ventricle

Back 23

cerebral aqueduct

Hint 23

water duct between 3 and 4

Front 24

connects the 4th ventricle to the spinal cord

Back 24

central canal

Hint 24

main pathway

Front 25

filtered from blood from the choroid plexus

Back 25

CSF

Hint 25

fluid in the spinal cord

Front 26

how does CSF flow into the brain?

Back 26

the heart beats, pushing the blood into it

Front 27

space where the CSF is reabsorbed

Back 27

subarachnoid space

Hint 27

in the arachnoid space

Front 28

the 3 functions of the CSF

Back 28

buoyancy, protective insulation, chemical regulation

Hint 28

star cells

Front 29

The BBB is made of ____.

Back 29

astrocytes

Front 30

keeps out harmful bacteria in blood from getting into the brain

Back 30

BBB

Front 31

what chemicals can pass thru the BBB?

Back 31

H2O, O2, CO2, alcohol, and nicotine as well as some helpful medicines

Front 32

bottom inch of the brain stem

Back 32

medulla oblongata

Front 33

two baseball bat shaped figures on the medulla oblongata

Back 33

pyramids

Hint 33

heart control, BP control, breathing, and coughing, sneezing, or puking

Front 34

functions of the medulla oblongata

Back 34

cardiac control, vasometer control, respiratory control, and reflexes

Front 35

bulges on the medulla oblongata lateral to the pyramids

Back 35

olives

Front 36

middle inch of the brainstem

Back 36

pons

Hint 36

large, middle, and small

Front 37

three parts of the pons

Back 37

superior, middle, and inferior cerebellar peduncle

Front 38

functions of the pons

Back 38

sleep, respiration, and bladder control

Hint 38

middle of the brain

Front 39

last inch of the brainstem

Back 39

midbrain

Front 40

upper colliculi for visual reflexes

Back 40

superior colliculu

Front 41

colliculi for auditory reflexes

Back 41

inferior colliculi

Hint 41

4

Front 42

superior and inferior colliculi both make up the _____

Back 42

corpora quadrigemina

Hint 42

substantial niagra falls

Front 43

part of the midbrain that is a dark or gray nucleus that relays inhibitory signals to the thalamus and the basal nuclei

Back 43

substantia nigra

Hint 43

retina forming

Front 44

loose organized network of many nuclei that involves many parts of brain to perform a function

Back 44

reticular formation

Front 45

function of the reticular formation

Back 45

habituation

Hint 45

habits, or repeating of an action

Front 46

learning to ignore repetitive stimuli, while remaining sensitive to others

Back 46

habituation

Front 47

two hemispheres diving the cerebellum down the middle

Back 47

cerebellar hemispheres

Front 48

worm-like structure between two lobes

Back 48

vermis

Hint 48

tree of life

Front 49

white matter that runs into the brain like a tree

Back 49

arbor vitae

Hint 49

great comparator

Front 50

function of the cerebellum

Back 50

ensuring muscles are acting as necessary

Front 51

dumbbell shaped gateway to the cerebral cortex right in the middle of the brain

Back 51

thalamus

Front 52

relay station for all messages coming in from the spinal cord to be processed

Back 52

thalamus

Front 53

emotional brain

Back 53

thalamus

Front 54

below the thalamus

Back 54

hypothalamus

Hint 54

PITFO

Front 55

stalk that attaches pituitary gland to the hypothalamus

Back 55

infundibulum

Front 56

five lobes of the cerebrum

Back 56

parietal, insula, temporal, frontal, occipital

Front 57

three fiber tracts in the white matter of the cerebrum

Back 57

projection, commissural, association

Front 58

vertical fiber tract that connects the cerebrum to be lower brain and spinal cord

Back 58

projection tract

Front 59

horizontal fiber tract that connects the two hemispheres of the cerebrum

Back 59

commissural

Front 60

fiber tract that runs back and forth within a hemisphere

Back 60

association tract

Front 61

two types of neurons in the central cortex

Back 61

stellate and pyramidal cells

Front 62

neurons that carry messages amongst themselves

Back 62

stellate cells

Front 63

neurons that carry messages from cortex to white matter inside the brain

Back 63

pyramidal cells

Front 64

the outer layer of the the cerebrum where most of the brain matter is

Back 64

cerebral cortex

Hint 64

emotional brain

Front 65

neocortex has ___ layers

Back 65

six

Front 66

system where there is clusters of gray matter that perform a function that is scattered around the brain

Back 66

limbic system

Front 67

names of the 3 basal nuclei

Back 67

caudate, putamen, and globus pallidus

Hint 67

large movement

Front 68

located where some of the gray matter is deep inside the brain

Back 68

basal nuclei

Hint 68

main cortex

Front 69

basal nuclei are involved with _____ control

Back 69

motor

Front 70

areas where cells interpret certain stimuli into senses

Back 70

primary cortex

Hint 70

Old

Opie

Occasionally

Tries

Trig

And

Feels

Very

Gloomy

Vague

And

Hypoactive

Front 71

areas where there is associating of an image being sense in order to interpret the stimuli

Back 71

association area

Front 72

12 pairs of cranial nerves

Back 72

Olfactory

Optic

Oculomotor

Trochlear

Tregeminal

Abducens

Facial

Vestibulocochlear

Glossopharyngeal

Vagus

Accessory

Hypoglossal