Anatomy 200 Spotter Questions

Front 1

Lesions in the superior parietal association area may result in:

Back 1

Astereognosis (inability to identify an object through touch/sensory input)

Front 2

Lesions in the inferior parietal association area may result in:

Back 2

Alexia/agraphia/acalculia, neglect syndrome

Front 3

What is the visual association area responsible for?

Back 3

Complex visual perception related to colour/shape/location/direction of moving objects

Front 4

Damage to Broca's speech area could result in?

Back 4

Nonfluent aphasia

Front 5

Damage to Wernicke's speech area could result in?

Back 5

Fluent aphasia

Front 6

What system is the cingulate gyrus largely involved in?

Back 6

The limbic system

Front 7

What is the limbic system responsible for?

Back 7

Many aspects of emotion/behaviour, and memory/memory formation

Front 8

What are the two main segments of the lentiform nucleus?

Back 8

Globus pallidus & putamen

Front 9

What are the caudate nucleus and putamen known as collectively?

Back 9

The corpus striatum

Front 10

What is the internal capsule?

Back 10

A concentration of white matter projection fibers

Front 11

What is the corona radiata?

Back 11

A pair of white matter tracts seen at the level of the lateral ventricles which converge inferiorly as the internal capsule

Front 12

What is the role of the thalamus?

Back 12

Relays & regulates sensory information to the cortex, regulates states of consciousness by reducing sensory perception during sleep

Front 13

What is the role of the hypothalamus?

Back 13

Production of hormones which govern sleep, thirst/hunger, mood, sex drive etc.

Front 14

What is the function of the fornix?

Back 14

It is a bunch of nerve fibers which carry signals from the hippocampus to the mamillary bodies and then to the thalamus.

Front 15

What is the corpus callosum?

Back 15

A bundle of neural fibers connecting the left and right cerebral hemispheres and allowing interhemispheric communication.

Front 16

What do the forceps minor fibers connect?

Back 16

Lateral and medial surfaces of the frontal lobe

Front 17

What do the forceps major fibers connect?

Back 17

The occipital lobes

Front 18

What is the substantia nigra?

Back 18

Neurons which produces the neurotransmitter dopamine, which send signals to the basal ganglia.

Front 19

What two structures does the middle cerebellar peduncle connect?

Back 19

The cerebellum and the pons

Front 20

What are the 3 meninges, from outermost to innermost?

Back 20

Dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater

Front 21

What does the denticulate ligament attach to?

Back 21

It attaches the pia mater to the arachnoid and dura mater.

Front 22

What is the cauda equina?

Back 22

Bundle of spinal nerves and spinal nerve roots

Front 23

What is the filum terminale?

Back 23

Strand of fibrous tissue extending from the conus medullaris which gives longitudinal support to the spinal cord.

Front 24

What is the septum pellucidum?

Back 24

A membrane separating the anterior horns of the lateral ventricles.

Front 25

What passes through the cribriform plate?

Back 25

Cranial nerve I (olfactory)

Front 26

What passes through the optic canal?

Back 26

Cranial nerve II (optic)

Front 27

What passes though the superior orbital fissure?

Back 27

Cranial nerves III, IV, V1, VI (occulomotor, trochlear, opthalmic branch of trigeminal, abducens)

Front 28

What passes through foramen rotundum?

Back 28

Cranial nerve V2 (maxillary branch)

Front 29

What passes through foramen rotundum?

Back 29

Cranial nerve V2 (maxillary branch)

Front 30

What passes through foramen ovale?

Back 30

Cranial nerve V3 (mandibular branch)

Front 31

What passes though the internal acoustic meatus?

Back 31

Cranial nerve VII & VIII (facial and vestiblocochlear)

Front 32

What passes through the stylomastoid foramen?

Back 32

Cranial nerve VII (facial), stylomastoid artery

Front 33

What passes through the jugular foramen?

Back 33

Cranial nerves IX, X, XI (glossopharyngeal, vagus, accessory)

Front 34

What passes through the hypoglossal canal?

Back 34

Cranial nerve XII (hypoglossal)

Front 35

What attaches to the internal occipital crest?

Back 35

Falx cerebelli

Front 36

What attaches to the external occipital crest?

Back 36

Nuchal ligament

Front 37

What significance does the petrous part of the temporal bone have?

Back 37

Contains acoustic meatus and organs essential for hearing

Front 38

What passes through the mandibular foramen?

Back 38

Mandibular nerve, inferior alveolar nerve

Front 39

What passes though the parietal emissary foramen?

Back 39

Parietal emissary vein