Brain Structure
The largest portion of the brain with two large hemispheres.
What is the cerebrum?
The portion of the cerebrum responsible for visual processing.
What is the visual cortex of the occipital lobe?
What allows an action to take place to save the body from danger without brain involvement.
What is a spinal reflex?
The three major parts of the external ear.
What are the auricle (pinna), the external auditory meatus (ear canal), and tympanic membrane (eardrum)?
The transparent part of the eye.
What is the cornea?
The smaller set of hemispheres in the brain that are dorsally located and inferior to the larger hemispheres.
What is the cerebellum?
The portion of the cerebrum responsible for auditory processing.
What is the auditory cortex of the temporal lobe?
A large grouping of spinal nerves all exiting the spinal cord in the same area.
What is a plexus?
The bones of the middle ear.
What are the malleus, incus, and stapes?
The three layers of the sclera (wall or white) of the eye.
What are the fibrous tunic, vascular tunic, and nervous tunic?
The thick nerve cord that lies superior to the foramen magnum and inferior to the midbrain.
What is the brain stem?
The portion of the brain responsible for higher reasoning, decision making, and personality.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
The cranial nerve responsible for connecting the balance center of the inner ear to the brain.
What is the Vestibliochoclear Nerve (Cranial Nerve 8)?
The spiral shaped structure of the inner ear and the organ inside responsible for hearing.
What are the cochlea and the organ of Corti?
The accessory organs of the eye.
What are the eyelids, tear glands/ducts, eye muscles, eyelashes, and eyebrows?
The portion of the brain that allows the two hemispheres of the cerebrum to communicate.
What is the corpus callosum?
The two association areas that are responsible for speaking and understanding speech.
What are Broca's area of the frontal lobe and Wernike's area of the temporal lobe?
The cranial nerve responsible for swallowing.
What is the Glossopharyngeal Nerve (Cranial Nerve IX)?
The three structures responsible for our sense of balance.
What are the Semicircular Canals?
The muscles that work inside the eye.
What are the iris and the ciliary body?
The portion of the brain that is inferior to the corpus callous and superior to the brain stem.
What is the midbrain?
The area of the brain responsible for cardiac and respiratory function.
What is the brainstem?
The nerve that connects to the viscera of the body that is often called the second spinal cord.
What is the Vagus Nerve (Cranial Nerve X)?
The reason we care about bleeding from the ear.
What is the Halo Sign?
The reason we care about pupils.
What are concussions, brain trauma, dangerous drug use, and other major health concerns?