Brain Structures ID
Brain Functions
Cranial Nerves ID
Cranial Nerves
Functions
Functions
NS2
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
100
What is the name of the white matter structure that allows for communication between cerebral hemispheres?
Corpus Collosum
100
What is the function of the midbrain?
eye movement and visual processing, auditory processing
100
The number of this cranial nerve.
II or 2.
100
What cranial nerves has the function of sense of smell?
Olfactory Nerve (I)
100
Is the cerebellar cortex deep or superficial to the arbor vitae?
deep
200
The name of structure highlighted green.
Corpus callosum
200
What is the function of the cerebellum?
facilitating movement, motor learning
200
Name the number associated with the Abducens nerve?
VI or 6
200
What is the functions of the facial nerve?
controls muscles of facial expression, taste, lacrimal and salivary glands
200
IS the cerebral cortex primarily made of cell bodies or axons?
cell bodies
300
What is the name of the groove that separates the cerebral hemispheres?
Longitudinal fissure
300
What is the 2 primary functions of CSF?
surrounds and protects brain; removed toxins from the brain
300
What is the name of the nerve that goes along with IX or 9?
Glossopharyngeal Nerve
300
What three cranial nerves have the function of eye movement?
Oculomotor Nerve (III), Trochlear (IV), Abducens Nerve (VII)
300
Does the arbor vitae of the cerebellum comprise white matter or gray matter?
White matter.
400
What is the name of the space between the two halves of the thalamus?
3rd Ventricle
400
what is the function of the pineal gland?
secretes melatonin (promotes sleepiness)
400
What is the name of the nerve related to number 5 or V?
Trigeminal Nerve
400
The muscle controlled by the trochlear nerve.
Superior oblique muscle.
400
Why is the white matter of the cerebrum called the arbor vitae?
Because of it's branched, tree-like appearance
500
What is the name of the structure that connects the hypothalamus to the pituitary gland?
infidibulum
500
The two centers that the medulla oblongata controls.
Respiratory and Cardiovascular
500
What cranial nerve goes along with the number 8 or VIII?
Vestibulocochlear
500
What is the function of the Spinal Accessory Nerve (XI)?
shoulder and neck muscles
500
What are the 4 regions of the diencephalon?
1. Thalamus
2. Hypothalamus
3. Pineal Gland
4. Optic Chiasma