FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT BRAIN AND CRANIAL ?S

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT BRAIN AND CRANIAL ?S

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-Guarantee passing score -37 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: whereas one that carries impulses from the cerebrum to lower CNS areas is called a

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projection tract

Question 2: primary sensory cortex

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parietal Question 3: structures insrumental in returning cerebrospinal fluid to the venous blood in the dural sinuses

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arachnoid villi

Question 4: white matter is composed of

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mylenated fibers

Question 5: explain why trauma to thte base of the brain is often much more dangerous than truama to the frontal lobe.

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b/c the base of brain has the medulla oblongata and it contains vital resp, cardiac, and vaso motor centers; also area that maintains consciousness

Question 6: connects the third and fourth ventricles

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cerebral aqueduct

Question 7: a-----------is an elevated ridge of cerebral tissue.

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gyrus

Question 8: olfactory cortex

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temporal

Question 9: auditory cortex

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temporal Question 10: a fiber tract that provides for communication between different parts of the same cerebral hemisphere is called an

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association tract

Question 11: structure that forms the cerebrospinal fluid

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coroid plexus

Question 12: what is the function of the basal ganglia?

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involved in regulation, modulation and refinement of voluntary motor activity

Question 13: its outer layer forms the periosteum of the skull

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dura mater

Question 14: what structures are part of the brain stem?

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pons, medulla, midbrain

Question 15: innermost menix covering the brain; delicate aknd highly vascular

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pia mater

Question 16: brocas area

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frontal

Question 17: gray matter is composed of

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neuron cell bodies Question 18: the convolusions seen in the cerebrum are important because they increase the

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surface area Question 19: important synapse site for afferent fibers traveling to the sensory cortex

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thalamus

Question 20: large commissure connecting the cerebral hemispheres

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corpus callosum

Question 21: encloses the third ventricle

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thalamus

Question 22: primary motor cortex

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frontal Question 23: what is the corpus striatum, and how is it related to the fibers of the internal capsule?

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the fibers of your internal capsule pass between the diancephalon and the basal ganglia that gives them a striped appearance b/c corpus striatum in latin means striped body Question 24: the lentiform nucleus along with the caudate nuclei are collectively called the

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basil ganglia or corpus striatum Question 25: a dural fold that attaches the cerebrum to the crista galli of the skull

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falx cerebri Question 26: located in the midbrain;contains reflex centers for vision and audition

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corpora quadrigemina Question 27: outermost menix covering the brain; composed of tough fibrous connective tissue

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dura mater Question 28: site of regulatin of body temp. and water balance;most important autonomic center

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hypothalamus