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Brain and Behavior Chapter 3: Anatomy of the Nervous System Part 3
This deck covers key concepts from Chapter 3 of Brain and Behavior, focusing on the anatomy of the nervous system. It includes important neuroanatomical directions, structures, and functions.
The tip of your nose is
Medial and anterior
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Term
Definition
The tip of your nose is
Medial and anterior
The nose of a rat is A) medial B) dorsal C) anterior
Both A and C
The spine of a human runs just beneath the body’s
Dorsal surface
Which of the following neuroanatomical directions is commonly used with reference to the brains of humans or other primates, but not with reference to the brains of four-legged creatures?
Inferior
A cut in which of the following planes would sever all of the cerebral commissaries, the tracts that connect the left and right cerebral hemispheres?
Midsagittal
The H-shape of the spinal gray matter is most obvious in a
Cross section
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
The tip of your nose is | Medial and anterior |
The nose of a rat is A) medial B) dorsal C) anterior | Both A and C |
The spine of a human runs just beneath the body’s | Dorsal surface |
Which of the following neuroanatomical directions is commonly used with reference to the brains of humans or other primates, but not with reference to the brains of four-legged creatures? | Inferior |
A cut in which of the following planes would sever all of the cerebral commissaries, the tracts that connect the left and right cerebral hemispheres? | Midsagittal |
The H-shape of the spinal gray matter is most obvious in a | Cross section |
Gray matter of the spinal cord is largely composed of | Cell bodies and unmyelinated interneurons |
White matter is white because | Myelin is white |
In cross section, spinal gray matter has four arms; among these are the two | Ventral horns |
How many individual dorsal roots are there in the human nervous system? | 62 |
How many left ventral roots are there in the human body? | 31 |
Most neurons of the dorsal root synapse in the | Spinal cord |
The neurons of the dorsal roots are | Sensory |
Most neurons of the ventral roots | Have their cell bodies in the ventral horns |
“Encephalon” means within the | Head |
The large lateral outgrowths that compose the telencephalon are the | Cerebral hemispheres |
The myelencephalon is often called the | Medulla |
The caudal part of the forebrain is the | Diencephalon |
The midbrain is A) part of the mesencephalon B) part of the metencephalon C) the mesencephalon D) part of the brain stem | Both C and D |
The myelencephalon is A) the medulla B) part of the hindbrain C) part of the brain stem | All of the above |
Which of the following is not in the brain stem? A) Myelencephalon B) Mesencephalon C) Metencephalon D) Medulla E) Telencephalon | Telencephalon |
The myelencephalon is composed largely of | Tracts |
Which of the following structures is called after a term that means “little net”? Reticular formation; Mesencephalon; Medulla; Cerebellum; Hippocampus | Reticular formation |
The reticular formation is in the | Brain stem |
The reticular formation is in the core of the A) mesencephalon B) myelencephalon C) metencephalon | All of the above |