Exam (elaborations) MCAT prep

Functional Neuroanatomy Test Questions
With Correct Answers(chapter 3).
The CNS is covered by three layers (meninges). What are they, in order from outermost to
innermost? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. Dura mater
2. Arachnoid mater
3. Pia mater


(Directional terminology)

__________ refers to the top of the brain. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Superior (dorsal)


(Directional terminology)

___________ refers to the bottom of the brain. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Inferior
(ventral)


(Directional terminology)

___________ refers to the front of the brain. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Rostral (anterior)


(Directional terminology)

___________ refers to the back of the brain. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Caudal
(posterior)


The __________ plane splits the brain into rostral and caudal halves. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Coronal


The ___________ plane splits the brain into ventral and dorsal halves. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Horizontal

, The ___________ plane splits the brain into left and right halves. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Sagittal


The __________ includes the medulla, pons and cerebellum. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Hindbrain



The __________ includes the upper brain stem. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Midbrain


The ___________ includes the cerebral hemispheres and diencephalon. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Forebrain



Label the lobes of the brain. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Yellow is frontal lobe
-Pink is parietal lobe
-Green is temporal lobe
-Blue is occipital lobe


The cerebral cortex consists of (white/gray) matter. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Gray


Below the cerebral cortex is (white/gray) matter reflecting inputs to the cortex (thalamic
projections) and outputs (tracts to basal ganglia, brain stem and spinal cord). - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅White



What is the corpus callosum? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Brand of white matter
connecting the left and right hemispheres of the brain.


________ are the ridges on the surface of the brain. Each ridge is surrounded by fissures called
_________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Gyri
-Sulci