Coursera-- Medical Neuroscience
Questions and Answers
Lateral fissure: the prominent horizontal groove separating the frontal and temporal
lobes in each hemisphere.
The lateral fissure tends to be longer and STRAIGHTER in the left hemisphere
compared to the right. And this, we think, accommodates some of the specialized
regions of the posterior temporal lobe and inferior parietal lobule that have to do with
processing human _______. - Answer-language
the central sulcus extends from the dorsal midline to the _______ fissure in roughly a
straight trajectory. - Answer-lateral
The cerebral cortex is _____encephalon and then now, what we can see here is the
____encephalon, being comprised of a region called the Thalamus and then just
below the Hypothalamus. - Answer-tel, di
diencephalon: contains the ________ and the ________ - Answer-thalamus,
hypothalamus
metencephalon: contains the ________ and the ________ - Answer-pons,
cerebellum
myencephalon: contains the ______, which is responsible for reflex activities, such
as heart rate, respiration, blood pressure, coughing, sneezing, swallowing, and
vomiting, are controlled in this area. - Answer-medulla oblongata
So, just on top of the _____ecephalon is this broad band of white matter called the
Corpus Callosum, and that is a very obvious visual feature that helps define the
contour of this medial set of gyri that sit above it. - Answer-di
The _____cuneus is the boundary of the parietal lobe and the occipital lobe. -
Answer-pre
when looking from medial view of brain, the superior frontal gyrus extends back
towards this region around the medial terminus of the central sulcus called the
______central lobule.
controls the motor function and somatosensory of the contralateral _____ - Answer-
para, foot
The _______ sulcus is an important landmark that identifies the location of the visual
parts of the brain, on the medial surface of the occipital lobe. - Answer-calcarine
This sulcus is called the Parieto-occipital sulcus, and it's the posterior boundary of
the ________. - Answer-precuneus
Down below the calcarine sulcus is the ________ gyrus. - Answer-lingual
, the __________ is a tissue that helps to create a buffering space over the surface of
the cerebral cortex. Underneath the arachnoid in life is perhaps a millimeter or two of
cerebrospinal fluid. - Answer-arachnoid
The gyrus that forms the interior bank is called, the ______central gyrus, which
contains the motor map of the contralateral body. - Answer-pre
the ______central gyrus contains the somatic sensory map, of the contralateral
body. - Answer-post
the cortico_______ tract goes through the medullary pyramids. These tracts contain
the fibers of the motor cortex that are sending their axons down into the spinal cord
to govern voluntary movement. - Answer-spinal
olivary ______ nucleus: receives from intrinsically photosensitive RGCs that use
melanopsin and is responsible for pupil contraction - Answer-pretectal
olivary body: the olivary bodies or simply olives are a pair of prominent oval
structures in the medulla oblongata, the lower portion of the brainstem. They contain
the olivary nuclei. There is the superior olivary nucleus, considered part of the pons
and aids the perception of _______.
And there's the inferior olivary nucleus, which is mainly involved in cerebellar
________-learning and function. - Answer-sound, motor
There is the ________ olivary nucleus, considered part of the pons and aids the
perception of sound.
And there's the ________ olivary nucleus, which is mainly involved in cerebellar
motor-learning and function. - Answer-superior, inferior
_______trician: a physician who specializes in the care of older people - Answer-
geria
______ tendon organ: within tendons; they respond to an increase in tendon
TENSION - Answer-golgi
the _______ sulcus is the division between the frontal lobe and the parietal lobe -
Answer-central
the parieto-occipital sulcus marks one point of demarcation between the parietal lobe
and the occipital lobe. The other is a feature of the inferior aspect of the hemisphere
called the pre-occipital _______ which is attributable to a flap of dura that sits
between the cerebellum and the occipital lobe called the tentorium. So an imaginary
line between the parieto-occipital sulcus and that pre-occipital () is what divides the
parietal lobe from the occipital lobe - Answer-notch
glia: support the metabolic and the signaling functions of neurons, which often
involves both electrical and chemical signals. () participate in the forming of neural
circuits and in a variety of forms of synaptic ______. This is a very exciting, new
aspect of glial cell biology that's just now beginning to open up. And we're coming to
see glial cells as really being active participants in the process of making new
Questions and Answers
Lateral fissure: the prominent horizontal groove separating the frontal and temporal
lobes in each hemisphere.
The lateral fissure tends to be longer and STRAIGHTER in the left hemisphere
compared to the right. And this, we think, accommodates some of the specialized
regions of the posterior temporal lobe and inferior parietal lobule that have to do with
processing human _______. - Answer-language
the central sulcus extends from the dorsal midline to the _______ fissure in roughly a
straight trajectory. - Answer-lateral
The cerebral cortex is _____encephalon and then now, what we can see here is the
____encephalon, being comprised of a region called the Thalamus and then just
below the Hypothalamus. - Answer-tel, di
diencephalon: contains the ________ and the ________ - Answer-thalamus,
hypothalamus
metencephalon: contains the ________ and the ________ - Answer-pons,
cerebellum
myencephalon: contains the ______, which is responsible for reflex activities, such
as heart rate, respiration, blood pressure, coughing, sneezing, swallowing, and
vomiting, are controlled in this area. - Answer-medulla oblongata
So, just on top of the _____ecephalon is this broad band of white matter called the
Corpus Callosum, and that is a very obvious visual feature that helps define the
contour of this medial set of gyri that sit above it. - Answer-di
The _____cuneus is the boundary of the parietal lobe and the occipital lobe. -
Answer-pre
when looking from medial view of brain, the superior frontal gyrus extends back
towards this region around the medial terminus of the central sulcus called the
______central lobule.
controls the motor function and somatosensory of the contralateral _____ - Answer-
para, foot
The _______ sulcus is an important landmark that identifies the location of the visual
parts of the brain, on the medial surface of the occipital lobe. - Answer-calcarine
This sulcus is called the Parieto-occipital sulcus, and it's the posterior boundary of
the ________. - Answer-precuneus
Down below the calcarine sulcus is the ________ gyrus. - Answer-lingual
, the __________ is a tissue that helps to create a buffering space over the surface of
the cerebral cortex. Underneath the arachnoid in life is perhaps a millimeter or two of
cerebrospinal fluid. - Answer-arachnoid
The gyrus that forms the interior bank is called, the ______central gyrus, which
contains the motor map of the contralateral body. - Answer-pre
the ______central gyrus contains the somatic sensory map, of the contralateral
body. - Answer-post
the cortico_______ tract goes through the medullary pyramids. These tracts contain
the fibers of the motor cortex that are sending their axons down into the spinal cord
to govern voluntary movement. - Answer-spinal
olivary ______ nucleus: receives from intrinsically photosensitive RGCs that use
melanopsin and is responsible for pupil contraction - Answer-pretectal
olivary body: the olivary bodies or simply olives are a pair of prominent oval
structures in the medulla oblongata, the lower portion of the brainstem. They contain
the olivary nuclei. There is the superior olivary nucleus, considered part of the pons
and aids the perception of _______.
And there's the inferior olivary nucleus, which is mainly involved in cerebellar
________-learning and function. - Answer-sound, motor
There is the ________ olivary nucleus, considered part of the pons and aids the
perception of sound.
And there's the ________ olivary nucleus, which is mainly involved in cerebellar
motor-learning and function. - Answer-superior, inferior
_______trician: a physician who specializes in the care of older people - Answer-
geria
______ tendon organ: within tendons; they respond to an increase in tendon
TENSION - Answer-golgi
the _______ sulcus is the division between the frontal lobe and the parietal lobe -
Answer-central
the parieto-occipital sulcus marks one point of demarcation between the parietal lobe
and the occipital lobe. The other is a feature of the inferior aspect of the hemisphere
called the pre-occipital _______ which is attributable to a flap of dura that sits
between the cerebellum and the occipital lobe called the tentorium. So an imaginary
line between the parieto-occipital sulcus and that pre-occipital () is what divides the
parietal lobe from the occipital lobe - Answer-notch
glia: support the metabolic and the signaling functions of neurons, which often
involves both electrical and chemical signals. () participate in the forming of neural
circuits and in a variety of forms of synaptic ______. This is a very exciting, new
aspect of glial cell biology that's just now beginning to open up. And we're coming to
see glial cells as really being active participants in the process of making new
