tutorial week 3: neuroscience basics

Sagittal

• Separates the front from the back of the brain

• Separates the left and right sides of the brain

• Separates the top from the bottom of the brain

Coronal

• Separates the front from the back of the brain

• Separates the left and right sides of the brain

• Separates the top from the bottom of the brain

Horizontal

• Separates the front from the back of the brain

• Separates the left and right sides of the brain

• Separates the top from the bottom of the brain

Rostal/anterior is towards the ___ of the brain.

Caudal/posterior is towards the ___ of the brain.

Dorsal/superior is towards the ___ of the brain.

Ventral/inferior is towards the ___ of the brain.

How many major lobes are there?

Which of the following is NOT one of the four major lobes?

• frontal lobe

• occipital lobe

• functional lobe

• parietal lobe

A patient who had suffered from Broca’s aphasia would most likely have damage in the

• corpus callosum

• right frontal lobe

• left occipital lobe

• left frontal lobe