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Anatomy of the Nervous System

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are part of the germ layers in the embryologic perspective?

(a)  

2.

What does the ectoderm develop to?

a)

Neurotube

b)

Endoderm

c)

Neuroectoderm

3.

What does the Neuroectoderm give rise to?

(a)  

4.

What follows the Neuroplate?

(a)  

5.

What gives rise to the PNS?

a)

Neuro plate

b)

Neuroectoderm

c)

Neuro Tube

6.

Mark the correct Primary Vesicles

a)

Prosencephalon

b)

Metencephalon

c)

Mesencephalon

d)

Rhombencephalon

7.

List the Secondary Vesicles

a)

Telencephalon

b)

Diencephalon

c)

Mesencephalon

d)

Metencephalon

e)

Myelencephalon

8.

What Secondary Vesicle(s) does Prosencephalon give rise to?

(a)  

9.

What Secondary Vesicle(s) does Mesencephalon give rise to?

(a)  

10.

What Secondary Vesicle(s) does Phombencephalon give rise to?

(a)  

11.

What brain structure comes from Telencephalon?

(a)  

12.

What brain structures from from the Diencephalon?

(a)  

13.

What brain structures come from the Mesencephalon?

(a)  

14.

What brain structures come from Metencephalon?

(a)  

15.

what brain structures come from Myelencephalon?

(a)  

16.

What are open spaces where CSF accumulate called?

a)

Diencephalon

b)

Ventricles

c)

Nuero Tube

17.

What are the four major brain regions?

(a)  

18.

Check all that are part of the brain stem.

a)

Midbrain

b)

Thalamus

c)

Pons

d)

Hypothalamus

e)

Medulla Oblongata

19.

Gyrus..

a)

Ridge

b)

Groove

c)

Deep Groove

20.

Sulcus..

a)

Groove

b)

Ridge

c)

Deep Groove

21.

Fissures...

a)

Groove

b)

Ridge

c)

Deep Groove

22.

What separates the two hemispheres?

(a)  

23.

What separates the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe?

(a)  

24.

What separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum?

(a)  

25.

What is the superficial part of the cerebrum called?

a)

White Matter

b)

Gyrus

c)

Cortex (gray matter)

d)

Sulcus

26.

What is the deepest part of the cerebrum called?

a)

White Matter

b)

Gyrus

c)

Cortex (gray matter)

d)

Sulcus

27.

What section of the brain is responsible for communication between the two hemispheres?

(a)  

28.

What are characteristics of the Broca's area?

a)

Motor for Speech

b)

Understanding Verbal Communication

c)

Right Side

d)

Left Side

29.

What are characteristics of the Wernicke's area?

a)

Understanding Speech

b)

Right Side

c)

Left Side

d)

Motor for Speech

30.

Where is the Motor Area?

a)

Occipital

b)

Frontal

c)

Temporal

d)

Parietal

31.

Where is the somatosensory area located?

a)

Pariatle

b)

Temporal

c)

Frontal

d)

Occipital

32.

where is the auditory/hearing area located?

a)

Temporal

b)

Occipital

c)

Frontal

d)

Insula

33.

Where is the olfactory/smell area located?

a)

Deep Temporal

b)

Insula

c)

Occipital

d)

Frontal

34.

where is the taste area located?

a)

Temporal

b)

Deep Temporal

c)

Insula

d)

Occipital

35.

Where is the CSF located?

(a)  

36.

What is the most superficial layer of the Menigies?

(a)  

37.

Name some of the characteristics of the Meninges

a)

Cover & Protect the CNS

b)

Contributes to Blood Circulation

c)

Maintain Flow of CSF

38.

Where is the CSF made?

(a)  

39.

What is the medical term for a Stroke?

(a)