Usahs nueroscience Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

USAHS Nueroscience Exam 1 with Correct Solutions Rostral to the midbrain is the - Answer -cerebrum During development the CNS arises from the sheath that folds over to form the - Answer -neural tube What structure does the telecephalon contain - Answer -cerebral hemispheres cerebral cortex white matter basal ganglia basal nuceli The diencephalon is composed of what structures - Answer -hypothalamus epithalamus thalamus The mecencephalon is known as what - Answer -midbrain The metacep...

Rostral to the midbrain is the - correct answer cerebrum During development the CNS arises from the sheath that folds over to form the - correct answer neural tube What structure does the telecephalon contain - correct answer cerebral hemispheres cerebral cortex white matter basal ganglia basal nuceli The diencephalon is composed of what structures - correct answer hypothalamus epithalamus thalamus The mecencephalon is known as what - correct answer midbrain The m...

What can be damaged by the falx cerebri in case of head trauma? - correct answer The hard falx cerebri can cut into the corpus callosum, oculomotor CN III, brainstem, PCA. What is one purpose of Pia matter in relation to the SC? - correct answer Pia can help to anchor the SC into the dura as it goes down the canal. How is one way hematoma can happen in the epidural space? - correct answer Epidural space lies above the dura matter and contains the middle meningeal artery, a branch of ...

What are the 5 steps of neurological development in order? - correct answer Neurulation, cell proliferation, migration and aggregation, formation of axonal and dendritic processes, and synaptogenesis ______________ involves the formation of the neural crest and neural tube. - correct answer Neurulation Cell proliferation occurs within the ________ _______. - correct answer Neural tube During the migration and aggregation phase of embryological development the cells migrate/aggrega...

name the layers of protection for the brain from outside in **hint: SCALP - correct answer skin, subcutaneous connective tissue, Galea aponeurotica, loose areolar connective tissue, pericranium (periosteum) cervicomedullary junction of spinal cord occurs at this level - correct answer foramen magnum (base of skull) what runs through foramen ovale? - correct answer mandibular branch of trigeminal N (VIII) what runs through foramen spinosum? - correct answer middle meningeal arter...

Apraxia - correct answer inability to make a motor plan, as a result of brain damage. Ataxia - correct answer lack of muscle coordination Aphasia - correct answer impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage either to Broca's area (impairing speaking) or to Wernicke's area (impairing understanding). 1 olfactory - correct answer Making client smell something pleasant front of brain 2 optic - correct answer thalamus - test visual acuity (Snellen chart...

What are the 5 steps of neurological development in order? - correct answer • Neurulation • Cell proliferation • Migration and aggregation • Formation of axonal and dendritic processes • Synaptogenesis ______________ involves the formation of the neural crest and neural tube. - correct answer Neurulation Cell proliferation occurs within the ________ _______. - correct answer Neural tube During the migration and aggregation phase of embryological development the cells...