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The Brain, Ventricles And Meninges

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

What what layer of the tri layer embryo does the CNS originate

Back (Answer)

Ectoderm

#2
Front (Question)

What does the forebrain include

Back (Answer)

Cerebral cortex and diencephalon

#3
Front (Question)

What does the midbrain include

Back (Answer)

Midbrain

#4
Front (Question)

What does the hind brain include

Back (Answer)

Pons medulla oblongata and cerebrum

#5
Front (Question)

What are the three primary vesicles of the neural tube

Back (Answer)

Forebrain mid brain and hindbrain

#6
Front (Question)

What is contain in grey matter

Back (Answer)

Cell bodies

#7
Front (Question)

What is contained in white matter

Back (Answer)

Axons

#8
Front (Question)

What is the cerebrum divided into

Back (Answer)

Left and right hemispheres

#9
Front (Question)

What are the elevated ridges of the brain called

Back (Answer)

Gyri

#10
Front (Question)

What are the valleys of the brain called

Back (Answer)

Sulci

#11
Front (Question)

What are the valleys of the brain called

Back (Answer)

Sulci

#12
Front (Question)

How many lobes in each hemisphere

Back (Answer)

5

#13
Front (Question)

What are glial cells

Back (Answer)

Delicate CT that surrounds the CNS to support and bind it together

#14
Front (Question)

How can regions of the cerebral cortex be classified

Back (Answer)

By function. Motor sensory or association areas

#15
Front (Question)

Each himspheres of the brain are primarily concerned with the contra lateral side of the body. T or F

Back (Answer)

True

#16
Front (Question)

What are the lateralised capabilities of the left brain

Back (Answer)

Language maths and logic

#17
Front (Question)

What are the lateralised capabilities of the right brain

Back (Answer)

Emotions. Artistic skills and spatial awareness

#18
Front (Question)

What are association fibres

Back (Answer)

Connects different parts of the brain in the same hemisphere

#19
Front (Question)

What are commissural fibres

Back (Answer)

Connections between corresponding areas in the same hemisphere

#20
Front (Question)

What are projection fibres

Back (Answer)

Fibres that carry all info in and out of the CNS

#21
Front (Question)

what is the main function of the thalamus

Back (Answer)

major relay station of the brain receives almost all sensory info involved in memory and emotion

#22
Front (Question)

what is the main function of the hypothalamus

Back (Answer)

most physiological functions involved in maintaining homeostasis inc. hormone secretion, autonomic nervous system, thermoregulation, hunger/thirst, circadian rhythm, emotional functions

#23
Front (Question)

what is the main part of the epithalamus

Back (Answer)

pineal gland

#24
Front (Question)

what is the main function of the epithalamus

Back (Answer)

together with the hypothlamus it regulates the sleep wake cycle by secreting melatonin