NEUROANATOMY FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS (QUIZ 1-7) QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
endothelial - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What are the cells that make up the blood-brain barrier?
ependymal - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What are the cells that make up the structure that makes the CSF?
dura mater - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What connects the brain to the skull?
3 times - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅How many times does CSF renew in the brain?
middle cerebral artery - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which artery occlusion causes strokes, sometimes even
causing language deficits?
internal jugular vein - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Where does blood empty of the brain, from the dural
sinuses?
cerebral aqueduct - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Where does CSF flow from the third ventricle to the fourth
ventricle?
coronal - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What section separates the anterior brain from the posterior brain?
choroid plexus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What structure produces CSF?
postcentral gyrus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which gyrus is on the parietal lobe, controlling the
somatosensory cortex?
precentral gyrus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which gyrus is in the frontal lobe, controlling the motor
cortex?
, selective increase/decrease in brain regions and enhances synaptic connectivity - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅What are the two main differences between human and animal brains?
basal ganglia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which of the following structures is not one of the 8 main
regions?
internal carotid artery - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which artery supplies blood to the diencephalon and
telencephalon?
astrocytes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What is the cell that helps maintain the blood-brain barrier, but is
not part of it?
anterior lobe of the pituitary gland - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which of the following is not a break in the
blood-brain barrier?
superior temporal - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The lateral sulcus is deeper than the sulcus immediately
inferior and parallel to it, termed the ____________ ______________ sulcus.
basilar - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The tiny labyrinthine artery, a branch of the _______________,
constitutes the blood supply to the vestibular system; blockage here causes equilibrium probelms and
loss of balance.
cingulate gyrus, corpus callosum, and marginal branch of the cingulate sulcus - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅label the indicated structures: ________ ________, ________ __________, and _____
_____ __ ____ ____________ __________.
venous sinuses; dura - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Venous blood from the brain is drained by two sets of
veins, superficial and deep. Both sets of veins ultimately empty into one of the __________ ________
located between two layers of _______ matter.
ventral group - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What group is in charge of the rhythmicity of breathing?
AND ANSWERS
endothelial - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What are the cells that make up the blood-brain barrier?
ependymal - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What are the cells that make up the structure that makes the CSF?
dura mater - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What connects the brain to the skull?
3 times - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅How many times does CSF renew in the brain?
middle cerebral artery - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which artery occlusion causes strokes, sometimes even
causing language deficits?
internal jugular vein - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Where does blood empty of the brain, from the dural
sinuses?
cerebral aqueduct - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Where does CSF flow from the third ventricle to the fourth
ventricle?
coronal - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What section separates the anterior brain from the posterior brain?
choroid plexus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What structure produces CSF?
postcentral gyrus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which gyrus is on the parietal lobe, controlling the
somatosensory cortex?
precentral gyrus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which gyrus is in the frontal lobe, controlling the motor
cortex?
, selective increase/decrease in brain regions and enhances synaptic connectivity - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅What are the two main differences between human and animal brains?
basal ganglia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which of the following structures is not one of the 8 main
regions?
internal carotid artery - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which artery supplies blood to the diencephalon and
telencephalon?
astrocytes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What is the cell that helps maintain the blood-brain barrier, but is
not part of it?
anterior lobe of the pituitary gland - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which of the following is not a break in the
blood-brain barrier?
superior temporal - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The lateral sulcus is deeper than the sulcus immediately
inferior and parallel to it, termed the ____________ ______________ sulcus.
basilar - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The tiny labyrinthine artery, a branch of the _______________,
constitutes the blood supply to the vestibular system; blockage here causes equilibrium probelms and
loss of balance.
cingulate gyrus, corpus callosum, and marginal branch of the cingulate sulcus - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅label the indicated structures: ________ ________, ________ __________, and _____
_____ __ ____ ____________ __________.
venous sinuses; dura - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Venous blood from the brain is drained by two sets of
veins, superficial and deep. Both sets of veins ultimately empty into one of the __________ ________
located between two layers of _______ matter.
ventral group - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What group is in charge of the rhythmicity of breathing?
