Naming Brain Structures

Biol 205, Human Anatomy of Nervous System

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1. Cerebral lobe with primary visual function
3. Tough outermost meninge
4. Its nuclei relay sensory signals to cerebral cortex
6. Thick bundle of fibers that transfer inormation between cerebral hemispheres
8. Superior to thalamus and secretes melatonin
9. Elevated convolution of cerebral cortex
10. Masses of gray matter deep within cerebral hemispheres.
11. Myelinated nerve-like neuron fiber bundles
13. A tree-like pattern of white matter seen in sagittal section of cerebellum
17. Two hemispheres separated by a thin structure, the vermis.
19. Cerebral lobe with motor control
20. Largest part of brain, two hemispheres
21. Cerebral lobe with general sensory function

Down:

1. Lies on cribriform plate
2. Groove of surface of cerebral cortex
5. Part of diencephalon; functions in homeostasis, control of the autonomic nervous system
7. A fluid filled cavity of brain
8. The meninge that contacts the cerebral cortex.
9. Region of the brain consisting of unmyelinated neuron cell bodies
12. Posterior portion of corpus callosum
14. Inferior component of brainstem; controls heart rate and breathing rate
15. Anterior portion of corpus callosum
16. The folded outermost region of cerebrum: contains unmyelinated cell bodies
18. Component of the hindbrain and brainstem, between the midbrain and medulla