Start Quiz: Anatomy & Physiology: Nervous System Anatomy

Question: Which primary vesicle of the embryonic nervous system does not differentiate into more vesicles at the secondary stage?

Choices:

prosencephalon

mesencephalon

diencephalon

rhombencephalon

Question: Which lobe of the cerebral cortex is responsible for generating motor commands?

Choices:

temporal

parietal

occipital

frontal

Question: Aside from the nervous system, which other organ system develops out of the ectoderm?

Choices:

digestive

respiratory

integumentary

urinary

Question: What level of the brain stem is the major input to the cerebellum?

Choices:

midbrain

pons

medulla

spinal cord

Question: What blood vessel enters the cranium to supply the brain with fresh, oxygenated blood?

Choices:

common carotid artery

jugular vein

internal carotid artery

aorta

Question: Brodmann's areas map different regions of the ________ to particular functions.

Choices:

cerebellum

cerebral cortex

basal forebrain

corpus callosum

Question: What region of the spinal cord contains motor neurons that direct the movement of skeletal muscles?

Choices:

anterior horn

posterior horn

lateral horn

alar plate

Question: Which non-nervous tissue develops from the neuroectoderm?

Choices:

respiratory mucosa

vertebral bone

digestive lining

craniofacial bone

Question: Which structure is associated with the embryologic development of the peripheral nervous system?

Choices:

neural crest

neuraxis

rhombencephalon

neural tube

Question: What region of the diencephalon coordinates homeostasis?

Choices:

thalamus

epithalamus

hypothalamus

subthalamus

Question: Which adult structure(s) arises from the diencephalon?

Choices:

thalamus, hypothalamus, retina

midbrain, pons, medulla

pons and cerebellum

cerebrum