Brain study guide
1. Identify the layers of brain protection - bone and meninges. Identify dura matter folds
2. Cerebrospinal fluid – origin, location and functions
External view
1. Identify the parts of the brain: cerebrum, cerebellum. Brain stem, diencephalons (can it be
seen from the outside?)
2. Cerebrum –
Identify 5 lobes – can they all be seen from the outside?
Identify main sulci, fissures and gyri
Identify main functional area of the cerebrum
3. Brain stem –
Identify the 3 parts of the brain stem: Mid brain (mesencephalon), pos, medulla
oblongata
4. Diencephalon –
Identify external structure tat are associated with the diencephalons: pituitary gland and
infundibulum, mammillary bodies
Internal view
1. Open the brain to midsagittal plan and identify the following:
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Ventricles and
choroids plexus
2. Cerebrum structures and areas: - cerebral cortex (gray matter – what is it made of?), white
matter (what is it made of?), Basal nuclei (what are they made of?), what ventricle/s are
located in the cerebrum, fornix, corpus callosum
3. Cerebellum structures and areas: - cerebellar cortex (gray matter – what is it made of?), white
matter/arbor vitae (what is it made of?), vermis
4. Diencephalon structures and areas – thalamus (lobes, interthalamic adhesion), hypothalamus
(what external structures are associated with the hypothalamus?), epithalamus (what
structures make the epithalamus?), what ventricle is associated with the diencephalon
4. Brain stem structures and areas – mesencephalon and cerebral peduncles, pons, medulla
oblongata, what ventricle is associated with the brain stem, cerebral/mesencephalic aqueduct,
Corpora quadrigemina (superior and inferior culliculi
Use the table on the website to learn the brain structures’ functions