CCEB - NEURO ANATOMY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
What flows through the optic canal? ANSWER: optic nerve.
What goes through the foramen rotundum? - CN V2 (maxillary).
What goes through foramen ovale - ANSWER CN V3 (mandibular)
The middle meningeal artery and vein flow through the foramen spinosum.
What passes through the foramen lacernum. - ANSWER Internal carotid and
venous plexus
What goes through the internal acoustic meatus? ANSWER CN VII (facial), CN
VIII (vestibulocochlear).
What goes through the jugular foramen. - Answer: CN IX, X, XI, internal jugular
vein.
What goes via the Foramen Magnum? - ANSWER spinal cord and vertebral
arteries
What cranial nerves emanate from the midbrain? ANSWER: CN3, CN4.
What contains CSF in the midbrain? ANSWER cerebral aqueduct
, The superior cerebellar and posterior cerebral arteries deliver blood to the
midbrain.
Midbrain tectum - ANSWER superior and inferior colliculi (posterior to cerebral
aqueduct)
What do the midbrain peduncles contain? - Answer Red nucleus, substantia nigra.
What cranial nerves come from the pons? CNs V, VI, VII, and VIII.
What contains the CSF in the pons? ANSWER: 4th Ventricle.
The pons' blood supply is provided by the basilar artery.
What cranial nerves originate from the medulla? - Answer: 9 (Glossopharyngeal),
10 (Vagus), 11 (Accessory), 12 (Hypoglossal).
The vertebral artery, the anterior spinal artery, the PICA, and the posterior spinal
artery deliver blood to the medulla.
What does the frontal lobe contain? ANSWER: primary motor cortex 1, 3, 2.
What does the parietal lobe contain? ANSWER: primary somatosensory cortex 4,6
The temporal lobe contains the auditory cortex and Wernicke's region.
What does the occipital lobe contain? ANSWER: The main visual cortex
What is the limbic lobe involved with? - Answer Behavior, Memory, and Learning
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