What Are The 3 Primary Brain Vesicles

Chapter 12 Study Guide:

The nervous system develops from which embryonic tissue?

Describe the development of the neural tube.

What are the 3 primary brain vesicles?

What are the secondary brain vesicles? What adult brain structure does each secondary vesicle become?

What are ventricles and what is their function?

What percentage of the adult brain is made up by the cerebral hemispheres?

Describe the following terms:

• Gyri

• Sulci

• Fissures

• Longitudinal fissure

• Transverse cerebral fissure

• Central sulcus

• Pre/post central gyri

• Lateral sulcus

• Insula

What are the lobes of the adult brain?

Where is the “conscious mind” found?

What are the 3