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Gyrus
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rounded convolution
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Sulcus
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shallow groove
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Fissure
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deeper groove
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Longitudinal fissure
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divides right & left hemispheres
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Lateral sulcus
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separates temporal lobe from the frontal & parietal lobes
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Lateral ventricles are cavities deep within each ____ ___ containing ___ ___
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Cavities deep within each cerebral hemispheres containing cerebrospinal fluid
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Central sulcus
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separates frontal & parietal lobes
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Motor cortex lies in ___ gyrus of ___ lobe
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lies in precentral gyrus of frontal lobe
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Frontal eye fields location
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located in frontal lobe
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Sensory cortex located in what lobe
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located in parietal lobe
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Frontal eye fields function is the center for ___ ___ ___
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the center for voluntary eye movements
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Auditory cortex located in ___ lobe
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located in temporal lobe
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Parieto-occipital sulcus
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separates parietal from occipital
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Striate (Visual) cortex location
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lies on medial aspect of occipital lobe
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Striate (Visual) cortex surrounds
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surrounding calarine fissure
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Calarine fissure ___ ___ of ___ ___ to ___-___sulcus
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posterior pole of occipital lobe to parieto-occipital sulcus
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Calarine fissure divides
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and divides striate cortex into 2 parts
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Striate cortex two parts
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Cuneus gyrus – upper section; Lingual gyrus – lower section
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Striate cortex upper section
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Cuneus gyrus
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Striate cortex lower section
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Lingual gyrus
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Striate cortex bordering
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the psycho visual cortex area
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psycho visual cortex area is where ____ of ___ data into the ___ that we call ___ occurs
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where integration of visual data into the perception that we call sight occurs
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Corpus callosum
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wide band of transverse fibers connecting hemispheres
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Septum pellucidum
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partition separating anterior portions of lateral ventricles
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Anterior commissure
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bundle of fibers connecting the two hemispheres
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Lamina terminalis
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thin anterior wall of third ventricle
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fibrous band connecting two hemispheres (lies inferior to corpus callosum)
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Fornix
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Posterior commissure composition
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bundle of fibers connecting hemispheres
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Posterior commissure part of
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part of pupillary light pathway
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Pineal body
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neuroendocrine gland
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Thalamus structure, connects
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large ovoid nuclear mass, 2 nuclei connected across third ventricle.
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Thalamus forms
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forming part of lateral wall of third ventricle
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2 thalamic nuclei are connected across the third ventricle by?
significance of adhesion? |
1.the inter-thalamic adhesion (mass intermedia)
2. no functional significance known fo this connection |
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all 1.___ impulses w/ the exception of 2.____ impulses are received by the thalamus
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1. sensory
2. olfactory |
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thalamus role
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major role in processing and relaying information
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Hypothalamus location
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Tissue inferior to thalamus
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Hypothalamus forms what in regard to the 3rd ventricle?
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forms the floor and the ventral half of the lateral walls of the 3rd ventricle.
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Hypothalamus is important in control of what type of activities?
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visceral activities
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Hypothalamus important in maintenance of what visceral activities? (5)
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1. water balance
2. sugar metabolism 3. fat metabolism 4. regulation of body temp 5. regulation of secretions of endocrine glands (all visceral activities) |
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Hypothalamus is chief
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subcortical region for the integration of sympathetic and parasympathetic activities
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Third ventricle cavity filled with ___
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cavity filled with CSF
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Third ventricle surrounded by what?
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surrounded in part by hypothalamus
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Third ventricle is connected to each of the lateral ventricles by what?
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interventricular foramen
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Interventricular foramen
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connects 3rd ventricle to each of lateral ventricles.
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Cerebral aqueduct
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connects 4th ventricle to 3rd ventricle
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Choroidal plexus function? location?
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vascular membrane that produces CSF
located in each ventricles |
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Midbrain connections
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connects the pons and cerebellum with cerebral hemispheres
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Dorsal surface of midbrain known as what?
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tectum
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Tectum (located on the dorsal surface of midbrain) is?
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subdivided into paired rounded elevations
1. superior collicui 2. inferior colliculi |
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Corpora quadrigemina
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all four colliculi collectively
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Medulla(oblongata) & Pons are transversed by ___ ___ that interconnect these and other parts of ___
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Traversed by fiber tracts that interconnect these an other parts of CNS
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Medulla(oblongata) & Pons Contain collections of ___ cells that form ___ of several ___ ___
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Contain collections of nerve cells that form nuclei of several cranial nerves
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Pons inferiorly it is continuous w/ what?
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Inferiorly, pons is continous with medulla
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inferiority the pons is continuous with the medulla but does what from it by a ___ furrow
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demarcated from it in front and on each side by a transverse furrow.
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The pons is connected to what? by what?
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connected to the cerebellum by middle cerebellar peduncles
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The pons contains fibers connecting what with what?
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and contains fiber tracts connecting medulla and cerebellum with the upper portions of the brain.
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Cerebellum location in regard to pons and medulla
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posterior to pons & medulla
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Cerebellum's ventral-medial portion separated by?
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Medial portion separated by cavity of 4th ventricle
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Cerebellum involved in?
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Synergic control of skeletal muscles
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Cerebellum plays an important role in what?
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important role in coordination of voluntary muscular mvts
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Fourth ventricle shape
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tent shaped
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Fourth ventricle location
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ventral to cerebellum and dorsal to pons and cranial half of medulla
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Fourth ventricle inferior limit is continuous w/ ___ ___ of ____ and ___ ___
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Inferior limit is continuous with central canal of medulla and spinal cord
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Cerebral aqueduct is continuous w/
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continuous (cranially) with 4th ventricle which connects to 3rd ventricle.
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cerebellum cranially is continuous with what?
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Cerebral aqueduct
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Pituitary gland is a ____ gland suspended from ___ of ___ by the ____
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neuroendocrine gland suspended from floor of hypothalamus by the infundibulum
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Infundibulum
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stalk of pituitary
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Optic chiasm juncture in regard to optic nerves
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juncture where the two optic nerves meet
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Optic chiasm attached at the floor of what?
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Attached to floor of hypothalamus
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Optic chiasm
all fibers from what? pass though what? what fibers cross? |
all fibers from retinas pass through chiasm where nasal fibers cross over
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Cerebral peduncles location
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ventral surface of midbrain
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Pons is connected to the cereebellum by what?
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middle cerebellar peduncles
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Interpeduncular fossa what is it?
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the space that lies between cerebral peduncles
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rostral boundary of interpeduncular fossa formed by posterior surface
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Mamillary bodies
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Optic tract fibers leave what? then wrap around what?
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fibers leaving chiasm wrap around cerebral peduncles
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Optic tract fibers termination
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terminate in lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN).
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LGN structure is a small ___ complex that projects from the ___ aspect of the ___ region of the ___ ___
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small nuclear complex that projects from inferior aspect of posterior region of lateral thalamus.
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LGN termination of what? and origin of what?
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Termination of retinal axons
origin of optic radiations. |
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Pyramid location?
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ventral surface of medulla
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Pyramid lateral to?
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just lateral to central anterior groove on medulla
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Olive is a prominence lateral to what?
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prominence lateral to pyramid
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Basal ganglia is a region of ___ matter w/i ___ matter of the ___ ___
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region of gray matter within white matter of cerebral hemisphere
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Basal ganglia made of what 3 structures? they are lateral to what?
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Caudate
Putamen Globus pallidus lateral to the thalamus |
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Olfactory tracts ( CN I) location
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inferior to frontal lobes
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Optic nerves (CN II) join
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join at optic chiasm
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Oculomotor nerve (CN III) exits where, through what?
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exits from the midbrain through interpeduncular fossa
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Trochlear nerve (CN IV) exits THE ___ aspect of the ___ and runs ____ along the ___ surface of the ____
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exits the dorsal aspect of the midbrain and runs anteriorly along lateral surface of peduncles.
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Trigeminal nerve (CN V) exits
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exits pons on its lateral side.
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Abducens (CN VI) appears w/i groove b/t what structures
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groove between pons and medulla
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Facial (CN VII) appears w/i the groove b/t?
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groove between pons and medulla
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Vestibulocochlear nerves (CN VIII) appears w/i groove b/t what?
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groove between pons and medulla
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Hypoglossal nerve (CN XII) located on ___ b/t ___ and ___
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located on medulla between pyramid and olive
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Glossophayrngeal (CN IX) & Vagus (CN X) posterior to what?
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posterior to olive
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Spinal accessory nerve (CN XI) location
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inferior to vagus
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CN I
Name Nucleus Location Foramen |
Olfactory tracts
Olfactory bulb Olfactory foramia |
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CN II
Name Nucleus Location Foramen |
Optic nerve
LGN Optic canal |
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CN III
Name Nucleus Location Foramen |
Occulomotor nerve
Midbrain Superior Orbital fissure |
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CN IV
Name Nucleus Location Foramen |
Trochlear Nerve
Midbrain Superior Orbital fissure |
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CN V
Name |
Trigeminal Nerve
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CN V-opthalmic
Name Nucleus Location Foramen |
Trigeminal Nerve
Midbrain Superior Orbital fissure |
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CN V-maxillary
Name Nucleus Location Foramen |
Trigeminal Nerve
Pons Foramen Rotundum |
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CN V-mandibular
Name Nucleus Location Foramen |
Trigeminal Nerve
Medulla Foramen Ovale |
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CN VI
Name Nucleus Location Foramen |
Abducens Nerve
Pons Superior Orbital fissure |
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CN VII
Name Nucleus Location Foramen |
Facial Nerve
Pons Stylomastoid foramen |
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CN VIII
Name Nucleus Location Foramen |
Vestibulocochlear
Pons Internal acoustic foramen |
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CN IX
Name Nucleus Location Foramen |
Glossophayrngeal
Pons & Medulla Jugular foramen |
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CN X
Name Nucleus Location Foramen |
Vagus Nerve
Pons & Medulla Jugular foramen |
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CN XI
Name Nucleus Location Foramen |
Spinal Accessory
Medulla, Spinal Cord Jugular foramen |
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CN XII
Name Nucleus Location Foramen |
Hypoglossal
Pons & Medulla Hypoglossal canal |
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this is a small nuclear complex distinguishable as a small projection from the inferior aspect of the posterior region of the lateral thalamus
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LGN
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external geniculate body
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LGN
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the termination of the retinal axons and the origin of the optic ratdiations
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LGN
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