Gross Cns Flash Cards

Front 1

Anterior or rostral?

Back 1

Front of the brain

Front 2

Posterior or caudal

Back 2

Back of the brain

Front 3

Inferior or ventral?

Back 3

Bottom of the brain

Front 4

Superior or dorsal?

Back 4

Top of the brain

Front 5

Mid sagittal or medial view is what?

Back 5

When the brain is cut longitudinally across the brain. HEMISECTED

Front 6

Rostral?

Back 6

Towards the nose

Front 7

Coronal is?

Back 7

A cross section from the top of the cranium down.

Front 8

What are the main structures of the brain?

Back 8

Cerebral hemispheres, thalamus, midbrain, pons, Medulala=cerebellum
Spinal cord

Front 9

What are the segments of the brainstem?

Back 9

Midbrain, pons, medulla,

Front 10

Forebrain has another name?
How many divisions?
What are they?

Back 10

Prosencephalon
Telencephalon & Diencephalon

Front 11

Parts of the Telencephalon?

Back 11

Cerebral Cortex, Corpus Striatum, Olfactory Bulbs

Front 12

Parts of the diencephalon?

Back 12

Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Epithalamus, Subthalamus

Front 13

Midbrain is know as?

Back 13

Mesencephalon

Front 14

What are the terminal structures of the mesencephalon?

Back 14

Tectum, Tegmentum, Basis Pedunculi

Front 15

Hindbrain has 2 parts what are they?

Back 15

Metencephalon and myelencephalon

Front 16

What are the parts of the metencephalon?

Back 16

Pons and cerebellum

Front 17

What is the myelencephalon?

Back 17

Medulla

Front 18

Caudal neural tube is also known as?

Back 18

SPinal Cord

Front 19

Development of the brain stares with the forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain but creates?

Back 19

Telencephalon, Diencephalon, mesencephalon, metencephalon, myelencephalon

Front 20

The pituitary gland lies under?

Back 20

Dienchephalon!

Front 21

Forebrain=

Back 21

Telencephalon and dienchephalon

Front 22

Midbrain=

Back 22

mesencephalon

Front 23

Hindbrain=

Back 23

metencephalon and myelencephalon

Front 24

Ventral root and rootlets are?

Back 24

MOTOR

Front 25

Dorsal root and rootlets are?

Back 25

Sensory

Front 26

Gray matter consists of?

Back 26

Cell bodies of neurons and the synapses between neurons.

Front 27

White matter?

Back 27

Axons of neurons which form tracts

Front 28

Gray matter=

Back 28

Nerve cell bodies

Front 29

White matter=

Back 29

tracts

Front 30

Ascending tracts are usually? While decending tracts are?

Back 30

Sensory
Motor

Front 31

Tentorium is what?

Back 31

Part of the dural membrane that extends as a chell to seperate the infratentorial and supratentorial

Front 32

Supratentorial brain is?

Back 32

Diencephalon, telencephalon,

Front 33

What are the 4 lobes of the brain?

Back 33

Frontal, Parietal, temporal and occipital.

Front 34

How are the lobes of the cerebral hemispheres defined?

Back 34

By gyrus and sulcus

Front 35

Tentorium is what?

Back 35

Part of the dural membrane that extends as a chell to seperate the infratentorial and supratentorial

Front 36

Gyrus are what?

Back 36

Rounded convolutions on the suface of the cerebral hemisphere

Front 37

Supratentorial brain is?

Back 37

Diencephalon, telencephalon,

Front 38

Sulcus are what?

Back 38

Depressions or fissures in the gyri

Front 39

What are the 4 lobes of the brain?

Back 39

Frontal, Parietal, temporal and occipital.

Front 40

Central sulcus is AKA?

Back 40

Central cerebral fissure of Rolando

Front 41

How are the lobes of the cerebral hemispheres defined?

Back 41

By gyrus and sulcus

Front 42

Lateral fissure is AKA?

Back 42

Lateral cerebral sulcus of Sylvius

Front 43

Gyrus are what?

Back 43

Rounded convolutions on the suface of the cerebral hemisphere

Front 44

What is the insula?

Back 44

Area of the cerebral cortex that is buried under the overhanging portions of the frontal, parietal, temportal lobes.

Front 45

Sulcus are what?

Back 45

Depressions or fissures in the gyri

Front 46

What are portions of lobes that overhang over the insular?

Back 46

Operculum.

Front 47

Central sulcus is AKA?

Back 47

Central cerebral fissure of Rolando

Front 48

Lateral fissure is AKA?

Back 48

Lateral cerebral sulcus of Sylvius

Front 49

What is the insula?

Back 49

Area of the cerebral cortex that is buried under the overhanging portions of the frontal, parietal, temportal lobes.

Front 50

What are portions of lobes that overhang over the insular?

Back 50

Operculum.

Front 51

What is the function of the paracentral lobule? What is it made of?

Back 51

Somatosensory representation for lower extremities. Extensions of the pre- and post- central gyri.

Front 52

Where is the calcarine fissure?
What is this structure for?

Back 52

Underneath the Cuneus
lower visual fields

Front 53

Cortex within and adjacent to calcarine fissure is the?

Back 53

Visual cortex.

Front 54

Where are upper visual fields represented in?

Back 54

Lingual Gyrus

Front 55

What is located in the anterior portion of the parahippocampal gyrus and uncus?

Back 55

The olfactory cortex.

Front 56

This area consists of myelinated nerve fibers that interconnect analogous areas of the cerebral cortex of the 2 hemispheres allowing the 2 hemisphere to communicate?

Back 56

corpus callosum

Front 57

What represents the original most rostal aspect of the prosencephal before the telencephalon proliferated and grew over and around the diencephalon?

Back 57

lamina terminalis

Front 58

Where do the mammillothalmac tracts originate and terminate?

Back 58

Cell bodies in mammillary bodies and terminates in anternior nucleus of the thalamus

Front 59

What makes up the limbic system?

Back 59

The dienchephalon and the telencchephalon.

Front 60

Primary somatic sensory cortex is located where?

Back 60

Post central gyrus

Front 61

Primary motor cortex is where?

Back 61

Precentral gyrus

Front 62

Broca's area is important for?

Back 62

FOrmulation of speech

Front 63

Where is the primary auditory cortex located?

Back 63

Transverse gyri

Front 64

Transverse gyri are AKA?

Back 64

Heschl's convolutions

Front 65

learning and memory are assosciated with?

Back 65

The hippocampus

Front 66

Olphactory function is associated with

Back 66

rostral aspect of the parahippocamal gyrus

Front 67

Internal capsule is between ?

Back 67

caudate and globus pallidus

Front 68

Ventricular systesm =

Back 68

CSF filled spaces in the brain

Front 69

4 major parts of the diencephalon?

Back 69

Thalmus, hypothalmus, epithalmus and subthalmas

Front 70

Infratentorial contains?

Back 70

Brainstem and cerebellum

Front 71

The pons and medulla make up what?

Back 71

Midbrain

Front 72

The midbrain is made of?

Back 72

Tectum, Tegmentum, Substantia Nigra, and Cerebral Crus

Front 73

What is the tegmentum made of?

Back 73

Red nucleus, Medial lemniscus

Front 74

Metencephalon =

Back 74

pons and cerebellum

Front 75

Myelencephalon=

Back 75

medulla

Front 76

Tegmentum of pons, medulla and basal pons make up?

Back 76

The hindbrain

Front 77

The rhomboid fossa is AKA??

Back 77

Fourth ventricle

Front 78

What attached the cerebellum to the brainstem?

Back 78

3 cerebellar peduncles.

Front 79

Which cranial nerves are associated with the brain stem?
Dienchephalon?
telencephalon?

Back 79

3-12
1
2

Front 80

Where does the CSF made by the choroid plexus of ventricles exits the ventricular system and enters the SA space here?

Back 80

Foramin of Luschka and Magendia

Front 81

What does the sulcus limitans do?

Back 81

Seperates motor nuclei located medially from senosry nuclei laterally.

Front 82

What lie in the medial eminency?

Back 82

Facial colliculus, vagal trigone, and hypoglossal trigone

Front 83

What do the tonsils of the cerebellum do?

Back 83

When IC pressure increases they move down and apply pressure to the underlying brian stem.