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17 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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What are the lobes of the brain?
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Frontal//Parietal
Temporal and Occipital |
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How do the meninges differ?
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The dura mater can have two layers and have venous sinuses within
The Sub-arachnoid space has trabeculae |
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What does the central sulcus demarcate?
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Pre-central gyrus = PMC
Post-central gyrus = SMC |
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What does the lateral sulcus demarcate?
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Superor sulci from temporal sulci
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What important areas are one the left hemisphere? And what damages can be caused here?
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Speech area = Broca's area, motor aspect of speech = Inferior frontal gyrus
=Expressive aphasia Auditory cortex = Wernicke's area, auditory association cortex = Sup temp gyrus = Recepetive aphasia |
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Coronal Brain
Name components of the Basal Ganglia |
Thalamus
Caudate nucleus Globus Pallidus Putamen Subthalamic Nuclei Substantia Nigra |
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What makes the corpus striatum?
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Putamen and Caudate nucleus
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What make the lentiform nucleus?
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Globus Pallidus and Putamen
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Damage to which area causes PD?
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SN
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Damage to which area causes Huntingtons?
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Striatum
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What connects the two hemispheres?
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Corpus Callosum
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Name the parts of the Corpus callosum
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Rostrum, Genus, Body, Splenium
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Where is the hippocampus?
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Lateral to internal capsule
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Name the parts of the ventricular system
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Two lateral ventricles enter the third ventricle by the interventricular foramen, this then extends to the fourth ventricle via the cerebral aqueduct. This then allows CSF to leave via the median and lateral apertures
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What structure do the spinal tracts pass through in the brain?
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Internal capsule
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What are the boundaries of the lentiform nucleus?
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lateral = claustrum
Medial = Genu Anterior and posteriorly =IC |
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Outline the circle of willis
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