Anat Labs 8-9

Front 1

Peri

Back 1

Around

Front 2

Dendrites receive signals from

Back 2

Other neurons

Front 3

Meninx

Back 3

Membrane

Front 4

Meninges...

Back 4

Protect and cushion the brain and spinal cord

Front 5

Dura

Back 5

Strong

Front 6

Arac

Back 6

Spider

Front 7

Pia

Back 7

Tender

Front 8

Mater

Back 8

Mother

Front 9

Gray matter

Back 9

Darker tissue of the spinal cord that consists mostly of nerve cell bodies and dendrites

Front 10

White matter

Back 10

Lighter tissue of the spinal cord that consists mostly of myelinated axons

Front 11

Sulcus

Back 11

Groove on the surface

Front 12

Ventral

Back 12

Front

Front 13

Dorsal

Back 13

Back

Front 14

Ganglion

Back 14

A cluster or nerve cell bodies

Front 15

Cauda equina

Back 15

Horses tail

Front 16

Filum terminale

Back 16

Terminal thread

Front 17

Numbers of spinal nerves

Back 17

8 pairs of cervical

12 pairs of thoracic

5 pairs of lumber

5 pairs of sacral

1 pair of coccygeal

Front 18

Plexus

Back 18

Network of nerves

Front 19

Three biggest nerve plexus

Back 19

Cervical plexus- head and neck

Brachial plexus- upper limb

Lumbosacral plexus- plevis, genitalia and lower limb

Front 20

Brachial plexus is divided into

Back 20

Roots, trunks, divisions, cords and branches

Front 21

Each trunk has

Back 21

Anterior and posterior division

Front 22

Lateral cord formed from...

Back 22

Two anterior divisions from the superior and middle trunks

Front 23

Posterior cord formed from

Back 23

All three posterior divisions

Front 24

Medial cord formed from

Back 24

One anterior division from the inferior trunk

Front 25

Dermatomes

Back 25

Identifiable regions of skin supplied by a single nerve

Front 26

White and gray matter locations

Back 26

Spinal cord - gray matter on inside and white matter on outside

Brain - gray matter on outside and white matter on inside

Front 27

5 main vesicles of the brain

Back 27

Telencephalon

Diencephalon

Mesencephalon

Metencephalon

Myelencephalon

Front 28

Gyri

Back 28

Mounds on the cerebral Cortex (outer surface)

Front 29

Sulci

Back 29

Crevices on the cerebral cortex (outer surface)

Front 30

Corpus callosum

Back 30

Largest structure that allows signals to travel from one cerebral hemisphere to the other

Front 31

Ventricles

Back 31

Cerebrospinal fluid inside the brain

Front 32

Septum pellucidum

Back 32

Separates the two lateral ventricles

Front 33

Choroid plexus

Back 33

Group of specialized cells that produce CSF from the blood in a nearby vessel

Front 34

Longitudinal fissure

Back 34

Separates the cerebral hemispheres

Front 35

Transverse fissure interal

Back 35

Separates the cerebrum and cerebellum

Front 36

Interthalamic adhesion

Back 36

Second largest structure that allows signals to travel from one cerebral hemisphere to the other

Front 37

Habenula

Back 37

Connects the pineal gland to the thalamus

Front 38

Anterior and posterior commissures

Back 38

Allow signals to travel from one cerebral hemisphere to another

Front 39

Two interventricular foramina

Back 39

Allow CSF produced in the choroid plexuses in each of the lateral ventricles to flow into the third ventricle

Front 40

Infundibulum

Back 40

Connects the hypophysis to the hypothalamus

Front 41

Chiasm

Back 41

A crossing or intersecting of two tracts

Front 42

Optic chiasm

Back 42

Where the two optic nerves intersect

Front 43

Corpora quadrigemina

Back 43

Quadruplet (four) bodies (Latin)

Front 44

Superior colliculi processes

Back 44

Sight

Front 45

Inferior colliculi processes

Back 45

Sound

Front 46

Cerebral aqueduct allows

Back 46

CSF to flow from the third ventricle to the fourth ventricle

Front 47

Folia

Back 47

Folds on the surface of the cerebellum

Front 48

Arbor vitae

Back 48

White matter structure in the cerebellum that resembles the shape of a tree

Front 49

Arbor

Back 49

Tree

Front 50

Vitae

Back 50

Life

Front 51

Cerebellar peduncles

Back 51

Structure that attach the cerebellum to the brain stem

Front 52

Medulla oblongata

Back 52

Structure where the gray and white matter “switch places” btw the two major CNS organs

Front 53

CSF can exit the fourth ventricle through which four openings

Back 53

One medial aperture, two lateral apertures, one opening to the central canal of the spinal cord

Front 54

Dural reflections

Back 54

Folds of dura mater that extends into the fissures of the brain

Front 55

Flax cerebri sits into

Back 55

Longitudinal fissure and physically separates the two cerebral hemisphere

Front 56

Tentorium cerebelli sits into

Back 56

Transverse fissure and physically separates the cerebrum and the cerebellum

Front 57

Dural sinuses

Back 57

Contain venous blood, and are within dural reflections/dural mater. Collect blood and circulated CSF and shunt them to through the jugular foramen to go back to the heart

Front 58

Superior and inferior sagittal sinuses are contained within the

Back 58

Falx cerebri

Front 59

The straight sinus and confluence of the sinuses are contained within the

Back 59

Intersection of the falx cerebri and tentorium cerebelli

Front 60

Straight sinus receives blood from the

Back 60

Inferior sagittal sinus

Front 61

Confluence of the sinuses collects blood from the

Back 61

Superior sagittal and straight sinuses before shunting it laterally to the transverse sinuses

Front 62

Transverse sinuses are contained within the

Back 62

Tentorium cerebelli, shunt blood to the sigmoid sinuses

Front 63

Sigmoid sinuses are contained within the

Back 63

Dura mater lining the base of the skull, transport venous blood to the jugular foramen

Front 64

Arachnoid granulations are projections of the

Back 64

Arachnoid mater into the dural sinuses that allow CSF in the subarachnoid space to enter the dural sinuses