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  • Front
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Sclera
Location:
• Eye (fibrous layer)

Description:
• Outer layer of posterior 5/6th of eye
• Dense collagenous connective tissue

Function:
• Protects eye
• Maintains shape of eye

Comment:
• "White" of the eye
Ciliary body
Location:
• Eye
• Part of vascular (middle) layer, between choroid and iris

Description:
• Composed of ciliary muscle and ciliary processes

Function:
• Anular ciliary smooth muscle controls tension of suspensory ligaments to adjust thickness of
Cornea
Location:
• Eye

Description:
• Transparent connective tissue layer of anterior 1/6th of eye

Function: 
• Site for light refraction
• Protection of anterior eye
Cornea
Location:
• Eye

Description:
• Transparent connective tissue layer of anterior 1/6th of eye

Function:
• Site for light refraction
• Protection of anterior eye
Iris
Conjunctiva
Anterior cranial fossa
Middle cranial fossa
Posterior (cerebellar) cranial fossa
Coronal suture
Lambdoidal suture
Squamous suture
Superciliary arch
Petrous Part
Petrous Part
Mandibular Fossa
Mandibular fossa
Carotid Canal
External Occipital Protuberance
Occipital Condyle
Hypoglossal canal
Hypoglossal canal
Hypoglossal canal
Greater Wing of the sphenoid bone
(name it back)
Greater Wing of the sphenoid bone
(name is back)
Greater Wing of the sphenoid bone
(name it back)
Lesser wing of the sphenoid bone
(name it back)
Lesser Wing of the sphenoid bone
(name it back)
Sella turcica
Hypophysial Fossa of the sella turcica
(name it back)
Dorsum sellae of the sella turcica
(name it back)
mandibular branch
CNS connection:
• Pons (principal sensory and motor nuclei of trigeminal nerve)
• Medulla oblongata (spinal nucleus of trigeminal nerve)

Cranial foramina:
• Foramen ovale

Comment:
• Trigeminal nerve (CN V) has three divisions (nerves): ophthalmic (CN V1), maxillary (CN V2), and mandibular (CN V3)
• General sensation includes pain, touch, and temperature
• Chorda tympani nerve (branch of CN VII), which conducts taste information from anterior 2/3 of tongue and parasympathetic preganglionic axons to submandibular ganglion, joins lingual nerve
maxillary branch
Branches:
• Palatine (greater and lesser)
• Pharyngeal
• Nasal (including nasopalatine)
• Nasopalatine
• Superior alveolar
• Infra-orbital
• Zygomatic

CNS connection:
• Pons (sensory nucleus of trigeminal nerve)
• Medulla oblongata (spinal nucleus of trigeminal nerve)

Cranial foramina:
• Foramen rotundum

Comment:
• Trigeminal nerve (CN V) has three divisions (nerves): ophthalmic (CN V1), maxillary (CN V2), and mandibular (CN V3)
• General sensation includes pain, touch, and temperature
sternohyoid muscle
omohyoid muscle
lateral pterygoid muscle
lateral pterygoid muscle
Action:
• Protraction of mandible
• Side-to-side movement of mandible (e.g., chewing)

Origin:
• Sphenoid bone (greater wing and lateral pterygoid plate)

Insertion:
• Mandible (neck)
• Articular disk of temporomandibular joint

Innervation:
• Trigeminal nerve (mandibular division - CN V3)
medial pterygoid muscle
medial pterygoid muscle
Action:
• Elevation of mandible (e.g., closing mouth)
• Protrusion of mandible
• Side-to-side movement of mandible (e.g., chewing)

Origin:
• Sphenoid bone (lateral pterygoid plate)

Insertion:
• Mandible (medial surface of angle and ramus)

Innervation:
• Trigeminal nerve (mandibular division - CN V3)
mental protuberance
mandibular foramen
ramus of the mandible
(name it back)
incisive fossa
palatine process
palatine process
coronal suture
lambdoidal suture
squamous suture
petrous part
petrous part
mandibular fossa
mandibular fossa
carotid canal
carotid canal
foramen rotundum
jugular foramen
jugular foramen
jugular foramen
Comment:
• Posterior to external opening of carotid canal
• Traversed by internal jugular vein, glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX), vagus nerve (CN X), and accessory nerve (CN XI)
external occipital protuberance
external occipital protuberance
internal occipital protuberance
external occipital crest
occipital condyle
occipital condyle
superior nuchal line
inferior nuchal line
hypoglossal canal
hypoglossal canal
hypoglossal canal
greater wing
greater wing
lesser wing
lesser wing
tuberculum sella(e) of the sella turcica
hypophysial fossa of the sella turcica
hypophysial fossa of the sella turcica
dorsum sellae of the sella turcica
dorsum sella(e) of the sella turcica
optic canal
optic canal
optic canal
inferior oribital fissure
superior orbital fissure
foramen rotundum
foramen rotundum
Location:
• Middle cranial fossa
• Sphenoid bone (greater wing)
• Just inferior to medial end of superior orbital fissure

Description:
• Horizontal canal
• Connects middle cranial fossa with pterygopalatine fossa

Comment:
• Transmits maxillary (CN V2) nerve
foramen rotundum
foramen ovale
foramen ovale
foramen spinosum
foramen ovale
Location:
• Sphenoid bone (greater wing)

Description:
• Oval-shaped hole
• Superior opening in middle cranial fossa
• Inferior opening in infratemporal fossa

Comment:
• Mandibular division of trigeminal nerve (CN V3) passes through this opening
foramen spinosum
Location:
• Sphenoid bone (greater wing)

Description:
• Round hole
• Superior opening in middle cranial fossa
• Inferior opening in infratemporal fossa

Comment:
• Middle meningeal artery passes through this opening
foramen spinosum
foramen spinosum
foramen ovale
foramen ovale
pterygoid process
foramen lacerum
foramen lacerum
Location:
• Middle cranial fossa

Description:
• Irregularly shaped opening formed by sphenoid, temporal, and occipital bones
• Superior opening (middle cranial fossa)
• Inferior opening (base of skull)

Comment:
• Inferior opening is closed in living subjects by fibrocartilage
• Internal carotid artery enters posterior wall and ascends into middle cranial fossa
foramen lacerum
vomer
vomer
vomer
lacrimal bone
lacrimal bone
middle nasal concha
middle nasal concha
superior nasal concha
superior nasal concha
inferior nasal concha
inferior nasal concha
hyoid bone
hyoid bone
palatine process of the maxilla
palatine process of the maxilla
incisive fossa
ramus of mandible
mental protuberance
trigeminal nerve
trochlear nerve
oculomotor nerve
sternohyoid
sternohyoid
omohyoid
omohyoid
lateral pterygoid
lateral pterygoid
Action:
• Protraction of mandible
• Side-to-side movement of mandible (e.g., chewing)

Origin:
• Sphenoid bone (greater wing and lateral pterygoid plate)

Insertion:
• Mandible (neck)
• Articular disk of temporomandibular joint

Innervation:
• Trigeminal nerve (mandibular division - CN V3)
medial pterygoid
superior nasal concha
lacrimal bone
lacrimal foramen
inferior nasal concha
middle nasal concha
oculomotor nerve
Location:
• Middle cranial fossa
• Orbit

Composition:
• Motor
• Parasympathetic

Motor:
• Medial rectus muscle
• Superior rectus muscle
• Inferior rectus muscle
• Inferior oblique muscle
• Levator palpebrae superioris muscle

Parasympathetic:
• Pupillary sphincter muscle (constriction of pupil)
• Ciliary muscle (permits lens to thicken for accommodation)

CNS connection:
• Midbrain (oculomotor and accessory oculomotor nuclei)

Cranial foramina:
• Superior orbital fissure

Comment:
• Rectus and oblique muscles are extrinsic eye (extra-ocular) muscles
• Postganglionic parasympathetic cell bodies located in ciliary ganglion in the orbit
trochlear nerve
Location:
• Middle cranial fossa
• Orbit

Composition:
• Motor

Motor:
• Superior oblique

CNS connection:
• Midbrain (nucleus of trochlear nerve)

Cranial foramina:
• Superior orbital fissure

Comment:
• Oculomotor nerve (CN III) and abducens nerve (CN VI) innervate remaining five extrinsic (extra-ocular) eye muscles
trigeminal nerve
Location:
• Middle cranial fossa

Composition:
• Ophthalmic nerve: general sensation
• Maxillary nerve: general sensation
• Mandibular nerve: motor and general sensation

Motor:
• Muscles of mastication (mandibular nerve)
• Mylohyoid (mandibular nerve)
• Anterior belly of digastric (mandibular nerve)
• Tensor tympani (mandibular nerve)
• Tensor veli palatini (mandibular nerve)

General sensation:
• Ophthalmic nerve: skin of superior face (forehead, scalp, and upper eyelid), eye, mucosa of anterior nasal cavity, and paranasal sinuses (frontal, ethmoidal, and sphenoidal)
• Maxillary nerve: skin of middle face (cheek, upper lip, and lower eyelid), maxillary teeth and gingiva (gums), mucosa of palate, posterior nasal cavity, and maxillary sinus
• Mandibular nerve: skin of inferior face (mandible, cheek, and lower lip), temple, mucosa lining cheek, mandibular teeth and gingiva (gums), and anterior 2/3 of tongue

Sensory ganglion:
• Trigeminal

CNS connection:
• Pons (principal sensory and motor nuclei of trigeminal nerve)
• Medulla oblongata (spinal nucleus of trigeminal nerve)

Cranial foramina:
• Ophthalmic nerve: superior orbital fissure
• Maxillary nerve: foramen rotundum
• Mandibular nerve: foramen ovale

Comment:
• Trigeminal nerve (CN V) has three divisions (nerves): ophthalmic (CN V1), maxillary (CN V2), and mandibular (CN V3)
• General sensation includes pain, touch, and temperature
• Trigeminal ganglion also known as semilunar ganglion
• also known as CN V
abducent nerve
abducent nerve
abducent nerve
abducent nerve
Location:
• Middle cranial fossa
• Orbit

Composition:
• Motor

Motor:
• Lateral rectus muscle

CNS connection:
• Pons (abducens nucleus)

Cranial foramina:
• Superior orbital fissure

Comment:
• also known as CN VI
facial nerve
facial nerve
facial nerve
Location:
• Posterior cranial fossa
• Facial canal
• Middle ear
• Face
• Infratemporal fossa
• Oral cavity

Composition:
• Motor
• General sensation
• Special sensation
• Parasympathetic

Motor:
• Muscles of facial expression
• Posterior belly of digastric muscle
• Stylohyoid muscle
• Stapedius muscle

General sensation:
• Small area of skin of auricle of ear

Special sensation:
• Taste from anterior 2/3 of tongue
• Taste from palate

Parasympathetic:
• Lacrimal gland
• Submandibular and sublingual salivary glands
• Mucous glands of nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, and palate

CNS connection:
• Motor: pons (motor nucleus of facial nerve)
• General sensation: medulla oblongata (spinal trigeminal nucleus)
• Special sensation: medulla oblongata (nucleus of solitary tract)
• Parasympathetic: medulla oblongata (superior salivatory nucleus

Sensory ganglion:
• Geniculate

Cranial foramina:
• Internal acoustic meatus
• Pterygomaxillary fissure
• Stylomastoid foramen

Also known as:
• CN VII

Comment:
• Special sensory and parasympathetic axons, together, form the chorda tympani nerve
• Postganglionic parasympathetic nerve cell bodies located in pterygopalatine and submandibular ganglia
vestibulocochlear nerve
vestibulocochlear nerve
vestibulocochlear nerve
Location:
• Posterior cranial fossa
• Petrous portion of temporal bone

Composition:
• Special sensation

Special sensation:
• Hearing (cochlea)
• Balance (semicircular canals and vestibule)

Sensory ganglion:
• Cochlear (spiral) ganglion (cochlear part of CN VIII)
• Vestibular ganglion (vestibular part of CN VIII)

CNS connection:
• Pons (vestibular nuclei)
• Medulla oblongata (cochlear and vestibular nuclei)

Cranial foramina:
• Internal acoustic meatus

Comment:
• Special sensation includes smell, vision, taste, hearing, and balance
• has two distinct functional components: vestibular (balance) and cochlear (hearing)
• also known as CN VIII
vestibulocochlear nerve
glossopharyngeal nerve
glossopharyngeal nerve
glossopharyngeal nerve
Location:
• Posterior cranial fossa
• Neck

Composition:
• Motor
• General sensation
• Special sensation
• Parasympathetic

Motor:
• Stylopharyngeus muscle

General sensation:
• From middle ear, posterior 1/3 of tongue, and pharynx

Special sensation:
• Taste from posterior 1/3 of tongue

Sensory ganglion:
• Superior and inferior ganglia of glossopharyngeal nerve

Parasympathetic:
• Parotid gland

CNS connection:
• Motor: medulla oblongata (nucleus ambiguus)
• General sensation: medulla oblongata (spinal nucleus of trigeminal nerve)
• Special sensation: medulla oblongata (nucleus of solitary tract)
• Parasympathetic: medulla oblongata (inferior salivatory nucleus)

Cranial foramina:
• Jugular foramen

Comment:
• Has two sensory ganglia (superior and inferior) on nerve in jugular foramen
• Glossopharyngeal nerve also conducts visceral afferent (sensory) impulses from carotid sinus (monitors blood pressure) and carotid body (monitors blood oxygen and carbon dioxide)
• Postganglionic parasympathetic cell bodies located in otic ganglion in infratemporal fossa
• also known as CN IX
vagus nerve
vagus nerve
vagus nerve
vagus nerve
Location:
• Posterior cranial fossa
• Head
• Neck
• Thorax
• Abdomen

Composition:
• Motor
• General sensation
• Special sensation
• Parasympathetic

Motor:
• Muscles of palate
• Muscles of pharynx
• Intrinsic muscles of larynx

General sensation:
• Thoracic and abdominal viscera
• Epiglottis and laryngopharynx
• External acoustic meatus

Special sensation:
• Taste from epiglottis and surrounding region

Parasympathetic:
• Mucous glands of respiratory and digestive systems in neck (pharynx and larynx), thorax, and abdomen
• Smooth muscle of respiratory and digestive systems in neck (pharynx and larynx), thorax, and abdomen
• Cardiac muscle

CNS connection:
• Motor: medulla oblongata (nucleus ambiguus)
• General sensation: medulla oblongata (spinal nucleus of trigeminal nerve)
• Special sensation: medulla oblongata (nucleus of solitary tract)
• Parasympathetic: medulla oblongata (dorsal nucleus of vagus nerve)

Cranial foramina:
• Jugular foramen

Comment:
• General sensation from thoracic and abdominal viscera only involves stretch (e.g., distention of stomach)
• General sensation from epiglottis and laryngopharynx includes pain, touch, and temperature
• Vagus nerve also innervates carotid and aortic bodies
• Parasympathetic impulses from CNS to effector organ involve two neurons in series (preganglionic and postganglionic)
• Only cranial nerve that extends beyond head and neck
• also known as CN X
accessory nerve
accessory nerve
accessory nerve
accessory nerve
Location:
• Vertebral canal (spinal root only)
• Posterior cranial fossa
• Neck

Composition:
• Motor

Motor:
• Cranial part: joins vagus nerve (CN X) to distribute to muscles of palate (except tensor veli palatini), pharynx (except stylopharyngeus), and larynx (intrinsic muscles)
• Spinal part: trapezius and sternocleidomastoid

CNS connection:
• Cranial root: medulla oblongata (nucleus ambiguous)
• Spinal root: ventral horn of C1-4 spinal cord

Cranial foramina:
• Foramen magnum (spinal root only)
• Jugular foramen

Comment:
• Cranial and spinal roots unite in jugular foramen to form accessory nerve
• Cranial part of accessory nerve joins vagus nerve (CN X) and is distributed along its branches to muscles of palate, pharynx, and larynx
• known as CN XI
ophthalmic nerve
Location:
• Middle cranial fossa
• Orbit
• Nasal cavity
• Face

Composition:
• General sensation

General sensation:
• Skin of superior face (forehead, scalp, and upper eyelid)
• Dorsum and tip (apex) of nose
• Eye
• Mucosa of anterior nasal cavity, and paranasal sinuses (frontal, ethmoidal, and sphenoidal)

Sensory ganglion:
• Trigeminal

Branches:
• Frontal
• Nasociliary
• Lacrimal

CNS connection:
• Pons (principal sensory nucleus of trigeminal nerve)
• Medulla oblongata (spinal nucleus of trigeminal nerve)

Cranial foramina:
• Superior orbital fissure

Comment:
• Trigeminal nerve (CN V) has three divisions (nerves): ophthalmic (CN V1), maxillary (CN V2), and mandibular (CN V3)
• General sensation includes pain, touch, and temperature
• Trigeminal ganglion also known as semilunar ganglion
• also known as CN V1
white matter of the spinal cord
(name it back)
Location:
• Outer layer of spinal cord

Description:
• Ascending and descending bundles (tracts) of myelinated axons

Comment:
• Spinal cord composed of inner core of gray matter and outer coat of white matter (opposite of brain)
gray matter of the spinal cord
(name it back)
Location:
• "Core" of spinal cord

Description:
• Unmyelinated nervous tissue shaped like the letter "H"
• Limbs of "H" are termed ventral horns and dorsal horns
• Collections of neuronal cell bodies neuronal cell processes, and glial cells
• Ventral horns associated with motor neurons
• Dorsal horns associated with sensory neurons

Comment:
• Spinal cord composed of inner core of gray matter and outer coat of white matter (opposite of brain)
ventral root
ventral root
sympathetic ganglion
ventral root
dorsal root
dorsal root ganglion
spinal nerve
dorsal ramus
ventral ramus
ramus communicans
sympathetic ganglion
sympathetic ganglion
Location:
• vertebral column (ventrolateral aspect)

Description:
• Location of postganglionic sympathetic neuronal cell bodies
• 22 pairs of ganglia connected by interganglionic segments
• Superior cervical ganglion at superior end of sympathetic trunk
• Ganglion impar is most inferior ganglion

Also known as:
• Paravertebral ganglion
sympathetic trunk
sympathetic ganglion
superior (cervical) ganglion
central canal
conus medullaris
vertebral artery
vertebral artery
vertebral artery
vertebral artery
Course:
• Paired vessel ascends through neck, via transverse foramina in cervical vertebrae
• Enters cranial cavity via foramen magnum

Distribution:
• Brain
• Spinal cord
• Vertebral column

Branches:
• Posterior inferior cerebellar
• Spinal arteries
• Continues as basilar artery (formed by union of right and left vertebral arteries)

Comment:
• Large arteries do not by themselves supply structures, but do so through their branches
basilar artery
Origin:
• Junction of paired vertebral arteries

Course:
• Unpaired (midline) vessel ascends on anterior (ventral) surface of pons

Distribution:
• Pons
• Cerebellum

Branches:
• Pontine
• Anterior inferior cerebellar
• Superior cerebellar
• Posterior cerebral
posterior cerebral artery
internal carotid artery
internal carotid artery
middle cerebral artery
anterior cerebral artery
anterior cerebral artery
anterior communicating artery
superior sagittal sinus
Comment:
• Unpaired, dural venous sinus
• Contains arachnoid granulations for return of cerebrospinal fluid to venous circulation
• Dural venous sinuses are endothelial-lined channels between layers of dura mater
pedicle
Comment:
• Adjacent ___________ contribute to each intervertebral foramen
Comment:
• Adjacent ___________ contribute to each intervertebral foramen
lamina
lamina
Description:
• Paired plates that form dorsal wall of vertebral canal
• Connects pedicle to spinous process

Comment:
• Atlas (C1 vertebra) does not have ________
spinous process
transverse process
(dens)
(dens)
transverse process
(lumbar)
(lumbar)
transverse process
(thoracic)
(thoracic)
superior articular process
(cervical)
(cervical)
superior articular process
(lumbar)
(lumbar)
superior articular process
(thoracic)
(thoracic)
superior articular facet
(cervical)
(cervical)
superior articular facet
(thoracic)
(thoracic)
inferior articular process
(axis)
(axis)
inferior articular process
(cervical)
(cervical)
inferior articular process
(lumbar)
(lumbar)
vertebral foramen
(atlas)
(atlas)
intervertebral foramen
vertebral canal
vertebral canal
Comment:
• Contains spinal cord, meninges, spinal nerve roots, blood vessels, and fat
intervertebral disc
anterior longitudinal vertebral ligament
anterior longitudinal vertebral ligament
posterior longitudinal vertebral ligament
nuchal ligament
ligamentum flavum
intertransverse ligament
ligament placed between transverse processes
transverse foramen
(atlas)
(atlas)
transverse foramen
(axis)
(axis)
transverse foramen
(cervical)
(cervical)
cervical vertebrae
bifid spinous process
posterior tubercle of atlas
(name it back)
(name it back)
fovea dentis of atlas
(name it back)
(name it back)
fovea dentis
facet for dens
axis
inferior costal facet
superior costal facet
costal facet of transverse process
base of sacrum
(name it back)
(name it back)
ala of sacrum
(name it back)
(name it back)
median sacral crest
superior articulating process of sacrum
(name it back)
(name it back)
anterior sacral foramen
anterior sacral foramen
sacral cornua
sacral cornua
lateral borders of sacral hiatus
auricular surface
coccyx
coccygeal cornua
costal tubercle
manubrium
clavicular notch
where clavicle sits in sternum
sternal angle
lateral costotransverse ligament
lateral costotransverse ligament
connects costal tubercle to transverse process
radiate costovertebral ligament
connects head of rib to vertebral facet
radiate (costovertebral) ligament
iliocostalis
longissimus
spinalis
splenius capitis
sternocleidomastoid
sternocleidomastoid
sternocleidomastoid
sternocleidomastoid
anterior scalene
anterior scalene
anterior scalene
middle scalene
middle scalene
posterior scalene
diaphragm
transverse abdominis
holds internal organs together
retina
retina
Location:
• Eye

Description:
• Inner tunic
• Composed of two layers
• Outer pigmented layer immediately inside choroid
• Inner neural layer contains photoreceptors and associated neurons

Comment:
• Photoreceptors are primary sensory neurons that respond to light
• Axons of retinal ganglion cells form optic nerve (CN I), which connects eye to brain
ora serrata
optic disc
anterior chamber
anterior chamber
lens
vitreous body
lacrimal gland
excretory ducts of lacrimal gland
(name it back)
(name it back)
lacrimal dac
nasolacrimal duct
superior oblique
is innervated by the trochlear nerve
lateral rectus
is innervated by the abducent nerve
helix of the auricle
(name it back)
(name it back)
tragus of the auricle
(name it back)
(name it back)
malleus
incus
stapes
malleus
incus
tympanic cavity
vestibule
the utricle and saccule make up this structure
spiral ganglion
cochlear duct
vallate papilla
Zonular fibers
Pupil
Regulates amount of light entering the eye
Sensory tunic
Retina, lacrimal sac, lens, and viterous body are part of what tunic?
Zonular fibers
Holds the lens in place
Vallate papilla
V-shaped taste buds at the base of tongue responsible for bitter/sour sensations.
pineal body
superior colliculus
inferior colliculus
tuber cinerum
- hollow eminence of gray matter situated between the mammillary bodies and the optic chiasm
- part of hypothalamus
infundibulum
infundibulum
Location:
• Ventral surface of diencephalon (hypothalamus) at midline

Description:
• Contains hypothalamo-hypophysial tract

• Contains hypothalamo-hypophysial portal vein that carries hypophysiotropic hormones to the anterior pituitary

Function:
• Transmits antidiuretic hormone (ADH) and oxytocin through hypothalamo-hypophysial tract to posterior pituitary
pituitary body
Location:
• Midline of middle cranial fossa
• Rests in hypophysial fossa of sphenoid bone

Description:
• Small, oval bilobed endocrine gland
• Two functional lobes: anterior (adenohypophysis) and posterior (neurohypophysis)
• Connected by infundibulum to hypothalamus

Function:
• Anterior pituitary produces the following hormones: thyroid-stimulating (TSH), prolactin (PRL), adrenocorticotropic (ACTH), growth (GH), luteinizing (LH), melanocyte-stimulating (MSH), and follicle-stimulating (FSH)
• Posterior ______ stores and releases: antidiuretic hormone (ADH) and oxytocin (OT)
pineal gland
Location:
• Diencephalon (epithalamus)

Description:
• Pea-sized endocrine gland
• Attached to roof of third ventricle

Function:
• Secretes melatonin (involved in sleep/wake cycles)
• Modified activity in endocrine organs (pituitary, pancreas, parathyroid, suprarenal, and gonads)
Ethmoid
Frontal
Lacrimal
Maxilla
Palatine
Sphenoid
Zygomatic
bones that make up the orbit
posterior communicating artery
trochlear nerve
middle cerebellar peduncle
#1
#1
superior cerebellar peduncle
#2
#2
inferior cerebellar peduncle
#3
#3
trochlear nerve
#22 (nerve)
#22 (nerve)
thalamus
mammilary body
olive of the medulla oblongata
(name it back)
(name it back)
Occipital sinus
Depressor anguli oris
Digastric muscle
Stylohyoid muscle
Geniohyoid muscle
Insular lobe
Transverse groove
Sigmoid groove
Superior orbital fissure
Medulla oblongata
Autonomic reflex center; cardiovascular center; involved in respiratory control
Sacral hiatus
Frontal Lobe
What lobe is the yellow lobe?
What lobe is the yellow lobe?
Parietal Lobe
What lobe is the blue lobe
What lobe is the blue lobe
Occipital Lobe
What lobe is the magenta lobe?
What lobe is the magenta lobe?
Temporal Lobe
What lobe is the purple lobe?
What lobe is the purple lobe?
Central sulcus
What is A pointing to?
What is A pointing to?
Parieto-occipital sulcus
What is B pointing to?
What is B pointing to?
Lateral sulcus
What is C pointing to?
What is C pointing to?
Longitudinal cerebral fissure
What is D pointing to?
What is D pointing to?
Postcentral gyrus
Precentral gyrus
Cingulate (limbic) gyrus
Cingulate Gyrus
What is A?
What is A?
Corpus Callosum
What is this?
What is this?
Corpus Callosum
What is this?
What is this?
Septum Pellucidum
What is this?
What is this?
Septum Pellucidum
Fornix
What is this?
What is this?
Fornix
What is this?
What is this?
Lateral ventricle
Lateral Ventricle
What is A?
What is A?
Cerebral aqueduct of the brainstem
What is B?
What is B?
Fourth Ventricle
What is C?
What is C?
Third Ventricle
What is D?
What is D?
*Choroid plexus
*CSF
What is this and what does it produce?
What is this and what does it produce?
Anterior Commissure
What is the arrow pointing to?
What is the arrow pointing to?
Anterior Commissure
What is the arrow pointing to?
What is the arrow pointing to?
Posterior commissure
What is A?
What is A?
Pineal Body of the diencephalon
What is B?
What is B?
Cerebral aqueduct of the brainstem
What is I?
What is I?
Fourth ventricle of the brainstem
What is C?
What is C?
Oculomotor nerve
What is D?
What is D?
Tuber Cinereum of the diencephalon
What is E?
What is E?
Anterior Commissure of the cerebrum
What is F?
What is F?
Optic Chiasma of the diencephalon
What is G?
What is G?
Pituitary gland of the diencephalon
What is H?
What is H?
Thalamus
What is this?
What is this?
Thalamus
What is this?
What is this?
Interthalamic Adhesion of the thalamus

(Or of the diencephalon)
What is 3?
What is 3?
Third Ventricle
What is this?
What is this?
Interventricular foramen
What is this?
What is this?
Pineal body of the diencephalon
What is this?
What is this?
Pineal body of the diencephalon
What is this?
What is this?
Hypothalamus of the diencephalon
What is this?
What is this?
Optic Chiasma of the diencephalon
What is this?
What is this?
Optic Chiasma of the diencephalon
What is this?
What is this?
Mammilary body of the diencephalon
What is this?
What is this?
Pituitary gland of the diencephalon
What is this?
What is this?
Midbrain of the brainstem
What part of the brainstem is this?
What part of the brainstem is this?
Corpora quadrigemina of the brainstem
What is A?
What is A?
Pineal body of the diencephalon
What is B?
What is B?
Superior colliculus of the corpora quadrigemina
What is C?
What is C?
Inferior colliculus of the corpora quadrigemina
What is D?
What is D?
Cerebral peduncle of the midbrain
Cerebral Peduncle
Cerebral Peduncle of the midbrain
Superior Cerebellar Peduncle of the midbrain
What is A?
What is A?
Middle cerebellar peduncle of the pons
What is B?
What is B?
Inferior cerebellar peduncle of the medulla oblongata
What is C?
What is C?
Pons of the brainstem
Pons of the brainstem
Fourth ventricle of the brainstem
Medulla oblongata of the brainstem
Pyramid of the medulla oblongata
Olive of the medulla oblongata