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What view of the brain is this?

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Lateral

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What view of the brain is this?

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Sagittal

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What view of the brain is this?

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Coronal

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Telencephalon

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Cerebrum

(cerebral cortex, cerebral hemispheres, hippocampus, amygdala, basal ganglia)

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A) Lateral Ventricle

B) Fornix

C) Thalamus

D) 3rd ventricle

E) Massa intermedia

F) Pineal gland

G) Posterior Commissure

H) Hypothalamic sulcus

I) Hypothalamus

J) Anterior Commissure

K) Cerebral Aqueduct

L) 4th Ventricle

M) Foramen of Luschka

N) Choroid Plexus

O) Superior Colliculi

P) Inferior Colliculi

Q) Mamillary body

R) Interventricular foramen of Monro

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Occipital Lobe Function, Location

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  • Function: Visual info processing
  • Location:
    • Posterior/caudal to imaginary line from parieto-occipital sulcus to pre-occipital notch
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Calcarine Sulcus

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  • Divides the occpital lobe into two
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Primary Visual Cortex (V1)

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  • Occipital lobe
  • Superior and inferior to calcarine fissure
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Association Visual Cortex (V2)

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  • NOT actually part of occipital lobe
  • Two major pathways:
    • WHERE pathway: parietal lobe
    • WHAT pathway: temporal lobe
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Parietal Lobe Functions

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  • Sensory integration
  • Spatial orientation
  • Language
  • “Where” visual processing
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Postcentral Gyrus

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  • Parietal Lobe
  • AKA Primary Somatosensory cortex
  • Uses somatotopic organization for sensory (skin) touch
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Supramarginal Gyrus

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  • Parietal Lobe
  • Basically the gyrus around the edge of the lateral fissure
  • Language processing
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Angular Gyrus

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  • Parietal Lobe
  • Language processing
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Temporal Lobe Functions

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  • Hearing
  • Language
  • Visual “What” processing
  • Memory
  • Recognition
  • Reaction system
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Temporal Lobe Key Features

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  1. Transverse temporal gyrus (Heschl’s)
  2. Superior temporal gyrus
  3. Wernicke’s Area
  4. Limbic Lobe
    1. Parahippocampal gyrus
    2. Hippocampus
    3. Amygdala
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Transverse Temporal Gyrus

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  • AKA Heschl’s Gyrus
  • Located in roof of superior temporal gyrus (must be pulled away from the insula to see)
  • Primary auditory cortex
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Wernicke’s Area Location, Function

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  • Temporal Lobe
    • In superior temporal gyrus
    • ONLY ON SPEECH DOMINANT (LEFT) SIDE
    • Anteriolateral to the supramarginal and angular gyri
  • Function: deconde verbal info into sound (comprehension)
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Medial Temporal Components

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Some of Limbic Lobe

  1. Parahippocalmpal Gyrus
  2. Hippocampus (memory)
  3. Amygdala (emotional responses)
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Frontal Lobe Functions, Key Features

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  • Intelligence, personality, motivation, executive control, motor command
  • Anterior to central sulcus, superior to lateral fissure
  • Contains:
    • Precentral gyrus/primary motor cortex
    • Inferior frontal gyrus (Broca’s area) on speech dominant side
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Precentral Gyrus

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  • Frontal lobe
  • Primary motor cortex
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Broca’s Area

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  • Inferior frontal gyrus
  • ONLY ON SPEECH DOMINANT SIDE
  • Motor speech (speech production)
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Limbic Lobe Function, Components

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Function: emotions, basic drives, memory, smell

Includes frontal, parietal, and temporal lobes

Components:

  • Cingulate gyrus
    • Emotion formation
    • Processing, learning, memory
  • Uncus
    • Smell
  • Parahippocampal gyrus
    • Memory coding and retrieval
  • Hippocampus
    • Memory formation and recall
  • Amygdala
    • Emotion, emotional association learning
  • Insula
    • Taste, visceral sensation, emotional pain
    • Interoception
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Cingulate Gyrus Location, Function

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  • Limbic Lobe component
  • Superior to corpus callosum (frontal)
  • Functions:
    • Emotion formation and processing
    • Learning
    • Memory
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Uncus Location, Function

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  • Limbic lobe component
  • Located at medial, anterior edge of the temporal lobe
  • Function: smell
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Parahippocampal Gyrus Location, Function
* Limbic lobe component * Surrounds, connects to hippocampus in MTL * United with cingulate gyrus at the isthmus * Function: memory encoding and retrieval
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Hippocampal Formation Location, Function
* Limbic lobe component * Most medial edge of telencephalon (MTL) * **Fornix** is a major output * 3-layered structure * Function: memory formation, recall
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Isthmus
Connects the cingulate gyrus with the parahippocampal gyrus in the temporal lobe
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Fornix
* Major output of the hippocampus * ARches over the thalamus
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Amygdala Location, Function
* Limbic lobe component * Comple of nuclei in antero-medial temporal. lobe, anterior to hippocampus * Functions: * Recognizing, reacting to challenges in environ * Associative learning (non-emotional stim can acquire emotional salience) * Emotion
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Insula Location, Function
* Limbic lobe component * Can only be seen by opening the opercula of lateral fissure * Functions: * Taste * Visceral sensation * Emotional aspects of pain * Connects to amygdala for interoception (awareness of how our bodily states change in response to stim)
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Basal Ganglia
* Subcortical gray matter in the telencephalon, deep to the insula * Functions: * Activates, coordinates internally generated movements (action selection! Not stimulus bound) * Consolidates procedural memory
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Diencephalon Components
* Thalamus * Hypothalamus * Epithalamus * Subthalamus
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Thalamus Location, Function
* Diencephalon * In the walls of the 3rd ventricle * Processes sensory, motor info to/from cerebral cortex
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Hypothalamus Location, Function
* Diencephalon * Separated from (superior) thalamus by the hypothalamic sulcus * Functions: * Integrates autonomic, endocrine, and limbic functions * Maintenance of homeostasis
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Epithalamus Location, Function
* Diencephalon * AKA **Pineal Body** * Unpaired (only one!) * Produces melatonin, releases into circulation when prompted by hypothalamus * Circadian rhythms
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Brainstem Components
* Medulla * Olives * Pyramids * Pons * Midbrain * Cerebral peduncles
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Brainstem Functions
* CNs: sensory, motor nuclei * Regulation of: * Cardiac and respiratory function * CNS * Consciousness * Sleep cycle
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Craninal Nerve Origins
* Brain or Brainstem * EXCEPT for CN XI
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Cranial Nerves innervate head and neck except for...
CN X which also innervates below the neck
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Somatic Efferent Neurons
* Motor * Originate in brainstem * Project to muscles in periphery
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Somatic Afferent Neurons
* Sensory * Originate in periphery * Central process enters CNS * Cell body lives in peripheral (like DRG)
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Visceral Efferent
* Autonomic motor * **Preganglionic** neuron originates in brainstem CNS * Projects to **postganglionic** glangia in periphery
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Visceral Afferent Neuron
* Sensory * Originates in periphery * Central process enters CNS * Cell body lives in periphery
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Cerebellum
* Motor control: * Synergizing, correcting movements * Maintaining upright posture * Maintaining muscle tone
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Endosteal layer of dura mater
* Lines surface of bone fossae * Tough, fibrous tissue * Receives sensory innervation from CN V branches
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Meningeal Layers
1. Dura (outermost) 1. Outer endosteal layer 2. Inner meningeal layers 2. Arachnoid 3. Pia
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Dural Inner meningeal layers
* Split to close the dural venous sinuses * Provide sheath for exiting CN
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Extradural/Epidural Space
Potential space between endosteal (outermost) dura and skull
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Subdural Space
Potential space between the meningeal dura and arachnoid
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Arachnoid
* Meningal layer between dura and pia * Loosely connected to pia by **arachnoid trabeculae** * Subarachnoid space: CSF-filled space between arachnoid and pia with arteries, veins
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Subarachnoid Space
CSF-filled space between arachnoid and pia with arteries, veins
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Falx Cerebri
Dural fold between two hemispheres (in longitudinal fissure)
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Tentorium Cerebelli
* Dural fold between cerebrum and cerebellum * Compartment above: supratentorial * Compartment below: subtentoral * Tentorial incisure: free end of tentorium that allows brainstem to pass through
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Tentorial incisure
Free end of tentorium cerebelli that allows brainstem to pass through
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Location of Dural Venous Sinuses
Between layers of meningeal dura
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Spinal Cord Meningal Layers
1. Dura 1. NO true endosteal layer; just meningeal 2. Instead, true epidural space filled with CSF 2. Arachnoid 3. Pia
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Conus Medullaris
* End of spinal cord * At level L1/L2 of vertberal disc * Dural sac continues to scrum at level S2
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Lumbar Cistern
* Enlargement of subarachnoid space * Below L1/L2 and above S2 * Safe for lumbar punctures
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Cingulate Sulcus Location
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Collateral Sulcus Location
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