anatomy Flashcards
A frontal pole 10
B premotor
C motor
D somatosensory
E association somatosensory
F association visual
G visual
H Wenicke’s
I auditory
J secondary auditory
K Broca’s
what does the pineal gland do
secrete melatonin to support circadian rhythm
what make up the lateral walls of the 3rd ventricle
thalami
what is role of mamillary bodies
episodic/recollective memory
what connects hippocampus to mamillary bodies
fornix
what is unusual about the ventricles. Why? what is it called
too big
maintain intracranial pressure, loss caused by atrophy of cortex
hydrocephalus ex vacuo
Lorraine describes her father’s recent behavioural changes in more detail: he seems uninterested in doing things, is missing bills, and does not seem to enjoy playing with his great grandchildren as he usually did.
This picture is most likely to represent changes in which area of the brain?
cingulate cortex
hyperphagia, hyperorality, hypersexuality, docility, visual agnosia, and impaired memory. what syndrome, what cause
Kluver Bucy syndrome
bilateral lesions in the temporal lobe (including bilateral damage to the amygdala)
what sort of fracture is this? Tx?
depressed
surgery
linear closed
no surgery
tonsillar herniation compresses the…
medulla
blown pupil, which CN
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