Anatomy Flashcards
What makes up the prosencephalon?
Telencephalon and diencephalon
Posh word for forebrain?
Prosencephalon
Posh word for midbrain?
Mesencephalon
Posh word for hindbrain?
Rhombencephalon (metencephalon and myelencephalon)
What part of the brain is the third ventricle in?
Diencephalon
What part of the brain is the fourth ventricle in?
Rhombencephalon
What makes up the brainstem?
Medulla and pons and hindbrain OR diencephalon, mesencephalon, metencephalon and myelencephalon
What is it the diencephalon?
Thalamus and hypothalamus and epithalamus
What is in the hindbrain?
Medulla and pons and cerebellum
What are the flocculus and nodule for?
Balance
What is the vermis for?
Proprioception
Sensory and motor - which is dorsal and which in vental?
Sensory is dorsal, motor is ventral
Another word for the medulla?
Myelencephalon
What makes up the metencephalon?
Pons and cerebellum
Are the pontine nuclei motor or sensory?
Pontine nuclei
What are the peduncles called from medial to lateral?
Rostral, caudal, middle
Which colliculi is which?
Rostral is vision, caudal is hearing
What does the tegmentum do?
Motor
What do the crura cerebri do?
Descending motor tracts
What happens in the parietal lobe?
Sensory - cutaneous and taste
What happens in the occipital lobe?
Vision
What happens in the temporal lobe?
Hearing, balance, language
How is CSF different from the plasma?
Less K+, more Cl-, plus glucose
What is syringomyelia?
Congenital shortening of caudal skull distorts cerebellum and forced excess CSF down spinal cord