Anatomy Flashcards
What is dura mater?
Brain covering with an outer periosteal layer and an inner meningeal layer
potential epidural space on top (under neurocranium) and potential subdural space below (above arachnoid layer)
Where is the arachnoid layer?
Between the meningeal layer of dura and the subarachnoid space, filled with cerebrospinal fluid
What is the falx cerebri?
A fold of meningeal dura in the interhemispheric fissure between the two cerebral hemispheres
What is the superior sagittal sinus?
A dural venous sinus lying between the periosteal and meningeal layers of dura in the dorsal midline
What are bridging veins?
Superior cerebral veins that bridge the subdural space and end in the superior sagittal sinus
What are arachnoid granulations?
Smaller arachnoid villi that project from the arachnoid into the superior sagittal sinus. They allow for reabsorption of CSF from the subarachnoid space into the venous system.
What is A?
Bridging vein
What is B?
Calvaria
What is C?
Pericranium
What is D?
Loose areolar tissue
What is E?
Galea aponeurotica
What is F?
Connective tissue
What is H?
Granular foveola
What is I?
Arachnoid granulation
What is J?
Superior sagittal sinus
What is K?
Emissary vein
What is L?
Tributary of superficial temporal vein
What is M?
Diploic vein
What is N?
Dura-skull interface
What is O?
Dura mater
What is P?
Arachnoid-dura interface
What is Q?
Arachnoid
What is R?
Subarachnoid space
What is S?
Pia mater
What is T?
Cerebral artery
What is U?
Superior cerebral vein
What is V?
Falx cerebri
What is W?
Cerebral hemisphere
Which fissure separates the frontal and parietal lobes from the occipital lobe?
Lateral fissure (Sylvian fissure)
What structure separates the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe?
Vertical central sulcus
What is A?
Olfactory bulb
What is B?
Lateral sulcus
What is C?
Temporal lobe
What is D?
Preoccipital notch
What is E?
Occipital pole
What is F?
Temporal pole
What is G?
Frontal pole
What is H?
Frontal lobe
What is I?
Limbic lobe
What is J?
Parietal lobe
What is K?
Occipital lobe
What is L?
Central sulcus
What structure separates the superior frontal gyrus from the middle frontal gyrus?
Superior frontal sulcus
What structure separates the middle frontal gyrus from the inferior frontal gyrus?
Inferior frontal sulcus
What are the three parts of the inferior frontal gyrus?
Opercular, triangular, and orbital
listed posterior to anterior
What important area is found in the opercular and triangular parts of the inferior frontal gyrus of the left hemisphere?
Broca’s motor speech area
contains motor programs for speech
Where is Broca’s speech area?
Opercular and triangular parts of the inferior frontal gyrus on the left hemisphere
What is the function of the opercular and triangular parts of the inferior frontal gyrus on the right hemisphere?
Controls prosody (variation in stress, pitch, and rhythm in speech)
What structure is the primary motor area of the brain?
Vertical precentral gyrus
What is A?
Superior, middle, and inferior frontal gyri
What is B?
Superior, inferior frontal sulci
What is C?
Precentral sulcus and gyrus
What is D?
Orbital part of inferior frontal gyrus
What is E?
Triangular part of inferior frontal gyrus
What is F?
Opercular part of inferior frontal gyri
What is the function of the postcentral gyrus?
Primary somatic sensory cortex
What is A?
Postcentral sulcus and gyrus
What is B?
Superior parietal lobule
What is C?
Intraparietal sulcus
What is D?
Supramarginal gyrus
What is E?
Angular gyrus
What is A?
Superior temporal gyrus
What is B?
Middle temporal gyrus
What is C?
Inferior temporal gyrus
What is D?
Superior temporal sulcus
What is E?
Inferior temporal sulcus
Where is Heschl’s gyrus? What does it do?
Floor of the lateral fissure on the superior surface of the superior temporal gyrus
What is A?
Lateral fissure
What is B?
Temporal plane
What is C?
Heschl’s gyrus
primary auditory cortex
What is D?
Temporal operculum
What is E?
Insula
What is F?
Frontal operculum
What is G?
Parietal operculum
What is A?
Orbital gyri
What is B?
Gyrus rectus
What is C?
Infundibulum
What is D?
Tuber cinereum
What is E?
Mammillary bodies
What is F?
Optic tract
What is G?
Optic chiasm
What is H?
Optic nerve
What is I?
Olfactory tract and sulcus
What structures form the circle of Willis?
Anterior or carotid circulation
What are the terminal branches of the internal carotid artery?
Middle cerebral artery and anterior cerebral artery
What is supplied by the middle cerebral artery? Where does it run?
Lateral surfaces of frontal, parietal, and temporal lobes
Runs through the lateral fissure
Where does the anterior cerebral artery run? What does it supply?
It lies superior to the optic chiasm and connects witht he anterior communicating artery where it continues into the interhemispheric fissure
It supplies the medial surface of the frontal and parietal lobes
What are the terminal branches of the basilar artery?
Posterior cerebral arteries
What are the posterior inferior cerebellar arteries (PICA) branches of?
Vertebral arteries
What are anterior inferior cerebellar ateries (AICA) branches of?
Inferior part of the basilar artery
Which cranial nerves are in the midbrain?
CN III (oculomotor)
CN IV (trochlear)
Which cranial nerves are in the pons?
CN V (trigeminal)
CN VI (abducens)
CN VII (facial)
CN VIII (vestibulocochlear)
What cranial nerves are in the medulla/spinal cord?
Rootlets of IX (glossopharyngeal), X (vagus), and XI (accessory) leave retro-olivary groove
Rootlets of XII (hypoglossal) exit the pre-olivary groove between olive and pyramid
What is the lateral aperture/foramen of Luschka?
An opening dorsal to CN VIII that opens to the fourth ventricle and is full of choroid plexus
What is A?
Hypoglossal nerve (XII)
What is B?
Spinal accessory nerve (XI)
What is C?
Vagus nerve (X)
What is D?
Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX)
What is E?
Vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII)
What is F?
Facial nerve (VII)
What is G?
Abducens nerve (VI)
What is H?
Superior cerebellar artery
What is I?
Posterior cerebral artery
part of the circle of Willis
What is J?
Internal carotid artery
What is K?
Temporal lobe
What is L?
Optic nerve (II)
What is M?
Temporal pole
What is N?
Corpus callosum
What is O?
Olfactory tract
What is P?
Olfactory bulb
What is Q?
Longitudinal cerebral fissure
What is R?
Frontal lobe
What is S?
Anterior cerebral artery
What is T?
Anterior communicating artery
part of circle of Willis
What is U?
Anterior cerebral artery
part of circle of Willis
What is V?
Middle cerebral artery
What is W?
Posterior communicating artery
part of circle of Willis
What is X?
Oculomotor nerve (III)
What is Y?
Motor root of trigeminal nerve (V)
What is Z?
Sensory root of trigeminal nerve (V)
What is 1?
Basilar artery
What is 2?
Labyrinthine artery
What is 3?
Anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA)
What is 4?
Posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA)
What is 5?
Vertebral artery
What is 6?
Anterior spinal artery
A 45yo woman presents after an episode of sudden inability to speak. She also reports occasional word finding difficulties over several months as well as headaches when she wakes up in the morning. Which of the following is the most likely etiology:
a) left-sided meningeoma compressing inferior frontal gyrus
b) left-sided meningeoma compressing the posterior superior temporal gyrus
c) left-sided meningeoma compressing the superior parietal lobule
a) left-sided meningeoma compressing inferior frontal gyrus
the problem is with broca’s area, which is located in the inferior frontal gyrus
A 63 yo man with a history of htn, hld, and dmII presents with acute onset of weakness and numbness of the right face and arm, global aphasia, and left gaze palsy. He is able to life his right leg. A stroke due to the occlusion of what artery might cause these symptoms?
a) left anterior cerebral artery
b) left middle cerebral artery
c) basilar artery
b) left middle cerebral artery
occlusion of the middle cerebral artery will cause upper limb and face symptoms because it supplies the lateral part of the motor homunculus
A 25yo man is brought by ambulance after a high-speed car accident. He was not wearing a seatbelt. He requires significant stimulation to open his eyes, only mumbles incoherently, and has significant weakness throughout the right side. Imaging reveals acute blood layering over the left hemisphere within the subdural space. What vascular structures were damaged to cause this bleed?
a) left middle cerebral artery branches
b) cortical bridging veins
c) circle of Willis
b) cortical bridging veins
A 55yo woman presents with a seizure involving rhythmic movements of the left arm and face. Sensation is not affected. What is the most likely etiology?
a) glioma of the right post-central gyrus
b) glioma of the right Hescshl’s gyrus
c) glioma of the right pre-central gyrus
d) glioma of the right angular gyrus
c) glioma of the right pre-central gyrus
d) precentral gyrus
E
Hescshl’s gyrus
d) opercular and triangular parts of inferior frontal gyrus
A) postcentral gyrus
D
location of Wernicke’s receptive language area
C) subarachnoid space
E) anterior inferior cerebellar artery
a) anterior communicating artery
D
facial nerve
E
hypoglossal
C
abducens nerve
What is the function of the dorsal column-medial lemniscus pathway?
It carries fine touch, pressure, vibration, and proprioception from the body to the brain
What structures make up the tubercles in the dorsal columns of the spinal cord?
Dorsal column nuclei + nuclei gracilis and cuneatus
What is the function of the foramen of magendie?
It allows CSF to flow from the ventricle into the subarachnoid space
What is A?
Spinal cord segment
What is B?
C1 nerve
What is C?
Fasciculus gracilis
What is D?
Fasciculus cuneatus
What is E?
Gracile tubercle
What is F?
Cuneate tubercle
What is G?
Tonsils of cerebellar hemispheres
What is H?
Uvula of cerebellar vermis
What is I?
Folia of cerebellar cortex
What is J?
Foramen of Magendie
What is K?
Obex
What is A?
Posterior lobe
What is B?
Primary fissure
What is C?
Anterior lobe
What is D?
Horizontal fissure
What is E?
Flocculus
part of flocculonodular lobe
What is F?
Nodule
part of flocculonodular lobe
What is the major function of the pineal body/gland?
Controls circadian rhythms
What is A?
Pineal gland
What is B?
Superior colliculi
What is C?
Inferior colliculi
What is D?
Tectum
What is E?
Anterior lobe of cerebellum
What is F?
Trochlear nerve
What is the cerebral aqueduct of Sylvius?
A channel that connects the third ventricle to the fourth ventricle
What is A?
Corpus callosum
What is B?
Thalamus
What is C?
Third ventricle
What is D?
Cerebral aqueduct
What is E?
Superior medullary velum
What is F?
Fourth ventricle
What is G?
Inferior medullary velum
What is H?
Massa intermediate (or interthalamic adhesion of thalamus)
What is I?
Hypothalamus
What are the cerebellar lobules (superior to inferior)?
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Lingula
Central
Culmen
primary fissure
Declive
Folium
horizontal fissure
Tuber
Pyramis
Uvula
posterolateral fissure
Nodulus
What is A?
Central lobule
What is B?
Cullmen lobule
What is C?
Declive lobule
What is D?
Primary fissure
What is E?
Folium lobule
What is F?
Horizontal fissure
What is G?
Tuber lobule
What is H?
Pyramis lobule
What is I?
Tonsil lobule
What is J?
Uvula lobule
What is K?
Posteriolateral fissure
What is L?
Nodulus lobule
What is L?
Lingula lobule
Where does the lateral recess of the fourth ventricle end?
Foramen of Luschka
What is A?
Folia of cerebellar cortex
What is B?
Core of white matter
What is C?
Dentate nucleus
largest of the deep cerebellar nuclei
What is D?
Arbor vitae
What is 1?
Middle cerebellar peduncle
What is 2?
Superior cerebellar peduncle
What is 3?
Inferior cerebellar peduncle
What issi the function of the area postrema?
It is the emetic (vomiting) center
What is A?
Median sulcus
What is B?
Sulcus limitans
What is C?
Medial eminence
What is D?
Hypoglossal trigone
What is E?
Vagal trigone
What is F?
Area postrema