Brain Anatomy Flashcards
Gyri- hills; sulci/fissures- valleys
On the right the arachnoid mater is still there

Notice how the gyri are running anterior-posterior until you see two running medial-lateral. In between those is the central sulcus, surrounded by the pre- and postcentral gyri

For the frontal lobe, there are 3 gyri and 2 sulci, each occupying about 1/3rd of the volume
What is the stick in?

superior frontal sulcus (not a complete line)
Inferior frontal sulcus

Frontal pole

Occipital pole and lobe

parieto-occipital sulcus

Corpus collosum

singulate gyrus, part of the limbic system (rings the corpus collosum)

singulate sulcus (seperates the singulate gyrus from the superior frontal gyrus)

Middle stick= marginal branch of the singulate sulcus

bottom most stick: Calcerin fissure (perpenidicular to the parieto-occipital sulcus)- primary visual cortex surrounds this
Above the fissure= cuneus gyrus
Below the fissure= lingual gyrus

He is pointing to the pre-cuneus

What surrounds the central sulcus?
the paracentral lobule (top stick- aorund it)

The anterior end of the neural tube is the _____
lamina terminalis- forms the border between the telencephalon and the dienencephalon in the mature brain
bottom left stick- every thing in front is telencephalon, and behind is dienecephalon

In the cerebellum, the white matter is deep to the gray matter and forms what?
the arbor vitae (‘the tree of life’)- what hes pointing to

What is he pointing to?

the connection between the lateral ventricles and the 3rd ventricle- the interventricular foramen of Monro
Stick is pointed at the border of the dienencephalon and the mesencephalon

Inferior border of the mesencephalon

Inferior border of the metencephalon

the projection is the massa intermedia/thalamic adhesion (85% of brains have one)- part of the thalamic gray matter

hypothalamus

dorsal thalamus

this ridge is the striatum medullaris thalami (a white matter tract)

the striatum medullaris thalami ends at a swelling called the hebenula

the anterior commisure

pre-optic recess of the hypothalamus

Mammillary body- part of the hypothalamus (terminus of the fibers in the fornex)

The Sylvian aqueduct lies in what part of the brain?
mesencephalon
the tectum (roof of the aqueduct)

Top of the tectum, made up of the 4 bumps called the corpora quadrigemina
and surrounded by the two superior and inferior colliculi

3rd ventricle

Pineal gland

body, or tegmentum, of the mesencephalon

the pons, with the basis pontis

medulla

4th ventricle

olfactory bulb and tract

CN III coming out of the mesencephalon

CN V

also CN V

CN VI

general location of CN VII (more anterior) and VIII

CN IX, X, and XI come off the lateral side of the medulla
lateral geniculate nucleus, where the optic tract ends

bracium of the inferior colliculus

the medial genculate body, aka the auditory thalamus

ACom

All neocortex, with the grey matter outside the white matter (aka the corona radiata- the pattern)

2nd cut- the space will be the lateral ventricle

3rd cut- more lateral ventricle with some the caudate forming the lateral wall

4th cut- lateral ventricle with the white corpus collosum directly above it and the singulate gyrus above that
notice that there is white matter spliting the grey matter (the cuadate). the white matter is the internal capsule (anterior limb to be specific)- this splits two nuclei, below it is the putamen and above it is the cuadate (together known as the striatum)
the small white horiztonal band under the putamen is part of the anterior commisure
at the bottom can see the optic tract and right above it is the hypothalamus

Near the inferior horn of the ventricle, you can see the amygdala which is solid grey

the insula

the lateral fissure

5th cut:
Can still see the caudate making up the lateral half of the ventricle wall and the internal capsule seperating it from the lenticular nucleus, composed of the darker putamen and the lighter globbis pallidus

5th cut closeup:
lateral to the putamen is a white line called the external capsule, another grey line (the clostrum), and yet another white outline called the extreme capsule

5th cut: closeup
pointing to the gray thalamus
and below it is the brainstem- the internal capsule becomes continuous with the crus cerebri

5th cut: closeup
pointing to the temporal lobe, where we are behind the amygdala and we are looking at the hippocampal formation (with the white matter on the outside (opposite to the cortex where gray is on the outside))

6th cut:
caudate is getting smaller and the thalamus (below the ventricle) is becoming much larger
the putamen is still slightly visible but small, but we are behind the globbus pallidus
the balck stuff under the crus cerebri is the substantia nigra (black b/c there is melanin). Medial to it is the red nucleus
in the hippocampus you can see a flap called the fimbria which are condensed fibers that will form the fornex

7th cut: behind the lenticular nucleus so the white matter is the retrolenticular part of the internal capsule
can still see small caudate and a large thalamus

Sagittal cut 1: all corona radiata with grey matter outside

Sagittal cut 2: cute into the lateral ventricle

Sagittal cut 2: closeup: you can see the bump of the caudate

Sagittal cut 3: can see the horizontal internal capsule and the dark caudate

Sagittal cut 3: from the under side
pointing to the fornex

Sagittal cut 4: in between the ventricle sections you can see the head of the caudate ventrally (dark), the lateral putamen and the light internal capsule (with the anterior limb seperating the lenticular nucleus from the caudate and the posterior limb seperating the lenticular nucleus from the thalamus)

Sagittal cut 5: still have posterior ventricle
lots of thalamus and hypothalmus above it

Sagittal cut 6: almost all temporal lobe with the anterior horn of the ventricle ending at the grey mass of the amgydala
