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Brain dissection Flashcards

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Rostral

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At front, by nose

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Causal

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Posterior brain - towards tail

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Dorsal

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Back of animal

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Ventral

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Bottom/abdomen of animal

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Coronal plane

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Divides brain into rostral/anterior and caudal/posterior sections

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Sagittal planes

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Divides brain into lateral and medial

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What are the meninges?

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3 layers forming a protective covering

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What are the layers of the meninges (superficial going in)

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Dura mater
Arachnoid mater
Pia mater

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What is the dura mater divided into?

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Meningeal layer and periosteal layer (closer to bone)

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Where is the tentorium cerebelli?

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Runs on border of middle and posterior cranial fossa, sits between occipital lobe (cerebral hemispheres) and cerebellum

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Where is the optic chiasma?

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Forms cross on bottom of brain

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Characteristics of epidural hematoma

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Skull fracture, young patients, middle meningeal artery, arterial, bright red blood, unilateral
Tend to lose consciousness after a few hours

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Hallmark of epidural hematoma

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Biconvex, bright white area

Blood pushes brain to other side

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Characteristics of subdural bleeding

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  • Much more diverse causes
  • Sudden change of velocity of the head
  • Usually last tributaries are affected
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Hallmark of subdural bleeding

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Sickle shaped area

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Symptoms of subarachnoid bleed

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Thunderclap headache

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How to detect subarachnoid bleed

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Blood enters CSF so can be detected during Lp

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What is inter-ventricular bleeding?

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Bleeding inside brain - increased ICP and shifting of brain

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Characteristics of a brain hernia

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  • Raised ICP
  • Supratentorial herniation: uncal (transentorial), central, cingulate (subfalcine/transfalcine), transcalvarial
  • Infratentorial herniation: upwards (upward cerebellar or upward transtentorial)
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Symptoms of meningitis

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Fever, headache, neck stiffness, confusion, unconsciousness, vomiting, inability to tolerate light

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What is meningitis?

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  • Acute inflammation of protective membranes covering brain and spinal cord, collectively known as meninges
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What is bacterial meningitis?

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Low glucose in CSF because bacteria using glucose

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How to reduce ICP

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Blood escapes through tentorium notch on tentorium membrane

Veins between layers that drain brain

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What is the confluence of veins that drain brain?

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Superior sagittal sinus

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Characteristics of arachnoid mater

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Very thin - like spider web
CSF found within
If arteries burst and released into sub arachnoid mater, RBCs diluted with CSF

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What is essentially a stroke?

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Leak of blood into CSF

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What is a haematoma?

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Solid blood

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What is a haemorrhage?

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Fresh blood

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Symptoms of enlarged pituitary gland

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Bitemporal hemanopia

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Function of corpus callosum

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Connects L and R side of brain using myelinated axons

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Function of frontal lobe

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Cognitive functions, control of voluntary movement/activity

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Function of parietal lobe

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Function of occipital lobe

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Function of temporal lobe

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Memories, integrating them with taste, sound, sight, touch

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What causes central diabetes insipidus?

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Deficiency of vasopressin

36
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What causes gitanticism and acromegaly?

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Excess of growth hormone in childhood and adulthood respectively

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What causes hypothyroidism?

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Deficiency of TSH

38
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What is hyperpituitarism?

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Increased secretion of 1+ hormones produced by pituitary gland

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What is hypopituitarism?

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Decreased secretion of 1+ hormones normally produced by pituitary gland

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What ispanhypopituitarism?

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Decreased secretion of most pituitary hormones

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What are pituitary adenomas?

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Non-cancerous tumours occurring in pituitary glands

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Function of midbrain

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Vision, hearing, motor control, sleep and wakefulness, arousal, temperature regulation

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Function of pons

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Sleep, respiration, swallowing, bladder regulation, hearing, equilibrium, taste, eye movement, facial expressions

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Function of medulla

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Involuntary functions (e.g. vomiting, sneezing etc), cardiac, respiratory, vomiting and vasomotor centers - deals with autonomic functions too

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What is brainstem death?

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Absence of cough/gag/corneal/vestibulo-cochlear. reflexes

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Function of cerebellum

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Execution and monitoring of commands from motor cortex

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What does DANISH stand for - cerebellum

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  • D: dysdiadochokinesis
  • A: ataxia
  • N: nystagmus
  • I: intention tremor
  • S: slurred speech
  • H: heel-shin test positivity
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Function of 4th ventricle

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Contains CSF - continuous with cerebral aqueduct - CSF enters sub-arachnoid space from here

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Function of foramen of Monro

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From lateral to 3rd ventricle

50
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Function of cerebral aqueduct (Sylvius)

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3rd to 4th ventricle

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Function of median aperture (Magendie)

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4th ventricle to subarachnoid space via cisterns magna

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Function of lateral apertures (Luschka)

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4th ventricle to sub arachnoid space vis great cerebral vein

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Function of superior colliculus

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Orientate animal, particularly eye movement

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Function of inferior colliculus

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Auditory center, signal integration, frequency recognition, pitch discrimination

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Characteristics of grey matter

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  • Largely made out of cell bodies of neurons
  • Fully develops when person reaches 25
  • Conducts, processes and sends information to various parts of the body
  • 40% of brain
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Characteristics of white matter

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  • Myelinated axons
  • Myelin has a lot of fat - appears white
  • 60% of brain
  • Bundles connect various grey matter areas
  • Develops throughout 20s and peaks in middle age
  • Interprets information from various parts of the body
  • Raising body temperature makes white matter translucent - melts it
  • Cerebellum is opposite of spinal cord in terms of grey and white matter
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Sequence of ventricles

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Lateral - 3rd - aqueduct - 4th

Escapes from 4th to travel to larger ventricles in sub arachnoid space

Nervous system (24 decks)

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