CNS Overview Flashcards
Main parts of the CNS
- Brain
- Spinal cord
- Ventricles and meninges
Main parts of the brain
- Cerebrum
- Cerebellum
- Brainstem
Parts of the Cerebrum
- Cerebral hemispheres(2)
- Diencephalon
Parts of cerebral hemispheres
- Cerebral cortex
- Subcortical gray matter
parts of the diencephalon
Epithalamus, Thalamus, hypothalamus, and subthalamus
parts of the brainstem
- Midbrain
- Pons
- Medulla
Gyrus
A ridge on the cerebrum
Sulcus
Groove between ridges
Fissure
A very deep sulcus
Cerebrum(how its divided)
- There are 2 cerebral hemispheres(Halves)
- each hemisphere is divided into 4-5 anatomical lobes
Cerebral hemisphere lobes
Frontal
Parietal
Occipital
Temporal
Central sulcus
Divides the frontal from the parietal lobe
Lateral sulcus (Sylvian fissure)
Separates the temporal from the frontal and parietal lobes
Parietooccipial sulcus
separates occipital from from the parietal lobe
corpus callosum
Major axonal bundles joining 2 cerebral hemispheres
major fossae of the cranial cavity
- Anterior cranial fossa
- Middle cranial fossa
- Posterior cranial fossa
Anterior cranial fossa
- Above the orbit and nasal cavity
- Filled by the frontal lobe
Middle Cranial fossa
Contains the temporal lobe
Posterior cranial fossa
- Largest and deepest of the fossa
- contains the cerebellum and brainstem
Tentorium cerebelli
Extension of the dura mater that is superior to the cerebellum and inferior to the occipital lobe
Bones of the anterior cranial fossa
- Frontal bone
- Ethmoid bone
- Sphenoid bone