Corpus callosum and other fiber tracts

Question 1

Forceps Major

Answer 1

Posterior forceps,

Connecting the two occipital cortices.

Question 2

Forceps Minor

Answer 2

Anterior forceps,

Connecting the frontal lobes, crosses via the Genu of the corpus callosum

Question 3

Splenium

Answer 3

Lower posterior portion of the CC

Question 4

Genu

Answer 4

The anterior bend of the CC

Question 5

Rostrum

Answer 5

The anterior lower portion of the CC

Question 6

Tapetum

Answer 6

Radiations from the trunk and splenium that cover extend and make up the lateral walls of the occipital and temporal horns of the lateral ventricles.

Question 7

Corona Radiata

Answer 7

White matter radiations going into the Cerebral Cortex, Emerge from the Internal Capsule

Question 8

Internal Capsule

Answer 8

Contains Corticospinal tract (in posterior limb)
Frontopontine fibers
Thalamocortical fibers
Corticobulbar fibers

Question 9

Papez Circuit

Answer 9

Hippocampus –> Fornix –> Mammillary bodies –> Mamillothalamic tract –> Anterior nucleus of thalamus –> Cingulate cortex –> Parahippocampal gyrus –> Hippocampus.