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Cross-sectional Anatomy Flashcards

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What does CT measure?

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Tissue density

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What does MRI measure?

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Hydrogen content

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What does CT use to generate an image?

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X-ray radiation

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What does MRI use to generate an image?

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Radiowaves and magnetic fields

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Which type of imaging generates images in trains-axial slices and uses 3D image data to reconstruct this on other planes?

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CT

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Which type of imaging can simultaneously generate images from several planes and angles?

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MRI

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On which type of MRI sequence does CSF show up as bright?

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T2-weighted

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On which type of MRI sequence does white matter look lighter than grey matter?

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T1-weighted

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In T2-weighted imaging, which type of matter shows up as darker?

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White matter

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10
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Which anatomical plane looks at the brain from the side?

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Sagittal

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Which anatomical plane looks at the brain from above?

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Axial

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Which anatomical plane looks at the brain from behind?

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Coronal

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13
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What does lateral describe?

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Structures away from the midline

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What name do you give regions close to the midline?

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Medial

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15
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What does dorsal relate to?

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The upper side

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16
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What structure lies on the dorsal side of the brain stem?

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The cerebellum

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17
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What does ventral relate to?

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The underside

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18
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What structure lies on the ventral side of the brainstem?

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The pons

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19
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What is the term for the posterior structures?

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Caudal

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What is the term for anterior structures?

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Cranial/rostral

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What are the four main lobes?

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Frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital

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What are the two additional medial lobes?

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The insula and the limbic lobe

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23
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What are gyri?

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Bumps

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What are sulci?

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Dips

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25
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What separates the frontal and parietal lobes from the temporal lobe?

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The Sylvian fissure (lateral fissure/sulcus)

26
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What is the inferior frontal gyrus associated with?

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Language expression and articulation (Broca’s area)

27
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Which structure is shaped like an M and lies above the front of the Sylvian fissure?

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The inferior frontal gyrus

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What lies above the inferior frontal. gyrus?

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The superior frontal gyrus

29
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What is the name of the dip before the central sulcus?

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The precentral sulcus

30
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What separates the frontal from the parietal lobe?

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The central sulcus

31
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What area is located immediately before the central sulcus?

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The motor area (precentral gyrus)

32
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What area is located immediatly after the central sulcus?

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The sensory cortex (postcentral gyrus)

33
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Where is Broca’s area?

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The inferior frontal gyrus, typically on the left

34
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Name the two main areas of the lateral parietal lobe?

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The postcentral gyrus (sensory cortex) and the inferior parietal lobule

35
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Name the two main gyri of the inferior parietal lobule.

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The supramarginal gyrus and the angular gyrus

36
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What is the angular gyrus associated with?

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Semantic and phonological language, word and sentence comprehension, reading and writing, and number processing

37
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Where is Wernicke’s area located?

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The posterior region of the superior temporal sulcus, typically on the left

38
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What are the three divisions of the lateral temporal lobe?

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Superior temporal gyrus, middle temporal gyrus, and the inferior temporal gyrus

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What is Wernicke’s area associated with?

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Language reception and comprehension

40
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What is the heart shaped bump at the top of the temporal lobe?

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Heschl’s gyrus (primary auditory cortex)

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Where is the primary auditory cortex?

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On Heschl’s gyrus, at the top of the temporal lobe

42
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Where is the insula located?

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In front of the primary auditory cortex

(lateral temporal lobe but more medial than temporal gyri)

43
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What structure looks like a hook in between the lateral and medial sagittal plane?

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The precentral gyrus

44
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What are the two main sulci of the medial occipital region?

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▪️ Parieto-occipital sulcus
▪️ Calcarine sulcus (divides OL, where PVC is)

45
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What are the two main regions of the medial OL?

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▪️ Cuneus
▪️ Lingual gyrus

46
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What does the hand knob sign indicate on an axial view of the brain?

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The central sulcus

47
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Which is thicker, the precentral gyrus or the postcentral gyrus?

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Precentral

48
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What is the precentral gyrus?

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The primary motor area - initiates voluntary movement through the corticospinal tract

49
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How can you spot the supplementary motor areas (SMA) and what does it do?

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On the posterior end of the superior frontal gyrus when viewing the brain axially

▪️ Planning, coordinating and initiation of movement
▪️ Language, learning new sequential movements, WM

50
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Where is the pre-supplementary motor area and what does it do?

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▪️ Infront of the SMA
▪️ Language, learning new sequential movements
▪️ Working memory

51
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What area is at the point where the superior frontal gyrus, middle frontal gyrus and precentral gyrus meet?

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Premotor cortex

(integrates auditory, visual, and somatosensory stimuli for movement related tasks - “mirror neurones?”)

52
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Where is the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex?

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At the anterior end of the middle frontal gyrus

53
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Where is the fusiform gyrus?

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On the occipito-temporal gyri (lateral)

54
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What does the fornix connect?

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The hippocampus and the mammillary bodies

(with septal nuclei, nucleus accumbens, and anterior nuclei of thalamus in the middle

55
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What is the anterior commissure?

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A small structure (collection of nerve fibres) off the anterior part of the fornix which connects the hemispheres

56
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What are the posterior rising parts of the fornix?

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The crus

57
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What are the anterior downward parts of the fornix, joining onto the mammillary bodies?

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The columns

58
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What structure is found at the bottom of the caudate nucleus curve?

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The amygdala

59
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What are the white matter in between the putamen, GPi and GPe, and when are they most visible?

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The medullary lamina

Best seen when pathology e.g., inflammation, oedema

60
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What is the lentiform nucleus?

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The putamen and globus pallidi

61
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What is in the middle of the two cerebellar hemispheres?

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The median/cerebellar vermis

62
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What are the lines connecting the brainstem and the cerebellum?

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The cerebellar peduncles

(3 on each side - superior, middle, and inferior)

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