Extras Flashcards
Two gyri in limbic system
Cingulate gyrus, parahippocampal gyrus
Where is Wernicke’s area
Superior temporal gyrus
Where is Broca’s area
Inferior frontal cortex
Where is the primary visual cortex?
Calcarine sulcus
Where is the somatosensory cortex
Postcentral gyrus
CN 2 enters what part of the brain?
Diencephalon
Where does CN 3 exit from?
Interpeduncular fossa of midbrain
Only CN that exits dorsal
CN 4
Where does CN 5 emerge from?
Lateral pons
Where does CN 6 emerge from?
Junction between pons and medulla near midline
Where do CN 7 and 8 emerge from?
Pontomedullary junction
Where do CN 9 and 10 emerge from?
Post-olivary sulcus of medulla
Where does the hypoglossal nerve emerge from?
Pre-olivary sulcus of medulla
BS to rostral and caudal medial lemniscus
Rostral: ASpA
Caudal: parmedian branches of basilar A
BS to VPL
Thalamogeniculate A’s
BS to ALS in pons
PICA
BS to lower vs upper limb vs posterior limb of internal capsule
Lower limb: ACA
Upper limb: MCA
Posterior limb: AChoA
BS to CST in midbrain
PCA
BS to CST in pons
Parmedian branches of basilar A
Two major cortical areas supplied by ACA
- Cingulate gyrus
2. Para central lobule
Six major cortical areas supplied by MCA
- Primary motor cortex
- Premotor cortex
- Broca’s
- Wernicke’s
- Primary somesthetic cortex
- Primary auditory cortex
Major cortical area supplied by PCA
Primary visual cortex
