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Harder Brain Anatomy Flashcards

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1
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Largest component of basal ganglia

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Putamen

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2
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Longest component of basal ganglia

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Caudate Nucleus

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3
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Internal Capsule Role

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Transmission of info from cortex to forebrain, brainstem, and spinal cord

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4
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Rostral end of third ventricle

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Lamina terminalis

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5
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Bundle of olfactory and temporal nerve fibers, anterior end of diencephalon

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Anterior commissure

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6
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Posterior limit of diencephalon

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Posterior commissure

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Stria terminalis

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Fiber bundle from amygdala to hypothalamus

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Fornix

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Fiber bundle from hippocampus to hypothalamus

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Lateral border of putamen

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External capsule

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Ordered meninges from outermost to innermost

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Dura Mater, Arachnoid Mater, Pia Mater

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Choroid plexus

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produces CSF

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12
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Bottom structures of temporal lobe from lateral to medial

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Occipitotemporal gyrus, collateral sulcus, Parahippocampal gyrus

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13
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Amygdala and hippocampus located in which lobe

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Temporal lobe

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14
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Superior cerebral peduncle attaches where

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Pons

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15
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Inferior cerebral peduncle attaches where

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Medulla

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15
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Middle cerebral peduncle attaches where

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Pons

16
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Vermis

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Midline of cerebellum

17
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Largest lobe of cerebellum

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Posterior

18
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Smallest lobe of cerebellum

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Flocculonodular

19
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Input to flocculonodular lobe of cerebellum

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Vestibular

20
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Input to anterior lobe of cerebellum

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Spinal cord

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Input to posterior lobe of cerebellum

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Cortical

22
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Role of superior colliculus

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Visual processing

23
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Role of inferior colliculus

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Auditory processing

24
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Boundaries of fourth ventricle

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Pons, Medulla, Superior Cerebral Peduncle, Superior Medullary Velum

25
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Obex

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where fourth ventricle empties into central canal

26
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Central canal

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Canal of CSF that leads through spinal cord

27
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Open medulla

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Medulla that contains fourth ventricle

28
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Closed medulla

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Medulla that contains central canal

29
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Location of gracile and cuneate tubercles

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Medulla

30
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Crus cerebri

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Fiber bundle that communicates motor pathway signals from the cerebral cortex through the midbrain to the brainstem and spinal cord

31
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Tegmentum

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hidden dorsal half of pons

32
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Basilar pons

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Anterior bulge of pons

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Pyramid

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Bulge in medulla, pathway for motor regulating axons originating in the cortex passing through the internal capsule to the spinal cord

34
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Corticospinal tract

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dorsolateral pathway of pyramid neurons across pyramidal decussation

35
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Inferior olivary nucleus

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Nucleus in medulla, brainstem + spinal cord to cerebellum pathway

36
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Olive

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Lateral the pyramid, pathway starting from inferior olivary nucleus

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