Hemisection of the Brain Flashcards
The corpus callous has what type of fibres passing through it?
Commissural nerve fibres
What does the septum pellucidum separate?
The anterior horns of the two lateral ventricles
What is the thalamus made up of?
Smaller masses of grey matter nuclei
Where does most of the general sensory information relay to in the thalamus?
Ventro-postero-lateral nucleus
What are the caudate and lentiform nuclei part of?
Basal ganglia
What is the internal capsule made up of?
Myelinated axons
What are the fibres that connect the cerebral hemispheres with other parts of the brain?
Projection fibres
What branch of the middle cerebral artery supplies the internal capsule?
Lenticulostriate
Where are the widest dorsal horns found in the spinal cord?
Further down the spinal cord
Where does the spinal cord receiver the sensory nerve fibres?
The dorsal horn through the dorsal root ganglion
