Module 8 : Normal Fetal Anatomy - Brain Flashcards
embryology of brain
- develops from a thickened area of the ectoderm called neural plate at 4.5 weeks LMP
when does cranial end closes when
- day 38 (LMP)
when’d does caudal when
- day 40 (LMP)
parts of the neural tube
- rostral end is the cephalic end
- caudal end is inferior part
- rostral and caudal area is most common to have defects
rostral differentiation
- differentiates into three primary vesicles
+ prosencephalon
+ mesencephalon
+ rhombencephalon
prosenceohalon
- forebrain
- divides into
+ telencephalon
+ diencephalon
prosencephalon - telencephalon
- cerebral hemispheres
prosencephalon - diencephalon
- thalamus and hypothalamus
mesencephalon
- midbrain
- smallest portion of brain
- creates the cerebral peduncles
- located anterior to aqueduct of sylvius
- anterior to cerebellum vermis
- posterior to thalami
rhombencephalon
- hindbrain
- cerebellum and pons (metencephalon)
- medulla oblongata (myelencephalon)
cerebellum and pons (metencephalon)
- pons located between the midbrain and medulla oblongata
- pons connects the cerebrum to the cerebellum
- pons means bridge
medulla oblongata (myelencephalon)
- extends from pons to spinal cord
- regulates heart rate and respiratory rhythm and blood pressure
rhombencephalon - ultrasound
- very first identified structure in embryo
- at 7 or 8 weeks
cerebrum - function
- learned behaviour and personality
cerebrum - lobes
- 2 frontal lobes
- 2 parietal lobes
- 2 temporal lobes
- 2 occipital lobes
- 2 insula
frontal lobe - function
- personality
- voluntary function
parietal lobe - function
- peripheral sensory
temporal lobe - function
- smell
- taste
- hearing
occipital lobe - function
- vision
insula lobe - function
- motor and sensory function of organs
- don’t see on surface
- medial aspect of brain
ventricles
- 4 connecting cavities within the cerebral hemispheres and brain stem
- continuous with the spinal cord cavity
- all cavities contain CSF and choroid plexus
ventricular system
lateral ventricles»_space; foramen of Monroe (INTERVENTRICULAR FORAMEN)»_space; third ventricle»_space; aqueduct of sylvius (CEREBRAL AQUADUCT)»_space; fourth ventricle»_space; foramen of magendie and luschka»_space; spinal cord
foramen of magendi
- medial aspect og fourht ventricle
- connects to spinal cord