NEONATAL ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY Flashcards
THE VENTRICLE IS MEASURED AT THIS SITE ON THE AXIAL VIEW.
ATRIUM
THIS IS SEVERE HYPOXIA OR INADEQUATE OXYGENATION
ASPHYXIA
THIS IS COMPOSED OF THE MIDBRAIN, PONS, AND MEDULLA OBLONGATA.
BRAIN STEM
THIS FORMS THE LAT BORDERS OF THE ANT HORN, ANT TO THE THALAMUS.
CAUDATE NUCLEUA
THIS IS THE PROMINENT STRUCTURE BEST SEEN IN THE ML FILLED WITH CEREBROSPINAL FLUID IN THE PREMATURE INFANT.
CAVUM SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM
THIS LIES POSTERIOR TO THE BRAIN STEM BELOW THE THE TENTORIUM.
CEREBELLUM
TWO EQUAL HEMISPHERES; LARGEST PART OF THE BRAIN.
CEREBRUM
THIS IS AN ECHOGENIC CLUSTER OF CELLS IMPORTANT IN THE PRODUCTION OF CSF THAT LIES ALONG THE LAT VENTRICLES ATRIUM.
CHOROID PLEXUS
RESERVOIR FOR CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
CISTERN
THIS IS THE PROMINENT GROUP OF NERVE FIBERS THAT CONNECT THE RT AND LT SIDES OF THE BRAIN.
CORPUS CALLOSUM
ECHOGENIC FIBROUS STRUCTURE THAT SEPERATES THE CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES.
FALX CEREBRI
THIS IS THE SOFT SPACE BETWEEN THE BONES.
FONTANELE
DECREASE OXYGEN IN THE BODY.
HYPOXIA
THE THREE MEMBRANES ENCLOSING THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD.
MENINGES
GROOVE ON THE SURFACE OF THE BRAIN THAT SEPARATES THE GYRI.
SULCUS