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Neuro Flashcards

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What is the caudate nuceli?

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Collection of neuronal cell bodies within the cerebral hemisphere

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Name this gland

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The pinneal gland- part of the epithalamus, posterior to the thalamus

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  • Identify the extent of the midbrain, pons and medulla on a hemisection of the brain.
  • Identify the superior and inferior colliculi.
  • Identify the cerebral aqueduct, and the fourth ventricle.
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Label the ventricles of the brain & the parts of the basal glanglia

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What is the structure called highlighted in red

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Substantia nigra

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What level does the spinal cord end in adults

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L2

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How to tell apart different levels of the spinal cord

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  • Cervical: large and oval. large amount of white matter (many axons going up to the brain & travelling down from the brain). The ventral horn is enlarged.
  • Thoracic: Small and circular.
  • Lumbar: Large and circular.
  • Sacral. Small and circular.
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Which part of the spinal cord recieves sensory fibers and which part recieves motor fibers?

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Dorsal root= sensory fibers

Ventral root= motor fibers

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What is the name of the hole in the middle of the spinal cord and what does it contain?

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The spinal canal; contains the spinal cord

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Identify different sections of the spinal cord

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Label the foramen of the skull

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Where does the olfactory nerve exit the skull

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The cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone

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Where does the optic nerve exit the skull

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Optic canal

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What nerves exit the superior orbital fissure

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Occulomotor

trochlear

opthalmic

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What nerve exits the foramen rotundum

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maxillary nerve

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What nerve exits at the foramen ovale

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Mandibular nerve

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Where does the abducens nerve exit the skull?

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Superior orbital fissure

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What nerves exit the skull at the internal acoustic meatus?

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facial nerve & vestibulocochlear nerve

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what nerves exit at the jugular foramen

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Glossopharyngeal, vagus and acessory nerve

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Where does the hypoglossal nerve exit the skull?

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Hypoglossal canal

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Label the cranial nerves as they leave the brain stem

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Label (shows the path of the optic nerve)

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Label (branches of the trigeminal nerve)

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WHat foramen does the facial nerve travel through

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Internal acoustic meatus and the stylomastoid foramena

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Label these two nerves

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Which two nerves are seen leaving the brainstem at the level just below the pons?

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What is the chorda tympani a branch of and what is its function

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Branch of the facial nerve

Transmits taste sensation from anterior 2/3 of tongue

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Name the two foramen labelled and what nerves exit the skull through them

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  1. Jugular foramen: Glossopharyngeal, vagus & accessory nerve
  2. Hypoglossal canal: Hypoglossal nerve
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Function & types of fibers in the othalmic nerve

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Sense of smell

  • special sensory
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Function & types of fibers in the optic nerve

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Vision

  • special sensory
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Function & types of fibers in the occulomotor nerve

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Motor to the eyeball & pupil constriction/dilation

  • motor
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Function & types of fibers in the trochlear nerve

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Eye movements

  • motor
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Function & types of fibers in the trigeminal nerve

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Sensory & motor

Somatic sensation from face, mouth & cornea

+ muscles of mastication

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Function & types of fibers in the Abducens nerve

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Motor- eye movements

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Function & types of fibers in the facial nerve

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Sensory & motor

  • msucles of facial expression
  • taste from anterior toungue
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Which part of the brainstem is this

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