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Neuro Lab 3 Flashcards

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Anterior Commissure

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Shares information (olfactory) between hemispheres

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Fornix (Body and Columns)

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Connects Mammillary Body to Hippocampus

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Posterior Commissure

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Shares information (Pupillary Reflexes) between hemispheres

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Corpus Callosum

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Large white matter structure which shares information between hemispheres. Rostrum, genome, body, and selenium.

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Superior Colliculus

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Associated with Vision

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Inferior Colliculus

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Associated with Audition

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Pyramids (Ventral)

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Descending Path for Motor Function to Body

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Pyramidal Decussation

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Crossing of Descending Motor Fibers

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Sensory Fibers (Gracile/Cuneate Fasciculus) (Dorsal)

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Ascending Sensory Fibers from Body

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Ophthalmic Artery

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  • branch of Internal Carotid Artery

- Serves the eye

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Anterior Cerebral Artery (ACA)

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  • Branch of Internal Carotid Artery

- Supplies Medial Brain Surface

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Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA)

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  • Branch of Internal Carotid Artery

- Supplies Lateral Brain Surface

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Posterior Communicating Artery (PCA)

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  • Branch of Internal Carotid Artery

- Connects Anterior Circulation to Posterior Circulation

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Anterior Communicating Artery

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  • Connects two Anterior Cerebral Arteries (ACAs)
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Right and Left Posterior Spinal Arteries

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  • Branches of Vertebral Arteries

- Blood Supply to Dorsal Aspect of Spinal Cord and Caudal Medulla

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Anterior Spinal Artery

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  • Branch of Vertebral Arteries

- Supplies Ventral 2/3 of Spinal Cord and Caudal Medulla

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Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (PICA)

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  • Branch of Vertebral Arteries

- Serves Inferior Cerebellum and Lateral Medulla

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Basilar Artery

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  • Terminal Branch and Junction of Vertebral Arteries
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Labyrinthine

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  • Branch of Basilar Artery

- NOTE: Difficult to find, can be a branch off of the AICA

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Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (AICA)

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  • Branch of Basilar Artery

- Supplies Ventral Cerebellum and Pons

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Superior Cerebellar Artery

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  • Branch of Basilar Artery

- Supplies Superior Cerebellum, Midbrain Structures, Superior and Middle Cerebellar Peduncles

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Posterior Cerebral Artery

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  • Branch of Basilar Artery

- Serves Midbrain, Hypothalamus, Thalamus, and Occipital Lobe (Visual Cortex)

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Circle of Willis

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Communication of Anterior to Posterior Circulation Systems

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Corticomeningeal (Leptomeningeal) Anastomosis

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  • Overlap of ACA (Anterior Cerebral), MCA (Middle Cerebral), and PCA (Posterior Communicating) on Superior/Lateral Cerebral Hemispheres
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External Carotid Artery

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Ophthalmic Artery Anastomosis (potential)

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