Neuroanatomy Flashcards
CNS
Brain and spinal cord
ANS is?
Autonomous or visceral nervous system
Grey matter consist of?
Nuclei and cortex (contains the neurons)
What is White matter
Tracts of axons
Enteric nervous system
innervation and organization of the gut local plexus
Important elements of neurons
Cell body - Axon - Dendrite
Outside of the the brain
Cortex
Why is Whitematter white?
Myolin (fat)
Where is Greymatter
Close to ventricle (Core)
3 types of neurons
Unipolar, Bipolar and Pseudo-unipolar cells
Neurons function
Neurons receive inputs through axonal synapses that target dendrites, dendritic spines or soma
Neurons in layers on the outside of the brain
Cortex
Neurons close to the ventricle
Nucleus
Axons travel together in tracts
Corpus callosum
Oligodendrocyte
Makes myelin in CNS
Astrocyte
1. Participate in formation of the blood-brain barrier. 2. Controls glutamate levels in intracellular space 3. Are required to provide glutamate to neurons 4.Control homeostasis in the brain
Schwann cell
provide the myelin sheet around the axon in PNS
Presynaptic element (end of axon) contains?
synaptic vesicles and mitochondria
postsynaptic elements
cellbody / dendrite / spine of a dendrite / axon
4 main arteries
- L & R internal carotid artery
- L & R vertebral artery
- Internal carotids supply
- Basal artery
Brainstem consist of
Midbrain, Pons, Medulla
Hindbrain
Metencephalon (Cerebellum & Pons)
Myelencephalon (Medulla oblongata)
Midbrain
Mesencephalon (superior and inferior colliculi)
Forebrain
Telencephalon (Cerebral cortex & Cerebral nuclei)
Diencephalon (Thalamus, hypothalamus, Retina)