Neuroanatomy

Question 1

What are the key terminology you need to know, e.g., superior? (8)

Answer 1

Question 2

What is the terminology for different planes?

Answer 2

Question 3

What are the cranial fossae?

Answer 3

anterior, middle, posterior

Question 4

What lies in the anterior cranial fossa?

Answer 4

Frontal lobe of cerebral hemisphere

Question 5

What Lies in the middle cranial fossa?

Answer 5

Temporal lobe of cerebral hemisphere

Question 6

What Lies in the posterior cranial fossa?

Answer 6

Cerebellum

Question 7

What Lies directly above the body of the sphenoid bone?

Answer 7

Hypothalamus

Question 8

What Passes through the foramen magnum?

Answer 8

Medulla

Question 9

What makes up the ventricular system?

Answer 9

lateral ventricles
Interventricular foramen
Third ventricle
Cerebral aqueduct
Fourth ventricle
Central canal

Question 10

Label this diagram of a lateral view of the brain?.

Answer 10

Question 11

Label this diagram of a anterior view of the brain.

Answer 11

Question 12

Which part of the ventricular system relates to the cerebral hemisphere?

Answer 12

Lateral ventricle

Question 13

Which part of the ventricular system relates to the diencephalon?

Answer 13

third ventricle

Question 14

Which part of the ventricular system relates to the midbrain?

Answer 14

Aqueduct

Question 15

Which part of the ventricular system relates to the pons and medulla?

Answer 15

fourth ventricle

Question 16

What is the diencephalon?

Answer 16

thalamus and pituitary gland

Question 17

Label this diagram of the brain.

Answer 17

Question 18

What are the surface features of the brain?

Answer 18

Question 19

What are the lobes of the brain?

Answer 19

frontal
parietal
temporal
occipital

Question 20

What are the cranial nerves?

Answer 20

1 olfactory
2 optic
3 oculomotor
4 trochlear
5 trigeminal
6 abducens
7 facial
8 vestibulocochlear
9 glossopharyngeal
10 vagus
11 accessory
12 hypoglossal

Question 21

what are the parts of the cerebral cortex you need to know? (6)

Answer 21

Broca’s area (left hemisphere usually only)
Primary motor cortex
Primary somatosensory cortex
Wernicke’s area (usually left only)
Visual cortex
Primary auditory cortex

Question 22

What is the arterial supply of the brain?

Answer 22

Circle of willis

Question 23

What are the arteries in the circle of willis? (8)

Answer 23

Anterior cerebral artery
Anterior communicating artery
Internal carotid arteries
Posterior communicating arteries
Basilar artery
Vertebral arteries
Posterior cerebral artery
Middle cerebral artery

Question 24

What are the cortical arterial supply? (red, blue and yellow)

Answer 24

anterior cerebral artery

middle cerebral artery

Posterior cerebral artery

Question 25

What does the motor cortex control?

Answer 25

Question 26

What does the somatosensory cortex control?

Answer 26

Question 27

What is the blood supply for the cortical area: Primary motor cortex for face?

Answer 27

Middle cerebral artery

Question 28

What is the blood supply for the cortical area: Primary motor cortex for arm?

Answer 28

Middle cerebral artery

Question 29

What is the blood supply for the cortical area: Primary motor cortex for foot?

Answer 29

Anterior cerebral artery

Question 30

What is the blood supply for the cortical area: Primary somatosensory cortex for arm?

Answer 30

Middle cerebral artery

Question 31

What is the blood supply for the cortical area: Primary visual cortex?

Answer 31

posterior cerebral artery

Question 32

What is the blood supply for the cortical area: Primary auditory cortex?

Answer 32

middle cerebral artery

Question 33

What is the blood supply for the cortical area: broca's area?

Answer 33

middle cerebral artery

Question 34

What is the blood supply for the cortical area: Wernicke's area?

Answer 34

Middle cerebral artery

Question 35

Can you confidently say what/ where these are... 1. Lateral ventricle [may be cut through twice in horizontal or coronal plane] 2. Third ventricle [may look like a hole or a slit in coronal and horizontal plane, depending on angle of section] 3. Fourth ventricle 4. Aqueduct 5. Corpus callosum [may be cut through twice in horizontal plane] 6. Frontal lobe 7. Occipital lobe 8. Parietal lobe 9. Temporal lobe 10. Basal ganglia [may be more than one part] 11. Thalamus 12. Internal capsule [both anterior and posterior limbs seen in horizontal plane] 13. Optic chiasm 14. Midbrain 15. Pons 16. Medulla 17. Cerebellum

Answer 35

Y or N

Question 36

What cranial nerves have afferent and efferent components?

Answer 36

5, 7, 9, 10