Neuroanatomy Flashcards
what cell layer forms primitive nervous system?
ectoderm
cells from which part of primitive nervous system form melanocytes, odontoblasts, and Schwann cells?
Neural crest
What folds and forms to form neural tube and neural crest?
neuroepithelium folds and fuses
When does neural tube close in development?
Anterior vs posterior and dz caused
4 weeks.
Anterior first at day 25 (failure encephalocele, anencephaly)
Posterior at day 27 (failure: Myelo)
Anterior closes then posterior closes
What induces ectoderm to form primitive nervous system?
notochord
Prosencephalon forms what? which in turn forms what?
telencephalon and diencephalon
- telencephalon then forms hemispheres and lateral ventricles
- diencephalon then forms thalamus and 3rd vent
Mesencephalon forms what which in turn forms what?
mensencephalon (itself) to form midbrain and aqueduct
Rhombencephalon forms what which in turn forms what?
Metencephalon and Myelencephalon which form:
Metencephalon: pons, cerebellum, upper 4th vent
Myelencephalon: medulla and lower 4th vent
How many neurons and glial cells *(name three types) in general?
neurons: 15 billion
Glial cells: 50 billion: oligodendrocytes, astrocytes, microglia
what makes up allocortex and what does it form?
Archicortex –> 3 layered hippocampus
Paleocortex –> olfactory cortex
Name 6 cortex layers in neocortex
Molecular External granular External pyramidal Internal granular Internal pyramidal Polymorphic
role of astrocytes (4) and what they use for these
- anchors neurons to vessels
- vasoregulation via arachidonic acid
- removes K+ and nts from synaptic cleft
- modulates conduction by propagating calcium waves and releasing calcium
Role of oligodendrocytes
myelin production for saltatory conduction
What are the CNS immune cells?
microglia
Components of BBB?
tight junctions of vascular epithelial cells
Basement membrane
where is the operculum?
portion of inferior frontal gyrus: Broca’s
What is Gerstmann syndrome and where is the lesion?
- r/l confusion
- finger agnosia
- agraphia
- acalculia
DOMINANT parietal
Right way eyes:
seizure vs stroke
Eyes point to lesion in stroke and away from lesion in seizure
Applies to frontal eye fields only
(think of paddling ore and which way boat turns)
Damage to what frontal area causes executive function deficits?
dorsolateral frontal cortex
what area of frontal lobe causes akinetic mutism?
supplemental motor area and anterior cingulate gyrus
what area of frontal lobe causes disinhibition?
orbitofrontal
Visual WHERE system is in what lobe?
parietal lobe: spatial body and environment map
what causes constructional apraxia, dressing apraxia, anosognosia (denial of deficits)
Non dominant parietal
What is Balint’s and what causes it?
- optic ataxia: can’t guide hand to spot in space visually
- oculomotor apraxia: can’t direct eyes in space
- simultagnosia
B/l parieto-occipital damage
what is responsible for visual “what”
ventral pathway visual recognition in the temporal lobe
what causes prosopagnosia?
temporal lobe damage
what syndrome and what causes:
hyperphagia, hypersexuality, visual agnosia
Kluver bucy: bilateral temporal lobe damage
Where is the olfactory cortex?
When you get anosmia, what should you think about?
dementia, affects temporal lobes so may be presenting sign
What is Anton syndrome and what causes it?
cortical blindness w/ denial and confabulation caused by bilateral occipital lobe damage
what causes alexia without agraphia
lesion of left occipital lobe and splenium of corpus callosum.
Visual input can’t reach the left language center, but motor can reach it so can write (disconnection syndrome)
What is Foster Kennedy syndrome? What causes it?
Classic presentation of frontal lobe tumor
- compression of one optic nerve w/ VF loss
- compressed CN1: ipsilat anosmia
- incr ICP so papilledema in opposite eye
5 part path of olfactory nerve?
receptor –> bulb –> tract –> cortex –> amygdala
periphery of CN 3 carries what fibers?
the parasympathetics, so with compression, iris sphincter and ciliary muscle are impaired first: blown pupil!
Edinger Westphal nucleus is for what?
CN 3 parasympathetics: pupil constriction (miosis)
CN in back of midbrain?
trochlear CN 4
CN 4 and 6 makes eyes looks where
4: to nose (SO4)
6: to ears (LR6)
most common isolated nerve palsy?
CN 6 due to very long course
pupil sparing CN 3 palsy is likely what?
diabetic, atherosclerotic, vasculitic (inner fibers first damaged)