Neuroanatomy S18-23 Flashcards
What is the white matter made of?
Axons and dendrites with few cell bodies
What is grey matter made of?
mainly cell bodies and non myelenated neurones
What is Neuropil?
The intermingles processes between the cell bodies of neurones
What is the Dura mater?
Fibrous sheet of collagen fibres and a few elastic fibres it has a latticed appearance.. there are two layers to the dura mater the outer endosteal layer and the inner meningeal layer the dura mater proper.
What is arachnoid mater?
Poorly vascularised membrane of collagen elastin and reticulin fibres with tight jundtions it covers the whole brain with few dips
What is the pia mater?
Covers the entire CNS it makes the Blood brain barrier, there are underlying astrocytes beneath the it called pia glia thre are connective element of eacha re contiueous and for trabeculae
What is contained in the frontal lobes?
the primary motor cortex and prefrontal cortex
What is contained in the temporal lobes?
Primary auditory cortex, auditory association cortes
What is in the occipital lobes?
The primary and secondary visual cortex
What does the cerebellum do?
Motor control of balance posure muscle tone and coordinates movement
What is the insula?
The floor of lateral sulcus its own lobe
What is the opercula?
Lips as part of temporal frontal and parietal that overly the insula
What is the longitudinal fissure?
The one down the middle front to back.
what lies at the bottom of the longitudinal fissure?
the corpus callosum
What are optic tracts?
the are connection that go from the optic chiasma to the cortexies
What are the mamillary bodies?
Rounded nodules behind optic chiasm involved in Papez circuit
Where is the hypothalamus?
Above the optic chiasma up to mamillary bodiesonly part of diencephalon that is visible on the outside of the brain
What are the crura ceribri or cerebral peduncles?
They are two large masses of white matter emering behind the mammillary bodies on each side from the cerebral hemisphere they pass backwards converding at the upper border o the pons
What are the functions of the parietal lobe?
Primary sensory area, sensory information processing, complex idea formation also language and mathmatical functions and cisuospatial functions
What is the frontal cortex involved with?
The frontal lobe is involved in problem solving spontaneity memory language judgement impulse control and social sexual behaviour
What is the temporal lobe involved in?
The primary auditory cortex, and memory and emotion
What is the occipital lobe?
contains areas for visual association.
What is formed in the space between the outer and inner membranes of the dura mater?
the venous drainage the sinus venousis
What is the superior sagittal sinus?
where the falx cerebri attaches to the skull
What is the inferior sagittal sinus?
The free border of the falx cerebri
What is the tentorium cerebelli?
It separates the posterior craial fossa and the cerebellum
What is the straight sinus?
Within tentorium cerebeli that attaches at the attachement to the falx cerebri
What is the tentoral incisure?
The horseshoe like space between the free concave border of the tentorium and the dorsum of the sphenoid
What is the foramen of magendie?
The midline communication between the 4th ventricle and the subarachnoid space
What is a subarachnoid cistern?
Part of the brain which is full of CSF an area
Where are the main cisterns of the brain?
The cerebelomedurally on dorsal surface of medula, pontine cictern ventral surface, interpeduncular cistern containing circle of willis, latteral fissure one and supperior cistern cotaining great vei of galen, cisterna ambiens wich encircle midbrain
What is the foramen of Luschka?
It is a lateral communication with the 4th ventricle and the subarachnoid space
Describe the layers of blood brain barrier?
The endothelial cells lining blood vessels with tight junctions, basement menbranes lack genestrations in CNS, pericutes they wrap around endothelium, and astrocytes with foot like processes
What does extra dural mea?
Between the skull and dura mater
What happens in extra dural haemorrage?
Stripes dura from boe and compresses the brain after head injury from meningeal artery
What is subdural?
Between the dura and arachnoid mater
What is a subdural haemorage like?
crescent shaped onCT after RTC tears of bridging veins
What si subarachnoid?
Between arachnoid and ia mater
What can cause a subarachoid haemorrage?
Blood between arachnoid and pia oftem from berry aneurysm blood srrouds the brain and fills the sulci, predominantly near the site of injury sever headache
What is intracerebreal?
Bleedig within brain tissue from small perforatig vessels
What is Amaurosis fugax?
Temporary loss of vision to one eye carotid plaue occluding central redial arteru
What supplies the anterior circulation of the brain?
The internal carotid arteries
what supplies the posterior circulation of the brain?
The vertebral/ basilar arteries
Which arteries are part of the the anterior circulation?
the anterior cerebral artery and the middle cerebreal artery
Where does the anterior cerebral arter supply?
Corpus callosum and the medial portion of the corticies either side of the longditudinal fissure
What is the purpose of the anterior communicating artery/
It cannon compensate fully but some could offer a partial blood supple
What does the middle cerebral artery supply?
It rund through the silvian fissure lateral sulcus and runs over the insula it supes most of the lateral teritories of the hemispheres
What do the vertebral arteries join to make?
The basilar artery
What is the most anterior artery of the posterior circulation?
The osterior cerebral artery, doing inferior an dmetial temporal lobes and posterior occupital lobes
How many arteries supply the cerebellum?
3 posterior inferior cerebellar, anterior inferior cerebelar, superior cerebellar artery
What connects the two circulations of the brain?
The posterior communicating artery
What are external cerebral veins?
They are veins that train into the dural venous sinses
Where do the internal carotid arteries enter the skull?
The carotid canal, it enters through the temoral bone and passes anteriorly and upwards not vertically
Where do the vertebral arteries enter the skull?
The foramen magnum.
Where do most venous blood the skull?
The jugular foreman
What does the middle meningeal artery pass do?
Skull dura ans muslces of skull
What blood vessel passes through the opti canal/
The ophthalmic artery
What artery passes though the foramen spinosum?
The middle meningeal artery
What are internal cerebral veins?
veins in the brain tissue tat become external cerebral veins when they reach the surface
What are the main external cerebral veins/
the superficial middle cerebral vein
What passes through the cavernous sinus?
The occulomotor nerve the opthalmic maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve the abducens nerve trochlear
Where is CSF formed?
in choriod plexus on the ependymal lining of the ventricle
What separates the anterior cranial fossa from middle?
The lessser wing of the sphenoid
What bones make up the anterior cranial fossa?
The ethmoid, sphenoid and frontal bones
Which bone forms the roof of the orbit?
The frontal bone
What sits in the anterior cranial fossa?
The frontal lobes
What sits in the middle cranial fossa?
The temporal lobes
What sits in the posterior cranial fossa?
The cerebellum
What forms the middle cranial fossa?
The temporal the petous, and squamous, and the ethmoid
What forms the foramen magnum?
The occcipital bone
What is the part of the ethmoid bone in anterior cranial fossa?
The cribriform plate with small holes, there is the foramina for a sensory nerve ethmoidal arteries and veins
What is the crista galli and its function?
The ridge in the middle of the ethmoid bone and it is the point of attachment of the falx cerebri.
What are the exit foramina for the middle cranial fossa?
Superior orbital fisure, carotid canal, foramen laccerum, foramen rotundum, foramen ovale, optic canal foramen spinosum
What is the sella turcica?
The depression in the middle cranial fossa in the ethmoid bone and it holds the pituitary gland
What passes though the cavernous sinus?
Internal carotid, 3,4,6 and opthalmic of 5th nerves
What happens in meckel’s cave?
this is where the ganglia for the trigeminal nerve lies
What does the optic canal carry?
The optic nerve and the opthalmic artery
What passes through the superior orbital fissure?
theerd 4th 6th CN for the eye muscles and opthalmic division of trigeminal nerve
What passes through the foramen rotundum?
Maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve
What passes through the foramen ovale?
the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve sensory and motor fibres
What passes thought the foramen spinosum?
the middle meningeal artery
What does the tentorim cerebelli attach to?
The ridge on the petrous part of the temporal bone
What passes though the foramen magnum?
The spinal cord, vertebral arteries from subclavian, spinal accessory nerve, spinal arteries from the vertebral arteries
Where is the hypoglossal cannal?
Transmits hypoglossal nerve it is in posterior cranial fossa
Where do 9,10,11 leave?
The jugular foramina
Where does the facial nerve exit the skull?
Passes throug interal acoustic meatus through inner and midde ear and out through the stylo mastoid foramina
What is the triangle of danger?
The teeth to the frontal sinses blood from there can drain backwards through the orbit into the cavernous sinus which can cause intracranial infection
What hapens to the ophtalmic division of the trigmeinal nerve when it enters the orbit?
It splits into the lacrimal and nasocillary nerve and frontal that goes to the face
Which nerve innervates superior oblique?
The 4th CN Trochlear