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Neuroanatomy Terminology Flashcards

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Coronal

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Face-on view

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Sagittal

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Side-on view, divided down the centre

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Axial (transverse)

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Top-down view

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Ventral

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Front

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Dorsal

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Back

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Cranial

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Towards the head

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Caudal

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Towards the tail

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Rostral

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Towards the beak

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Primary divisions of the brain

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Prosencephalon (forebrain)
Mesencephalon (midbrain)
Rhombencephalon (hindbrain)

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Subdivisions of the brain

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Telencephalon
Diencephalon
Mesencephalon
Metencephalon
Myelencephalon

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Modern terms of the brain regions

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Cerebrum
Diencephalon
Midbrain
Pons and cerebellum
Medulla oblongata

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What are the subdivisions of the prosencephalon

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Telencephalon
Diencephalon

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What is the modern term for the telencephalon

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Cerebrum

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What is the modern term for the Metencephalon

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Pons and cerebellum

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What is the modern term for the Myelencephalon

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Medulla oblongata

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What is the modern term for the mesencephalon

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Midbrain

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Subdivisions of the rhombencephalon

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Metencephalon
Myelencephalon

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What is the modern term for the Diencephalon

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Diencephalon

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White matter

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Myelinated Nerve cell axons

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Why does white matter appear white

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Presence of myelin sheath

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Grey matter

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Primarily nerve cell bodies, including their nuclei, but also consists of other nervous system cells, eg astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, unmyelinated axons

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Location of grey matter in the cerebrum

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Outer surface
Deep in the brain- large groups of nuclei

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Location of white matter in the cerebrum

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Deeper parts, below grey matter

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Location of grey matter in the spinal cord

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H-shape in centre of spinal cord

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Location of white matter in the spinal cord

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Outer parts surrounding inner H shape of grey matter

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Cortex

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Outer part of cerebrum and cerebellum

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What is the cortex mainly composed of

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Grey matter

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Tract

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A pathway of nerve fibres

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Nucleus

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Groups of functionally similar or anatomically related nerve cells

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Foramen

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An opening, hole or passage

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Fossa

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An indentation or shallow depression

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