Neuroanatomy tutorial Flashcards
3 planes in which radiological images can be takes?
Axial, sagittal and coronal.
What lies in the anterior cranial fossa?
Frontal lobe of cerebral hemisphere.
What lies in the middle cranial fossa?
Temporal lobe of cerebral hemisphere.
What lies in the posterior cranial fossa?
Cerebellum.
What lies directly above the body of the sphenoid bone?
Hypothalamus.
What passes through the foramen magnum?
Medulla and spinal cord.
What do the lateral ventricles supply?
Cerebral hemispheres
What does the third ventricle supply?
Diencephalon.
What does the aqueduct supply?
The midbrain.
What does the fourth ventricle supply?
Pons and medulla.
Broca’s area function?
Motor speech.
Where is broca’s area located?
Left hemisphere.
Wernicke’s area function?
involved in the comprehension of speech.
Where is Wernicke’s area located?
Left hemisphere.
Primary visual cortex is supplied by what artery?
Posterior cerebral artery.
