Sakai Questions Notes

Question 1

what is the interpeduncular cistern?

Answer 1

a wide cavity where the arachnoid extends across between the two temporal lobes.
It encloses the cerebral peduncles and the structures contained in the interpeduncular fossa, and contains the arterial circle of Willis.

Question 2

what brain imaging technique would I use to diagnose a possible vascular injury? - meningism

Answer 2

CT scan

Question 3

what is the best imaging technique to diagnose a brain tumor?

Answer 3

MRI

Question 4

CSF in a plasma-like fluid which is absorbed by?

Answer 4

arachnoid villi in the superior sagittal sinus

Question 5

the tuber cinereum is part of ?

Answer 5

diencephalon

*The tuber cinereum is a hollow eminence of gray matter situated between the mammillary bodies and the optic chiasm. The tuber cinereum is part of the hypothalamus.

Question 6

what is again?

Answer 6

extracellular matrix protein secreted by motor nerve terminals