Topographic Anatomy of the Brain Flashcards
ventral median fissure of medulla
midline groove on the anterior medulla between 2 pyramids
pyramids
prominences immediately lateral to median fissure that contain corticospinal neurons
pyramidal dessucation
place where most corticospinal tract fibers cross to contralateral side
interior olives
prominences found lateral to pyramids
post-olivary sulcus
found lateral to inferior olives- contain spinal nerves 9, 10,
pre-olivary sulcus
between pyramid and inferior olives, contain spinal nerve 12
what nerves emerge at the junction between the medulla and pons anteriorly
6 7 8, with 6 being medial and 8 being lateral
large protuberance on anterior pons
basal pons
middle cerebellar peduncles
white matter tracts found on the lateral anterior pons
where does CN 5 emerge?
middle cerebellar peduncles- anterior-lateral pons
cerebral peduncles
white matter tracts of the anterior midbrain just raustral to the pons
crus cerebri
cerebral peduncles
interpenducular fossa
fossa between the cerebral peduncles containing mammillary bodies
where does the ocumomotor nerve arise from
CN 3 originates in the interpenduncular fossa in the anterior midbrain
infundibilum
pituitary stalk
tuber cinereum
area between mammilary bodies and infundibilum
optic chiasm
location where the right and left optic tract merge
vermis
midline portion of cerebellum
folia
folds in the cerebellum
posterolateral fissure of the cerebellum
a ventral fissure in the cerebellum that divides flocculus and posterior lobe
cerebellar tonsil
most inferior cerebellum that lies just superior to the foramen magnum
gracile
prominence immediately lateral over the gracile nucleus on the posterior medulla.
cuneate tubercles
prominence lateral to the gracile on the posterior medulla
inferior cerebellar peduncle
dorsolateral white matter tract connecting midbrain to cerebellum
the caudal most point of the 4th ventricle
obex
longitudinal running grooves on the floor of the 4th ventricle
sulcus limitans
hypoglossal and vagal trigones
cranial nerve nuclei visible on the dorsal medulla superior to the obex and gracile
facial colliculus
continusous w/ hypoglossal and vagal trigones, but superior. found above the striae medullares
the junction between rostral dorsal medulla and pons
striae medullares