Brain and Neuroanatomy — Flashcards

The flexure between the _____ and the myelencephalon is called as the pontine flexure.

The vestibular system communicates directly with the nucleus tractus solitarius via the _____ nerve (CN VIII)

The abducens nucleus sends axons that course within the contralateral _____ to reach the oculomotor nucleus

The arrangement of cerebellar nuclei from _____ is dentate, emboliform, globose, and fastigial.

The dentate nucleus sends axons that decussate in the _____ and then synapse in the contralateral ventral lateral (VL) nucleus of the thalamus

The 1st-order neuron of the hypothalamospinal tract arises from the hypothalamus and synapses in the _____ horn of the spinal cord at the level of T1

_____ fibers that enter the cerebellum originate from the inferior olivary nuclei of the contralateral medulla

_____ motoneurons are always ipsi-lateral to the muscle they innervate

What are the adult derivatives of the wall of the metencephalon? _____ and cerebellum

The _____ nucleus is the portion of the medial longitudinal fasciculus responsible for vertical gaze