Brain and Neuroanatomy — Flashcards

_____ layer of Dura mater is actually the periosteum of the skull bones.

Purkinje cells in the _____ of the cerebellum project to the fastigial nuclei

Branches of Mandibular nerve:_____ and lingual nerve of the posterior division are the sensory branches

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

At the _____, 60% of the optic fibers from the nasal half of each retina cross and project into the contralateral optic tracts

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

Layers of the cerebellum:Granular layer: contains _____ cells that receive input from parallel fibers and mossy fibers

Output fibres from thalamus project to the _____ and to the basal nuclei and hypothalamus

Hint: major

The length of the intra-_____ part of the optic nerve is 5-9mm

Boundaries of the 3rd ventricle:Roof - _____Lateral wall - Thalamus, hypothalamusAnterior wall - Anterior commissure, Lamina terminalisPosterior wall - Pineal gland, Posterior commissure, Aqueduct of SylviusFloor - Optic chiasma, Infundibulum, mamillary bodies, posterior perforating substance, tegmentum of midbrain (anterior to posterior)