Brain and Neuroanatomy — Flashcards

_____cellular pathway originates from layers 1 and 2 of the lateral geniculate body

Rules of 4: Lesions in the brain stem that affect the _____ result in ipsi-lateral alteration of pain and temperature on the face in the distribution of CN V

Risk of rupture of Berry aneurysm is higher if it is at the top of the _____ artery or at the origin of posterior communicating artery

In Marcus Gunn jaw-winking phenomenon, a branch of the _____ division of the fifth cranial nerve is misdirected to the levator muscle

At the level of superior collicus:_____ tegmental decussation is due to the tectospinal tract

Relations of the Thalamus:The posterior end is expanded to form the _____, which overhangs above the superior colliculus.

The corticobulbar innervation of facial motoneurons to muscles of the _____ face is contra-lateral

Alzheimer's disease affects the _____ and temporal lobe initially

Axons of cells in the cochlear nuclei _____-laterally innervate the superior olivary nuclei in the pons

Contralateral homonymous hemianopia is a visual deficit associated most commonly with an _____ or with a(n) lateral geniculate body lesion