Brain and Neuroanatomy — Flashcards

The first muscle to be affected in cavernous sinus thrombosis is the _____ because of the involvement of abducens nerve that passes through the sinus

The primary visual cortex (Brodmann area _____) is located in the walls of the calcarine sulcus in the occipital lobe.

_____ syndrome is caused by occlusion of paramedian branches of the anterior spinal artery and/or vertebral arteries

The length of the intra-_____ part of the optic nerve is 1mm

The _____ part of the insular cortex is granular and anterior part is agranular.

Rules of 4: There are four _____ structures that start with "S"1. Spinocerebellar pathway2. Spinothalamic tract 3. Spinal trigeminal nucleus 4. Sympathetic (hypothalamospinal) pathway

The _____ lobe of the pituitary gland is primarily composed of endocrine cells

Chiari _____ malformation is characterized by downward displacement of the cerebellar vermis and tonsils and the medulla through the foramen magnum

Each cerebral peduncle of the midbrain is divided into an anterior _____ and posterior tegmentum by the substantia nigra

What is the output of the flocculonodular lobe?To _____ nuclei of the brainstem via the fastigial nucleus