Brain and Neuroanatomy — Flashcards

Flashcard 291: Layers of the cerebellum:The _____ cells form the only excitatory neurons in the cerebellar cortex.

Answer: granule

Flashcard 292: Thickest part of the corpus callosum is the _____

Answer: splenium

Flashcard 293: Superior cerebral veins open into the _____ sinus

Answer: superior sagittal

Flashcard 294: _____ branch of trigeminal nerve is involved in Trotter s triad.

Answer: Mandibular

Flashcard 295: Recurrent artey of Heubner is a branch of the _____ cerebral artery

Answer: Anterior

Flashcard 296: _____ nucleus of the cerebellum controls horizontal ocular saccades

Answer: Fastigial

Extra: The fastigial nucleus (the most medial deep cerebellar nucleus) regulates the accuracy and timing of saccadic eye movements. The flocculonodular lobe (vestibulocerebellum) is primarily involved in smooth pursuit and the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR).

Flashcard 297: _____ tracts transmit auditory & visual impulses via inferior & superior colliculi, respectively

Answer: Tectocerebellar

Flashcard 298: Relations of the Thalamus:Medially, it forms the lateral wall of the _____

Answer: third ventricle

Flashcard 299: The pathologic lesion in one and half syndrome is in the _____

Answer: dorsal pontine tegmentum

Flashcard 300: What is the input of the neocerebellum?

Answer: Cerebral cortex