Brain and Neuroanatomy — Flashcards

Flashcard 361: Which lobes of brain are commonly involved in an oligodendroglioma?_____

Answer: frontal or temporal lobe

Flashcard 362: Striate branch of middle cerebral artery is also called as _____ artery

Answer: Charcot's

Flashcard 363: _____ sinus forms the left transverse sinus

Answer: Straight

Flashcard 364: The parts of brain devoid of BBB are also known as _____

Answer: circumventricular organs

Flashcard 365: Millard-Gubler syndrome is due to a lesion in the _____

Answer: pons

Flashcard 366: A fall on the temporal region may produce a contrecoup injury in the _____ lobe

Answer: Contralateral temporal

Extra: • **Coup injury**: Injury at the site of impact. • **Contrecoup injury**: Injury on the side opposite the impact (contralateral).

Flashcard 367: General Somatic Efferent (SE/GSE): Cranial Nerves _____

Answer: 3, 4, 6, 12

Flashcard 368: _____cytes play a critical role in retinal vascularisation

Answer: Astro

Flashcard 369: Which thalamic nuclei does not project to neocortex?_____

Answer: Reticular nucleus

Flashcard 370: What part of the brain acts as a gatekeeper to allow motor system to perform only those acts that are goal-directed in OCDs?_____

Answer: Caudate nucleus