Neuroanatomy — Flashcards

Flashcard 171: What type of cranial nerve is the vagus nerve (CN X)? _____

Answer: Both (motor and sensory)

Flashcard 172: The _____ ventricles consist of a body and anterior, posterior, and inferior horns

Answer: lateral

Flashcard 173: Does a lumbar puncture normally pierce the pia mater? _____

Answer: No

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 174: Identify the only cranial nerve that emerges from the **dorsal** (posterior) aspect of the brainstem: _____

Answer: Trochlear (CN IV)

Flashcard 175: The _____-central gyrus is the area of the primary motor cortex (frontal lobe)

Answer: pre

Flashcard 176: Which cranial nerve monitors the carotid body and sinus chemo- and baroreceptors? _____

Answer: Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)

Flashcard 177: The bipolar cells of the retina synapse with _____ cells, which are the output cells of the retina

Answer: ganglion

Flashcard 178: The _____ is the brainstem tract that coordinates conjugate horizontal eye movements by connecting the abducens nucleus to the contralateral oculomotor nucleus.

Answer: medial longitudinal fasciculus

Extra: Lesion of the medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF) results in internuclear ophthalmoplegia (INO).

Flashcard 179: Purkinje cells in the vermis of the cerebellum project to the _____ nuclei

Answer: fastigial

Flashcard 180: What type of cranial nerve is the olfactory nerve (CN I)? _____

Answer: Sensory