Neuroanatomy — Flashcards

Flashcard 191: What type of cranial nerve is the abducens nerve (CN VI)? _____

Answer: Motor

Flashcard 192: The parasympathetic NS is characterized by a(n) _____ distribution of parasympathetic neurons

Answer: craniosacral

Flashcard 193: Syringomyelia (cystic dilation of central cord) is associated with Chiari _____ malformations

Answer: I

Flashcard 194: What is the target of Purkinje cells (cerebellar cortex)? _____

Answer: Deep cerebellar nuclei

Flashcard 195: Astrocytes are glial cells that provide _____ support and repair for the nervous system

Answer: physical

Flashcard 196: Which cerebral artery supplies the anterior limb of the internal capsule? _____

Answer: Anterior cerebral artery

Flashcard 197: The cranial nerve that exits the brainstem at the ventrolateral aspect of the mid-pons at the level of the middle cerebellar peduncles is _____.

Answer: Trigeminal nerve (CN V)

Flashcard 198: _____ (located in the inferior frontal gyrus) corresponds to Brodmann areas 44 and 45.

Answer: Broca's area

Flashcard 199: Identify the sulcus on the medial surface of the occipital lobe that contains the primary visual cortex: _____

Answer: Calcarine sulcus

Extra: The calcarine sulcus divides the primary visual cortex (V1) into the cuneus (above) and lingual gyrus (below).

Flashcard 200: Rabies virus travels retrograde to the _____ ganglia before spreading to the CNS

Answer: dorsal root