Neuroanatomy — Flashcards

Flashcard 361: What visual deficit results from a lesion of Meyer's loop (e.g. temporal lesion, MCA occlusion)? _____

Answer: Contralateral homonymous superior quadrantanopia ("pie in the sky")

Flashcard 362: Which ascending spinal tract is responsible for transmitting pain and temperature sensations?

Answer: Spinothalamic tract

Flashcard 363: Conduction aphasia is caused by damage to the _____, which is a large fiber bundle that connects Broca's area with Wernicke's area

Answer: arcuate fasciculus

Flashcard 364: Which cranial nerve provides taste to the anterior 2/3rds of the tongue? _____ *bonus-which branch

Answer: Facial nerve (CN VII) (Chorda tympani branch)

Flashcard 365: Which layer of the six-layered neocortex contains cell bodies of neurons that form the corticospinal and corticobulbar tracts? _____

Answer: Internal pyramidal layer (layer V)

Flashcard 366: Retinal _____ may be secondary to retinal breaks, diabetic traction, and inflammatory effusions

Answer: detachment

Flashcard 367: The _____ nervous system consists of the cranial and spinal nerves, which give rise to axons and neurons

Answer: peripheral

Flashcard 368: Which cortical area corresponds to **Brodmann area 17**?

Answer: Primary visual cortex (V1)

Extra: Brodmann area 17 is located in the occipital lobe, specifically in the walls and floor of the calcarine sulcus.

Flashcard 369: What is the target of Purkinje cells (cerebellar cortex)?_____

Answer: Deep cerebellar nuclei

Flashcard 370: What cells synthesize the myelin for cranial nerve II?_____

Answer: Oligodendrocytes