Neuroanatomy — Flashcards

Flashcard 411: _____ help maintain the blood-brain-barrier via foot processes

Answer: Astrocytes

Flashcard 412: The trophozoite form of Naegleria fowleri infects the CNS by passing through the _____

Answer: cribriform plate

Flashcard 413: The _____ of the cerebellum controls the truncal and proximal musculature of limbs

Answer: vermis

Flashcard 414: The motor/sensory areas corresponding to the face are located in the _____ aspects of the pre-/post-central gyri (medial or lateral)

Answer: lateral

Flashcard 415: What protein is used as an astrocyte marker? _____

Answer: GFAP (glial fibrillary acidic protein)

Flashcard 416: What gyrus is located immediately superior to the corpus callosum?

Answer: Cingulate gyrus

Flashcard 417: The 2nd-order neurons of trigeminal nerve nuclei synapse in the _____ nucleus of the thalamus

Answer: ventral posteromedial (VPM)

Flashcard 418: Lesions to the frontal eye fields result in eyes that look _____ the side of the lesion

Answer: towards

Flashcard 419: Identify the cortical area located in the **Heschl's gyri** (transverse temporal gyri):

Answer: Primary auditory cortex (Brodmann areas 41 and 42)

Extra: Heschl's gyri (transverse temporal gyri) are located within the superior temporal gyrus.

Flashcard 420: The rootlets of CN _____ exit between the olive and medullary pyramid

Answer: XII