Neuroanatomy — Flashcards

Flashcard 571: The connections between the hypothalamus and the _____ pituitary are neural only

Answer: posterior

Flashcard 572: _____ hydrocephalus is caused by structural blockage of CSF within ventricular circulation

Answer: Non-communicating (obstructive)

Flashcard 573: Which Brodmann area corresponds to the **premotor cortex**?

Answer: Brodmann area 6 (Premotor cortex)

Extra: Brodmann area 6 is located anterior to the primary motor cortex (Area 4). It includes the premotor cortex and the supplementary motor area (SMA), and it is responsible for planning and sequencing complex movements.

Flashcard 574: _____ tracts serve as a source of UMN innervation of LMNs in cranial nerve nuclei

Answer: Corticobulbar

Flashcard 575: What is the destination of the ventral posteromedial (VPM) nucleus of the thalamus?_____

Answer: Primary somatosensory cortex

Flashcard 576: The _____ lobe of the cerebellum consists of the nodulus (in the vermis) and the flocculi (in the lateral hemispheres).

Answer: flocculonodular

Flashcard 577: The 3rd-order neuron of the spinothalamic tract travels to the _____

Answer: primary somatosensory cortex (postcentral gyrus)

Flashcard 578: The hypothalamus and anterior pituitary are linked directly by the _____ system

Answer: hypothalamic-hypophysial portal

Flashcard 579: _____ is due to failure of the left and right hemispheres to separate

Answer: Holoprosencephaly

Flashcard 580: Which cranial nerve provides taste to the supraglottic region? _____

Answer: Vagus nerve (CN X)