Neuroanatomy — Flashcards

Flashcard 591: Light reflex: The Edinger-Westphal nuclei send pre-ganglionic parasympathetic neurons to the _____ ganglia via CN III

Answer: ciliary

Flashcard 592: Structures of the _____ system include the hippocampus, amygdala, fornix, mammillary bodies, and cingulate gyrus

Answer: limbic

Flashcard 593: What type of cell (permanent, labile, stable) are neurons? _____

Answer: Permanent (do not divide in adulthood)

Flashcard 594: If only one tract (fasciculus) is present in the dorsal column, the spinal cord is _____ T6

Answer: below

Flashcard 595: Which dopaminergic pathway connects the ventral tegmentum (midbrain) to the prefrontal cortex? _____

Answer: Mesocortical pathway

Flashcard 596: The primary somatosensory cortex is located in which gyrus?

Answer: Postcentral gyrus

Extra: The postcentral gyrus is located in the parietal lobe and contains the primary somatosensory cortex (Brodmann areas 3, 1, and 2).

Flashcard 597: Craniopharyngioma is the most common childhood _____-tentorial tumor

Answer: supra

Flashcard 598: Lesion to which artery affects the facial nucleus? _____

Answer: Anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA)