Chapter 1 Gross Anatomy Flashcards
What Brodmann area is the transverse gyri of Heschl?
Area 41&42
In which area of the cerebral Cortex would you find a high concentration of giant pyramidal cells of Betz?
Precentral gyrus/motor strip (Brodmann 4)
What is Brodmann area 44 more commonly known as?
Broca’s
What Brodmann area corresponds to the primary visual cortex?
Brodmann 17
Where does the Cingulate sulcus terminate?
Pars marginalis
What are the sutures that make up the asterion
Lambdoid
Parietomastoid
Occipitomastoid
What are the 5 nerves of the internal auditory canal?
Facial nerve Nervus intermedius Acoustic portion of 8th CN Superior vestibular nerve Interior vestibular nerve
What is the vascular supply of the internal capsule?
Anterior choroidal
Lateral striate branches
Direct branches of ICA
Parts of internal capsule
Anterior limb Genu Posterior limb Sub lentiform Retro lentiform
Continuation of PLL at craniocervical junction
Tectorial membrane
Where does the transverse ligament attach to?
Tubercle of C1
Most important ligaments in maintaining stability of c1-2
Tectorial membrane
Alar ligaments
What parts of the CNS are missing a blood brain barrier?
The circumventricular organs;
Area vasculosa Posterior pituitary Median eminence of hypothalamus Sub-forniceal Sub-commisural Pineal Area posteremia
Also choroid plexus
What are the afferent end efferent nerves involved in the plantar reflex?
Afferent - tibial nerve
Efferent - peroneal nerve
Nucleus involved in co-ordination of micturition
Locus coeruleus
