BRAIN Flashcards

1
Q

What is the primary sensory relay station of the brain (conduit)?

A

Thalamus

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2
Q

What part of the brain controls hunger?

A

Hypothalamus

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3
Q

The swallowing center: 2nd stage of deglutination is located?

A

Medulla

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4
Q

Sectioning of the unfundibular stalk of hypothalamus w/ normal hypophyseal tract leads to a decrease in what hormones?

A

ADH

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5
Q

Infundibular stalk is what?

A

connection between HP & PP

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6
Q

What divides the diencephalon into two?

A

3rd ventricle

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7
Q

What lines the ventricle of the brain?

A

Ependymal cells

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8
Q

What makes up the blood brain barrier?

A

Astrocytes, endothelial cells in capillaries connected by tight junction, water/lipids pass or selective transport

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9
Q

Largest paranasal sinus?

A

Maxillary sinus

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10
Q

Where does the maxillary sinus drain into?

A

Semilunar hiatus of the middle meatus

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11
Q

Nasolacrimal drains into?

A

inferior concha

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12
Q

Right maxillary sinus is infected, where does it spread to next?

A

Right Ethmoid Sinus

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13
Q

What is the outer edge of the lateral wall of the ehmoid sinus?

A

Orbit

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14
Q

Anterior cerebral artery supplies what lobes?

A

Fontal & Parietal lobes (medial surfaces of both)

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15
Q

Arachnoid villa & granulation transport CSF from subarachnoid space to ?

A

venous system

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16
Q

Increase in CSF pressure causes what?

A

Brain Herniation

17
Q

Vertebral artery pass through what foramen?

A

Foramen magnum

18
Q

WHat is not part of the circle of Willis?

A

Basilar artery

19
Q

Branches of the maxillary A. go through all of the following foramen excpet?

A

Foramen Lacerum

20
Q

Maxillary vein & superior temporal veins drain into?

A

retromandibular vein

21
Q

Each of the following structures lie between the hyoglossus & mylohyoid muscle except one?

A

Lingual artery (passes deep to hyoglossus m)

22
Q

What muscle goes between the superior & middle pharyngeal constrictor muscles?

A

Stylopharyngeus muscle

23
Q

Know the structure that make up the splenoiid bone:

A

body, 2 greater wings, 2 lesser wings, pterygoid process

24
Q

What forms the Superior Orbital Fissure?

A

Greater & Lesser Wing of the Sphenoid

25
Q

Foramen ovale is located in the ?

A

greater wing of the sphenoid

26
Q

Medial border of the Infratemporal fossa?

A

Pterygomaxillary Fissure

27
Q

Guy shot in back of the head, bullet exists above eyebrows. Which bones is least likely to get damage?

A

Maxillary

28
Q

All of the following pass thorugh the medial & lateral pterygoid except?

A

Buccal Nerve

29
Q

Buccal Nerve Passes through ?

A

lateral pterygoid heads

30
Q

What is anterior to the pharyngeal tonsils?

A

Palatoglossal fold

31
Q

Where is synovial fluid produced?

A

Internal synovial layer of the Fibrous Capsule (joint capsule)

32
Q

What cells are resopnsible for its (synovial fluid) production?

A

Type B Synoviocytes