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1
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Where is the epidural space located?

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Between the Dura Mater and cranium

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2
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Where is the subdural space?

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Between the Dura Mater an arachnoid space

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What is the most common cause of subarachnoid hemorrhage SAH

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A ruptured aneurysm

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4
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And MRI of the head to evaluate AVM

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A congenital vascular malformation

-Consist of a tangle of arteries and vessels

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5
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The white matter tract that connects the two cerebral hemispheres

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Corpus callosum

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6
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It acts as a relay station for sensory impulses entering the brain

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Thalamus

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7
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The fold separating the cerebrum from the cerebellum

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Tentorium cerebelli

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8
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CSF circulates between

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The arachnoid and piamater

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9
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The roof of the midbrain is made up of the

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Tectum

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10
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The cerebral peduncle’s are part of what structure

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Midbrain

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11
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Which structure produces CSF

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Choroid plexus

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12
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The regulation of temperature appetite and sleep patterns is the function of

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The hypothalamus

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13
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The fornix Services to functional areas of the brain of what structure

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Hippocampus

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14
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The walls of the third ventricle are formed by

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The thalamus

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15
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The first branch of the internal carotid artery is the

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Ophthalmic artery

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16
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The midbrain can be divided into two major segments which are:

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Cerebral peduncles and tectum

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17
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The medulla oblongata contains important vital centers and regulates the control of

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Blood pressure heart rate and respiratory rhythm’s

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18
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The function of the cerebellum is to act as a center for

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Motor functions

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19
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The largest and why does bundle of white matter fibers is

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corpus callosum

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20
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Secretes melatonin which aids and daylight and reproductive system

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Pineal gland

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21
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After CSF fluid is produced in the choroid plexus how is it reabsorbed

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And the dural sinuses by arachnoid villi

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22
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Movement of tongue

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Hypoglossal

23
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Movement of pharyngeal and laryngeal

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Vague (x)

24
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Movement of superior oblique muscle

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Trochlear nerve

25
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Gray areas of matter located deep beneath the cerebrum

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Basal nuclei

26
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The cortex of the cerebrum is compromised of

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Gray matter

27
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Divisions of the brain that contain visual perception as part of what bone

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Occipital

28
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Small spherical structures of the limbic system That have centers of gray matter surrounded by white matter are

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Mammillary bodies

29
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The portion of the limbic system that aids in expressing emotions such as anger, fear

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Amygdala

30
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Rope like bands passing through the midbrain

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cerebral peduncle’s

31
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The space between the cranial bones in the meninges

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Epidural

32
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I communicating channel between the lateral and third ventricles

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Interventricular foremen

33
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Which subarachnoid cistern communicates inferiorly with the prepontine cistern

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Interpeduncular cistern

34
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The basilar cistern is continuous with a subarachnoid space of the spinal cord

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Cistern magna

35
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The division of the brain located posterior to the central sulcus

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Parietal lobe

36
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The division of the brain that contains the language centers

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Frontal lobe

37
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White matter in the brain is composed of

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Myelinated nerve fibers

38
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The portion of the diencephalon that forms the roof of the third ventricle

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Epithalamus

39
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What functions as the pathway from the hippocampus to the mammillary bodies

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Fornix

40
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Which structure is the site of decussation of the brainstem

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Medullary pyramid

41
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The portion of the midbrain that relays auditory stimuli to the thalamus

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Inferior colliculi

42
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The tegmentum of the brainstem

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The sheath that connects all three parts of the brain stem

43
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What is the primary division of the cerebellum

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The lateral hemispheres

44
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Midline structure that joins the lateral hemispheres of the cerebellum

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The vermis

45
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The portion of the cerebellum that connects to the pond

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Middle peduncles

46
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The vertebral artery that supplies the inferior cerebellum

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PICA

47
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Which cranial nerve number is the old factory nerve

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1

48
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Cranial nerve III control several Eye muscles known as

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Oculomotor nerve

49
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The structure that separates the lateral ventricles

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Septum pellucidum

50
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Areas where the subarachnoid space expands

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Basilar cisterns

51
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The portion of the diencephalon that connects the pituitary to the hypothalamus

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Infundubulim

52
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The largest cranial nerve

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The trigeminal (v)

53
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That girl sinus that is in continuation with the transverse sinus is

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The sigmoid

54
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Right and left vertebral arteries unite to form the

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Basilar artery

Cross Sectional anatomy Radiology (5 decks)

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