Brain and Cranial Nerves Flashcards

(40 cards)

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Choroid Plexus

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Ependymal cells take plasma from capillaries and convert it into CSF

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Cerebellar Peduncles

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  • Holds up cerebellum
  • Superior, middle, and inferior
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Brain Surface Structures

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Cranial Nerves

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On - Olfactory (I)

Old - Optic (II)

Olympus - Oculomotor (III)

Towering - Trochlear (IV)

Tops - Trigeminal (V)

A - Abducens (VI)

Finely - Facial (VII)

Vested - Vestibulocochlear (VIII)

German - Glossopharangeal (IX)

Viewed - Vagus (X)

A - Accessory (XI)

Hawk - Hypoglossal (XII)

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3rd Ventricle

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Has a hole within that accomodates interthalamic adhesion

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Hindbrain Structures 1

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Interthalamic Adhesion

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Connects two lobes of thalamus; appears lighter

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Midbrain

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  • Corpora Quadrigemina
    • Superior Colliculi
    • Inferior Colliculi
  • Cerebral Peduncles
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Hindbrain

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  • Pons
  • Medulla Oblongata
  • Cerebellum
  • Cerebellar Peduncles
  • Medullary Pyramids
  • Olives
  • Cerebellar Cortex
  • Arbor Vitae
  • Folia
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4th Ventricle

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  • Contains 2 lateral and 1 median aperture (opening)
  • CSF exits into subarachnoid space
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Cerebral Aqueduct

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Diameter of pencil lead

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Mammillary Bodies

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2 mounds by hypothalamus

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Arbor Vitae

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White nerve tract (myelinated axons) inside cerebellum

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Hindbrain Structures 3

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Arachnoid Granulations

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CSF exits out of these into superior sagittal sinus

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Cranial Nerves 1

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Infundibulum

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Connects hypothalamus to Pituitary Gland (“master gland”)

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Cerebellar Cortex

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Gray matter surrounding branches of arbor vitae

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Cranial Nerves 2

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Cranial Nerves Functions

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Some

Say

Marry

Money

But

My

Brother

Says

Big

Brains

Matter

Most

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Olives

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Behind pyramids, on medulla

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Pons

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Superior to Medulla

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Cerebellum

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Left and right halves separated by cerebellar vermis

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Diencephalon
* Thalamus * Hypothalamus * Epithalamus * Subthalamus
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CSF Flow Steps
1. Choroid Plexus 2. Lateral Ventricles 3. 3rd Ventricle 4. Cerebral Aqueduct 5. 4th Ventricle 6. Subarachnoid Space 7. Central Canal 8. Arachnoid Granulations 9. Superior Sagittal Sinus
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Midbrain Structures
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Superior Sagittal Sinus
Where CSF exits into and joins up with used blood and goes back into circulation
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Pituitary Gland
* Anterior is darker, posterior is lighter * Held by Sella Turcica
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Pineal Gland
In epithalamus; releases melatonin
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Lateral Ventricles
* Have interventricular foramen (little holes that allow CSF to enter 3rd ventricle) * Separated by Septum Pellucidum
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Hindbrain Structures 2
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Medullary Pyramids
* Decussation of Pyramids * Crossover occurs here
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Corpus Callosum
* Wide nerve track that connects hemispheres of brain * Thicker in women than in men
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Folia
Looks like leaves on arbor vitae (consequence of gyri)
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Septum Pellucidum
* Translates to "Transparent Wall" * Separates Lateral Ventricles * Directly underneath Corpus Callosum
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Optic Chiasm
* Crossover between eyes and hemispheres * Towards front of hypothalamus * Optic nerves come in here
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Forebrain
* Cerebrum * Infundibulum * Mammillary Bodies * Optic Chiasm * Diencephalon * Septum Pellucidum * Corpus Callosum * Pineal Gland * Interthalamic Adhesion