Cerebellum and 4th ventricle Flashcards
(48 cards)
What is largest part of hindbrain?
Cerebellum
Function of cerebellum?
Co-ordination movement and balance
What is structure of cerebellum, what joins it?
2 hemispheres joined by vermis
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Name cerebellar peduncles?
1) Superior cerebellar peduncle
2) Middle cerebellar peduncle
3) Inferior cerebellar peduncle
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Function substantia nigra?
Production dopamine
What connects cerebellar to other structures?
Superior cerebellar peduncle- midbrain
Middle cerebellar peduncle- pons
Inferior cerebellar peduncle- medullar
Name nucleus present in cerebellum?
Denate nucleus
Label floor of 4th ventricle
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Function corpus collosum?
Seperate L and R hemispheres
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What produces CSF?
Choroid plexus
State pathway CSF?
1) CSF produced and secreted by choroid plexus
2) CSF flow through intraventricular foramina (Munroe) into 3rd ventricle
3) CSF flows down cerebral aqueduct into 4th ventricle
4) CSF flows out apertures
5) CSF fills subarachnoid space
6) Arachnoid granulations reabsorb
Function intraventricular foramen? (munroe)
Permit CSF flow from lateral to 3rd ventricle
Function cerebral aqueduct?
Permit CSF flow between 3rd and 4th ventricle