Gross Brain Lecture Flashcards
proximal vs distal
Proximal=closer
Distal=away
Caudal vs rostral
Caudal=towards tail
Rostral=towards head
Lateral Fissure
1) AKA sylvian fissure
2) Separates the frontal and parietal cortices from the temporal cortex
Operculum
1) Regions of cerebrum bordering the lateral fissure
2) Ex: frontal, parietal, or temporal operculum
Corpus Callosum
1) Myelinated axons that connect cerebral hemispheres
2) White matter
Grey Matter
Regions of the CNS containing a high density of neuron cell bodies
White Matter
Regions of the CNS containing a high density of myelinated fiber tracts(axons)
Thalamus
1) Bilateral Subcoritcal structure
2) relay of information to and from cerebral cortex; except olfaction goes to cerebral cortex first then thalamus
- sexual behavior
- feeding
- hormonal output of pituitary gland
- body temp regulation
3) Aka diencephalon
Cerebellum
- location
- function
1) Suprasegmental structure-superior and dorsal (away from) to brainstem
2) Coordination
Choroid Plexus
1) Produces CSF
2) located:
- Body and inferior horn of lateral ventricles
- 3rd ventricle
- 4th ventricle
Ventricular System: CSF Flow
Lady Monro’s Third Child Forced Magendie & Lushka to Say Ass & Shit
1) Lateral Ventricles
2) Interventricular foramen (Foramen of Monro)
3) Third Ventricle
4) Cerebral Aqueduct
5) Fourth Ventricle
6) Median Aperature (Foramen of Magendie)
or Lateral APerature (Foramen of Lushka)
7) Subarachnoid space
8) Arachnoid Granulations/Villus
9) Superior Sagittal Sinus
Where is the 3rd ventricle located?
1) on the Midline of the brain, between the thalamus and hypothalamus
2) continuous with cerebral aqueduct
Median and Lateral Aperatures
1) Median Aperature (foramen of Magendie) -not bilateral 2) Lateral Aperature (Foramen of Lushka) -bilateral 3) open into subarachnoid space -bathe the outer surface of brain and Spinal cord with CSF
Where is the 4th ventricle located?
1) Between the pons/medulla and the cerebellum
What are the 3 routes that CSF flows from the fourth ventricle?
1) Median Aperature
- not bilateral
- Foramen of Magendie
2) Lateral Aperature
- bilateral
- Foramen of Lushka
3) Central canal of medulla and spinal cord
- not open/patent
Trigon area of Lateral Ventricle
1) b/w posterior and inferior horn
2) Calcified glomus
3) Common for adults
Arachnoid Villus
1) Aka arachnoid Granulations
2) protrude into SSS (dural sinus)
3) site of absorption of CSF into systemic circulation (SSS)
Stenosis
Squeezing/making aperture smaller
-impeding flow
Dura Mater
1)outermost and thickest
2) fused with internal periosteum and doesn’t follow contour of brain
3) 2 layers
meningeal layer-inner layer
-fold of this layer form septa that divide cranial cavity
-falx cerebri, tentorium cerebelli, falx cerebelli, diaphgrama sella
periosteal/endosteal layer-outer later
- stops at foramen magnum and fuses with occipital bone
- *layers not easily seperable except venous sinus
Arachnoid membrane
1) lines the dura mater
2) doesn’t follow the contour of the Brain
Subarachnoid Space
1) Contains major arteries and veins that supply the CNS
Pia Matter
1) vascularized, areolar membrane
2) extends enter every sulcus and fissure of brain
3) Very thin and transparent
Relationship of neurons/axons
Direct relationship between:
- diameter of axon
- thickness of myelin sheath
- distance between nodes of the myeline sheath (nodes of Ranvier)
- conduction velocity of nerve fiber
Large diameter axons vs thin diameter axons
1) large diameter axons
- thick myelin sheaths
- longer internal distances (nodes of ranvier)
- EXHIBIT faster conduction velocities
2) Thin diameter axons
- thin myelin sheaths
- shorter internodal distances
- slower conduction velocities
3) Smallest axons
- no mylein
- slowest conduction velocities