Brain and Neuroanatomy — Flashcards

The _____ of the internal capsule contains corticospinal, corticorubral, and thalamocortical fibres

Lesions to the somatosensory association cortex in the _____dominant hemisphere result in astereognosia, which is the inability to recognize objects by touch

The _____ nucleus of the thalamus generally receives input from the hypothalamus and sends output to the prefrontal cortex.

The _____ sinus terminates by joining with the great cerebral vein of Galen to form the straight sinus

Layers of the cerebellum:_____ fibres end on the dendrites of granule cells and form complexes called as glomeruli

Acoustic neuroma most commonly arises from the _____ division of 8th cranial nerve at the site of transition of central to peripheral myelin i.e. Obersteiner-Redlich zone.

One component of the basal ganglia is the _____, which consists of the putamen and globus pallidus

Layers _____ of the LGB receive the projections of the axons from the temporal retina of the ipsilateral eye (uncrossed fibres)

The facial nerve exits the facial nucleus and loops around the _____ nucleus, forming the internal genu of the facial nerve

The fibers in the corticospinal tract leave the cerebral cortex in the _____ limb of the internal capsule