Brain and Neuroanatomy — Flashcards

The _____ pituitary is a collection of nerve axons whose cell bodies are located in hypothalamic nuclei

The corticobulbar innervation of facial motoneurons to muscles of the _____ face is contra-lateral

_____cellular pathway originates from layers 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the lateral geniculate body

_____ vein is formed by the union of two internal cerebral veins

Rules of 4: Lesions in the brain stem that affect the _____ result in contra-lateral loss of vibration sense and proprioception in the arm and leg

Visual information from the _____ retina travels in the dorsal optic radiation (parietal lobe) before synapsing in the cuneus gyrus

Mucormycosis will penetrate the _____ of the skull, entering the brain

The input pathways to spinocerebellum consist of proprioceptive input from _____ columns of the spinal cord, trigeminal nerve, visual and auditory systems

What is the output of the flocculonodular lobe?To _____ nuclei of the brainstem via the fastigial nucleus

Each cerebral peduncle of the midbrain is divided into an anterior _____ and posterior tegmentum by the substantia nigra