Brain and Neuroanatomy — Flashcards

_____ syndrome is caused by occlusion of paramedian branches of the anterior spinal artery and/or vertebral arteries

The _____ lobe of the pituitary gland is primarily composed of endocrine cells

The primary visual cortex (Brodmann area _____) is located in the walls of the calcarine sulcus in the occipital lobe.

The _____ part of the insular cortex is granular and anterior part is agranular.

The length of the intra-_____ part of the optic nerve is 1mm

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

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

Falx cerebri contains the superior _____, inferior sagittal, and straight sinuses in it.

Two kinds of excitatory input enter the cerebellum in the form of _____ fibers and mossy fibers

At the level of superior collicus:_____ tegmental decussation is due to the rubrospinal tract