Brain and Neuroanatomy — Flashcards

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

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

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

The rootlets of CN _____ and X exit between the olive and inferior cerebellar peduncle

The _____ band of Baillarger is seen in the ganglionic layer of cerebral cortex.

_____ fibres from the inferior olivary nuclei use glutamate as their neurotransmitter

The _____ (chemoreceptor trigger zone) is located adjacent to the nucleus tractus solitarius in the 4th ventricle

The emboliform and globose nuclei send axons that decussate in the _____ and then synapse in the red nucleus of the midbrain

The axons from the lateral geniculate body that project to the _____ cortex are known as optic radiations

Visual information from the _____ retina travels in Meyer's loop (temporal lobe) before synapsing in the lingual gyrus