Brain and Neuroanatomy — Flashcards

Flashcard 341: Dorello's canal contains the _____ nerve.

Answer: abducent

Flashcard 342: The ventricles of the brain are lined by _____.

Answer: ependymocytes

Flashcard 343: At the _____, the retina is the thickest of all

Answer: foveal rim

Flashcard 344: Occipital sinus is present in Falx _____.

Answer: cerebelli

Flashcard 345: Which artery supplies the facial nerve in the CP angle?_____

Answer: AICA

Flashcard 346: _____ nerve is the primary sensory supply of the eye

Answer: Ophthalmic

Flashcard 347: Prosopagnosia occurs due to the lesions of the inferior _____ lobe.

Answer: temporal

Flashcard 348: Chorda tympani branches off the facial nerve in the _____ segment of the intratemporal part

Answer: mastoid/vertical

Flashcard 349: Which ocular muscles have crossed projections of their brainstem nuclei?_____

Answer: Superior oblique and Superior rectus

Flashcard 350: How many branches are given off by the internal carotid artery (ICA) in its cerebral part? Name them.

Answer: 5 branches::1. Ophthalmic artery 2. Posterior communicating artery 3. Anterior choroidal artery 4. Anterior cerebral artery (terminal) 5. Middle cerebral artery (terminal)

Extra: Mnemonic: **OPAAM** The cerebral (supraclinoid) part of the internal carotid artery begins after it pierces the dural roof of the cavernous sinus and the arachnoid mater. It then divides into its two terminal branches (ACA and MCA) in the vallecula of the lateral cerebral fissure.