Neuroanatomy — Flashcards

Most fibers in the optic tract project to the _____ of the thalamus

The inferior colliculus sends auditory information to the _____ of the thalamus

What syndrome is associated with lesion of the following areas? 1. Spinothalamic tract 2. Spinal trigeminal nucleus 3. Hypothalamospinal tract 4. Nucleus ambiguus (CN IX, X) 5. Vestibular nucleus (CN VIII) 6. Inferior cerebellar peduncle

Damage to the watershed zone between the middle and posterior cerebral arteries results in defects in higher-order _____ processing

Identify the spinal cord level based on these histological features: oval shape, largest amount of white matter, and presence of both fasciculus gracilis and fasciculus cuneatus: _____

Does the adrenal medulla have postganglionic sympathetic fibers?_____

Holoprosencephaly is characterized by a monoventricle and fusion of _____ on MRI

The post-ganglionic neurons of the ANS have cell bodies in the _____ nervous system

The language centers are found in the "dominant" hemisphere, which is most commonly the _____ hemisphere (80%)

Rules of 4: Lesions in the brain stem that affect the motor nuclei or nerves typically result in _____-lateral loss of the affected nerve