Neuroanatomy — Flashcards

Flashcard 591: What type of cell (permanent, labile, stable) are neurons? _____

Answer: Permanent (do not divide in adulthood)

Flashcard 592: Syrinx expansion in syringomyelia may lead to damage to the _____ motoneurons of the anterior horn

Answer: lower

Flashcard 593: Which cranial nerve is affected in herpes zoster ophthalmicus?

Answer: Trigeminal nerve (CN V), specifically the ophthalmic (V1) branch

Flashcard 594: Craniopharyngioma is the most common childhood _____-tentorial tumor

Answer: supra

Flashcard 595: The primary somatosensory cortex is located in which gyrus?

Answer: Postcentral gyrus

Extra: The postcentral gyrus is located in the parietal lobe and contains the primary somatosensory cortex (Brodmann areas 3, 1, and 2).

Flashcard 596: Lesion to which artery affects the facial nucleus? _____

Answer: Anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA)

Flashcard 597: Which dopaminergic pathway connects the ventral tegmentum (midbrain) to the prefrontal cortex? _____

Answer: Mesocortical pathway

Flashcard 598: If only one tract (fasciculus) is present in the dorsal column, the spinal cord is _____ T6

Answer: below