REVIEW #21 - PART 1

     Part 1 of this review includes 20 views; the first 9 are assorted drawings or photographs of gross brains and the remaining 11 are brain sections. A number of structures are identified on each view and you are asked to identify each one. Questions alternate with answers as you scroll down. To keep yourself honest, narrow the height of the viewable window so you can't see the "answer" while you are working on the "question".
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 Mid-sagittal and Lateral views of the Brain

                QUESTION 1
     

1
 Mid-sagittal and Lateral views of the Brain

                ANSWER 1
     1 - CORPUS CALLOSUM
     2 - SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM
     3 - FORNIX
     4 - PARIETO-0CCIPITAL SULCUS
     5 - CALCARINE SULCUS
     6 - MEDULLA
     7 - MIDBRAIN
     8 - MASSA INTERMEDIA
     9 - CINGULATE GYRUS
    10 - PRECENTRAL GYRUS
    11 - CENTRAL SULCUS
    12 - POSTCENTRAL GYRUS
    13 - ANGULAR GYRUS
    14 - SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS
    15 - MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS

     For similar views, see FIGURE 1-39, FIGURE 1-32, FIGURE 1-54. FIGURE 1-55, FIGURE 1-56

2
 Basal view of the Brain                 QUESTION 2
     
3
 Basal view of the Brain

                ANSWER 2
     1 - OLFACTORY BULB
     2 - OLFACTORY TRACT
     3 - ANTERIOR PERFORATED SUBSTANCE
     4 - INFUNDIBULUM (CUT)
     5 - MAMMILLARY BODY
     6 - POSTERIOR PERFORATED-SUBSTANCE or INTERPEDUNCULAR FOSSA
     7 - PYRAMID
     8 - CEREBELLAR HEMISPHERE
     9 - SPINAL CORD
    10 - INFERIOR OLIVE
    11 - FLOCCULUS
    12 - MIDDLE CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE
    13 - CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE
    14 - OPTIC TRACT
    15 - OPTIC CHIASM
    16 - OPTIC NERVE
    17 - CORPUS CALLOSUM

     For similar views, see FIGURE 1-37, FIGURE 2-13, FIGURE 2-47

 

4
 Basal view of the Gross Brain                 QUESTION 3
     
5
 Basal view of the Gross Brain

                ANSWER 3
     1 - ORBITAL GYRI
     2 - UNCUS
     3 - PYRAMID
     4 - INFERIOR OLIVE
     5 - FLOCCULUS
     6 - MIDDLE CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE
    

     For similar views, see FIGURE 1-37, FIGURE 2-13

 

6
 Midsagittal view of the Gross Brain                 QUESTION 4
     
7
 Midsagittal view of the Gross Brain

                ANSWER 4
     1 - THALAMUS
     2 - PINEAL BODY
     3 - PARIETO-0CCIPITAL SULCUS
     4 - CALCARINE SULCUS
     5 - INFERIOR COLLICULUS
     6 - ANTERIOR MEDULLARY VELUM
     7 - FOURTH VENTRICLE
     8 - BASILAR PONS
     9 - OCULOMOTOR NERVE
    10 - MAMMILLARY BODY
    11 - OPTIC CHIASM
    12 - ANTERIOR COMMISSURE
    13 - CINGULATE GYRUS
    14 - CORPUS CALLOSUM
    

     For similar views, see FIGURE 1-39, FIGURE 1-40, FIGURE 1-58, FIGURE 1-59

 

8
 Dorsal view of the Brainstem                 QUESTION 5
     
9
 Dorsal view of the Brainstem

                ANSWER 5
     1 - LATERAL VENTRICLE, ANT HORN
     2 - SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM
     3 - FORNIX
     4 - MASSA INTERMEDIA
     5 - THALAMUS
     6 - PINEAL BODY
     7 - SUPERIOR COLLICULUS
     8 - INFERIOR COLLICULUS
     9 - CEREBELLAR HEMISPHERE
    10 - FOURTH VENTRICLE
    11 - CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLES
    12 - MEDIAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS
    13 - CAUDATE NUCLEUS, TAIL
    14 - LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS
    15 - HABENULAR NUCLEUS
    16 - GLOBUS PALLIDUS
    17 - CAUDATE NUCLEUS, HEAD
    18 - CORPUS CALLOSUM

     For similar views, see FIGURE 2-5.

     Note: - this figure is missleading - the cerebellar hemisphere lies "above" the brainstem - not "underneath" it, as depicted here.

 

10
 Dorsal view of the Gross Brainstem                 QUESTION 6
     
11
 Dorsal view of the Gross Brainstem

                ANSWER 6
     1 - CAUDATE NUCLEUS, HEAD
     2 - CAUDATE NUCLEUS, BODY
     3 - CAUDATE NUCLEUS, TAIL
     4 - DIENCEPHALON
     5 - LATERAL VENTRICLE, ANT HORN
     6 - INTERVENTRICULAR FORAMEN
     7 - FOURTH VENTRICLE
    

     For similar views, see FIGURE 2-7, FIGURE 2-8, FIGURE 2-9, FIGURE 2-10, FIGURE 2-11

 

12
 Ventral view of the Gross Brainstem                 QUESTION 7
     
13
 Ventral view of the Gross Brainstem

                ANSWER 7
     1 - OLFACTORY TRACT
     2 - OPTIC NERVE
     3 - INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY
     4 - UNCUS
     5 - OCULOMOTOR NERVE
     6 - POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY
     7 - TRIGEMINAL NERVE
     8 - BASILAR PONS
     9 - ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY
    10 - OPTIC CHIASM
    11 - INFUNDIBULUM(CUT)
    12 - MAMMILLARY BODY
    13 - POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY
    14 - SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY
    15 - BASILAR ARTERY

     

 

14
 Laterall view of the Internal Capsule                 QUESTION 8
     
15
 Laterall view of the Internal Capsule

                ANSWER 8
     1 - INTERNAL CAPSULE, ANTERIOR LIMB
     2 - DESCENDING MOTOR FIBERS in ANTERIOR PART of POSTERIOR LIMB
     3 - ASCENDING SENSORY FIBERS in POSTERIOR PART of POSTERIOR LIMB
     4 - VISUAL RADIATION in RETROLENTICULAR PART of POSTERIOR LIMB
     5 - AUDITORY RADIATION in SUBLENTICULAR PART of POSTERIOR LIMB
   

     For more about the visual radiation, see FIGURE 11-9 and click on slides 22, 14 and 6.

     For more about the auditory radiation, see FIGURE 12-3 and click on slides 26, 28. and 30.

 

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 The Spinal Cord                 QUESTION 9
     
17
 The Spinal Cord

                ANSWER 9
     1 - INTERMEDIOLATERAL CELL COLUMN
     2 - DORSAL FUNICULUS
     3 - LATERAL FUNICULUS
     4 - VENTRAL FUNICULUS
 

 

18
 Slide 1 - the caudal Medulla                 QUESTION 10
     
19
 Slide 1 - the caudal Medulla

                ANSWER 10
     1 - FASCICULUS CUNEATUS
     2 - FASCICULUS GRACILIS - most of the fibers of the fasciculus have already terminated in the underlying nucleus and these few will deo so shortly
     3 - NUCLEUS GRACILIS
     4 - NUCLEUS CUNEATUS
     5 - CENTRAL CANAL
     6 - the rubrospinal tract (a component of the lateral system) descends through this region
     7 - PYRAMID
     8 - NUCLEUS OF THE SPINAL TRACT, TRIGEM NV
     9 - SPINAL TRACT OF THE TRIGEM NV
 

     For similar views, see slide 1

 

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 Slide 2 (low mag) - the caudal Medulla                 QUESTION 11
     
21
 Slide 2 (low mag) - the caudal Medulla

                ANSWER 11
     1 - TENTORIUM cerebelli
     2 - DENTATE NUCLEUS
     3 - GLOBOSE & EMBOLOFORM NUCLEI
     4 - VERMIS OF THE CEREBELLUM
     5 - TONSIL OF THE CEREBELLUM
     6 - VERTEBRAL ARTERY
     7 - FOLIUM of the CEREBELLUM
  

 

     For similar views, see Slide 2

 

22
 Slide 2 - the caudal Medulla                 QUESTION 12
     
23
 Slide 2 - the caudal Medulla

                ANSWER 12
     1 - FASCICULUS CUNEATUS
     2 - NUCLEUS GRACILIS
     3 - NUCLEUS CUNEATUS
     4 - ACCESSORY CUNEATE NUCLEUS
     5 - DORSAL SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT
     6 - INTERNAL ARCUATE FIBERS
     7 - VENTRAL SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT
     8 - PYRAMID
     9 - MEDIAL LEMNISCUS
    10 - INFERIOR OLIVE
 

     For similar views, see Slide 2

24
 Slide 6 - the mid Medulla                 QUESTION 13
     
25
 Slide 6 - the mid Medulla

                ANSWER 13
     1 - TRACTUS SOLITARIUS
     2 - HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS
     3 - DORSAL MOTOR NUCLEUS OF THE VAGUS
     4 - DORSAL SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT
     5 - VAGUS NERVE
     6 - HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE
     7 - PYRAMID
     8 - MEDIAL LEMNISCUS
     9 - INFERIOR OLIVE
    10 - NUCLEUS AMBIGUUS
    11 - MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS
 

     For similar views, see Slide 6

 

26
  Slide 7 - the mid Medulla                 QUESTION 14
     
27
  Slide 7 - the mid Medulla

                ANSWER 14
     1 - OLIVOCEREBELLAR FIBERS
     2 - INFERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE
     3 - DORSAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS
     4 - INFERIOR VESTIBULULAR NUCLEUS
     5 - MEDIAL VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS
     6 - MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS
     7 - POSTERIOR VENTRAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS
     8 - GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE
     9 - VENTRAL SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT

     For similar views, see Slide 7

 

28
 Slide 8 - the rostral Medulla                 QUESTION 15
     
29
 Slide 8 - the rostral Medulla

                ANSWER 15
     1 - INFERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE
     2 - (ANTERIOR) VENTRAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS
     3 - FLOCCULUS
     4 - GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE
     5 - ANTEROLATERAL PATHWAY
     6 - the tectospinal tract, the reticulospinal tracts, and the vestibulospinal tracts (all components of the medial descending motor system) descend in this region
 

     For similar views, see Slide 8

 

30
 Slide 10 - the rostral Medulla                 QUESTION 16
     
31
 Slide 10 - the rostral Medulla

                ANSWER 16
     1 - SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE
     2 - SUPERIOR SALIVATORY NUCLEUS
     3 - MIDDLE CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE
     4 - FACIAL NUCLEUS
     5 - MEDIAL LEMNISCUS
     6 - SPINAL TRACT OF THE TRIGEM NV
     7 - NUCLEUS OF THE SPINAL TRACT, TRIGEM NV
 

     For an atlas view, see Slide 10; compare this view of cranial nerve nuclei with that of FIGURE 8-10

 

32
 Slide 11 - the caudal Pons                 QUESTION 17
     
33
 Slide 11 - the caudal Pons

                ANSWER 17
     1 - ABDUCENS NUCLEUS
     2 - FACIAL NERVE
     3 - ANTEROLATERAL PATHWAY
     4 - VENTRAL SECONDARY TRIGEMINAL TRACT
     5 - MEDIAL LEMNISCUS
     6 - CORTICOSPINAL TRACT
 

     For an atlas view, see Slide 11; see FIGURE 4-1 for another view of the anterolateral pathway and see FIGURE 4-5 , FIGURE 4-6 and FIGURE 4-7 for other views of the ventral secondary trigeminal tract.

 

34
 Slide 12 - the caudal Pons                 QUESTION 18
     
35
 Slide 12 - the caudal Pons

                ANSWER 18
     1 - SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE
     2 - SUPERIOR OLIVE
     3 - ANTERIOR MEDULLARY VELUM
     4 - CENTRAL TEGMENTAL TRACT
     5 - CHIEF SENSORY NUC, TRIGEM NV
     6 - MIDDLE CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE
     7 - BASILAR ARTERY
     8 - TRAPEZOID BODY
 

     For an atlas view, see Slide 12; to relate the superior olive to the auditory pathway, see FIGURE 12-2

 

36
 Slide 13 - the mid Pons                 QUESTION 19
     
37
 Slide 13 - the mid Pons

                ANSWER 19
     1 - MESENCEPHALIC TRACT, TRIGEM NV
     2 - VENTRAL SECONDARY TRIGEMINAL TRACT
     3 - MOTOR NUCLEUS OF THE TRIGEM NV
     4 - TRIGEMINAL NERVE
     5 - LATERAL LEMNISCUS
     6 - PONTINE NUCLEI
     7 - PONTOCEREBELLAR FIBERS
 

     For an atlas view, see Slide 13 ; for another view of pontocerebellar fibers entering the middle cerebellar peduncle, see FIGURE 6-7

 

38
 Slide 15 - the mid Pons                 QUESTION 20
     
39
 Slide 15 - the mid Pons

                ANSWER 20
     1 - SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE
     2 - MESENCEPHALIC TRACT, TRIGEM NV
     3 - ANTERIOR MEDULLARY VELUM
     4 - MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS
     5 - VENTRAL SECONDARY TRIGEMINAL TRACT
     6 - LATERAL LEMNISCUS
     7 - ANTEROLATERAL PATHWAY
     8 - CORTICOSPINAL TRACT
     9 - BASILAR PONS
    10 - MIDDLE CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE
 

     For an atlas view see Slide 15; the mesencephalic tract of the trigem nerve is shown clearly in FIGURE 4-4 .

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