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This is what the ridges of the brains folds are called
What are gyri?
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This ossicle has their footplate in the oval window
What is the stapes?
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This part of the neuron receives synaptic input
What are the dendrites?
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This type of astrocyte is found in white matter and is rich in GFAP
What are fibrous astrocytes?
Slide 13This is the percentage of cardiac output that the brain receives
What is 15 percent?
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This is the day that the Caudal neuropore closes.
What is Day 26?
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This thin plate of bone forms the roof of the tympanic cavity
What is the Tegmen tympani?
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These are the 2 neuroglia found in the PNS
What are Schwann cells and satellite cells?
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The axon terminal contains a high density of this organelle
What is mitochondria?
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What is the middle cerebral artery?
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The cervical flexure is temporary and straightens out after the formation of this other flexure
What is the Pontine flexure?
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This part of the eye produces aqueous humor
What are the ciliary processes?
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This neuroglia is responsible for the formation of glial scars after damage
What are astrocytes?
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This is the most common bacterial agent that causes Gullain Barre syndrome after its infection.
What is Campylobacter jejuni?
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The great cerebral vein of Galen drains into this sinus cavity
What is the straight sinus?
Superior cerebral veins -> superior sagittal sinus
Middle cerebral vein -> cavernous sinus
Inferior superficial veins -> transverse sinus
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This is the secondary vesicle in which the optic vesicle/retina is derived from
What is the diencephalon?
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This is the first cranial nerve affected when there is an increase in intracranial pressure
What is CN VI (abducens)?
Due to its long intracranial course
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These contractile glial cells cover the capillary endothelial cells in the BBB and help regulate the tight junctions and control the diameter of the capillary
What are pericytes?
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Astrocytomas commonly develop in these two cerebral lobes
What are the frontal and parietal lobes?
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This artery connects the internal carotid artery to the posterior cerebral artery and is a common site of berry aneurysms.
What is the posterior communicating artery?
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This forms the ventral wall of the third ventricle
What is the hypothalamus?
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These are the cranial nerves that responsible for the corneal reflex (Name both and specify which part of reflex)
What are CN V1 (sensory) and CN VII (motor)?
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This cell type specifically resides in the second layer of the cerebellar cortex and thus the middle layer is named after it.
What are Purkinje cells?
These cells are the only output neuron in the cerebellum; GABAergic and thus is inhibitory
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This is the most common location of ependymomas in children
What is the posterior fossa of the skull?
Adults: supratentorial region or the spinal cord
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These are the 5 arteries that form the circle of Willis
What are the ACAs, ACoA, PCAs, PCoAs, and ICAs?
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