Gross Anatomy
The thick, outermost layer of the meninges
What is the dura mater?
The mammalian cortex is unique for having this organization
What are 6 layers?
This thalamic nucleus serves as the relay station for auditory information before it reaches the auditory cortex
What is the medial geniculate nucleus (MGN)?
This sulcus separates the frontal and parietal lobes
What is the central sulcus?
These two functional brain areas are located in the precentral gyrus
What are M1 (primary motor) and Premotor?
Most of my neurons are found in this part of the brain
What is the cerebellum?
This pair of structures forms the lateral walls of the third ventricle
What are thalami?
Sympathetic, parasympathetic, enteric and sensory neurons all develop from these cells
What are neural crest cells?
The chief somatosensory relay station of the thalamus
What is the ventral posterior nucleus?
This deep groove marks the division between the frontal and temporal lobes
What is the lateral sulcus / sylvian fissure?
This gyrus sits directly superior to the corpus callosum
What is the cingulate gyrus?
This brain circuit begins and ends with the hypothalamus, connecting the fornix, mammillary bodies, anterior thalamic nucleus, and cingulum
What is the Papez Circuit?
It might save you from a stroke! The internal carotid and vertebrobasilar arteries anastomose here
What is the circle of willis?
These three structures form the walls of the diencephalon
What are the thalamus, hypothalamus, and epithalamus?
The structure in the hypothalamus regulates the body's circadian rhythms based on light input from the retina
What is the suprachiasmatic nucleus?
This sulcus separates the parietal lobe from the somatosensory cortex
What is the postcentral sulcus?
Damage to this gyrus would impair recognition of faces
What is the fusiform gyrus?
This philosophical view suggests that consciousness is a fundamental property of all matter, even at the level of atoms and particles
What is panpsychism?
This structure connects the third and fourth ventricles
What is the cerebral aqueduct?
What is the neural plate?
Parvocellular neurons in the hypothalamus release neuropeptides into this specialized portal system to act on the pituitary
What is the median eminence?
A lesion in this sulcus will make you blind in your right visual field
What is the left calcarine sulcus?
This gyrus encodes sounds into words
What is the left superior temporal gyrus?
Like a cowboy master gland, the pituitary sits in this specialized bone
What is the sella turcica?
The cerebrospinal fluid-containing membrane between the dura and pia mater
What is the arachnoid mater?
This term describes the deviation of brain size from that expected based on body size
What is encephalization quotient?
This population of neurons are known as the 'pulse generator' of the hypothalamus, regulating fertility by driving the pulsatile secretion of pituitary gonadotropins which are regulated by the amplitude and frequency of its release
What are MPOA GnRH neurons?
The frontal eye fields are located at the intersection of these two sulci
What are the superior frontal sulcus and precentral sulcus?
Ever since this area was damaged my IQ hasn’t changed, but I lose a lot of money betting
What is the Orbital or Orbitofrontal cortex?
This first structure is also known as the anterior pituitary, while the second is a term you might use to refer to the posterior lobe
What are the adenohypophysis and neurohypophysis?