Neuro102

Directional terms

100

dorsal (dorsal fin is on top)

superior 

200

Ventral (vents are at the bottom)

inferior

300

rostral (roosters beak points forward)

Anterior

400

Caudal (tail, back)

posterior

500

 CAP mnemonic

Striatum = Caudate + Nucleus Accumbens + Putamen

brain planes

100

HAT like a brim cutting horizontally

Horizontal, axial, transverse

200

“Mesen” = middle brain

Midbrain, Mesencephalon

300

The stalk under the flower

Brainstem = Midbrain + Pons + Medulla –

400

 In-between area

intermediate gray = Lateral horn

500

2 visual + 2 auditory = team of 4

Tectum = Corpora Quadrigemina = Superior & Inferior Colliculi 

cortex map room

100

Multiform layer

Polymorphic layer

200

Small pyramidal

External granule layer

300

Medium pyramidal

external pyramidal layer

400

Granular layer

Internal granule layer

500

Large pyramidal 

Internal pyramidal layer

Ventricular Fountain

100

Sylvius the plumber

Cerebral aqueduct = Aqueduct of Sylvius

200

Wraps into temporal lobe

Inferior horn of lateral ventricle = Temporal horn

300

 L = Lateral

Foramen of Luschka = Lateral aperture

400

M = Median

Foramen of Magendie = Median aperture

500

Monro connects ventricles

Interventricular foramen = Foramen of Monro

Commissure and Nuclei Garden

100

Cerebellar interposed nuclei – E + G inside

= Emboliform + Globose – E + G inside

200

Lenticular nucleus  – Lentil mix = two parts

Putamen + Globus pallidus

300

Hippocampal formation = Foundational pair

hippocampus + parahippocampal gyrus –

400

• Mnemonic: Funky Tracts Can Carry Pedestrians Carefully Forward

• Tract = column = funiculus = capsule = peduncle = fasciculus = white matter

500

• Limbic cortex = CPE: Certified Public Emotion

cingulate + parahippocampal gyrus + entorhinal cortex –