Olfactory Nerve (CNI)

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div style=”display:none;”> Olfactory Nerve (CNI) Main Text TERMINOLOGY Abbreviations • Olfactory nerve (CNI) Synonyms • 1st cranial nerve Definitions • CNI: Visceral afferent cranial nerve for sense of smell IMAGING ANATOMY Overview • Olfactory…

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Midbrain

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div style=”display:none;”> Midbrain Main Text TERMINOLOGY Abbreviations • Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) • Cranial nerves (CN): Oculomotor nerve (CNIII), trochlear nerve (CNIV) Synonyms • Midbrain, mesencephalon Definitions • Midbrain: Portion of brainstem that connects pons…

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Meninges and Compartments

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div style=”display:none;”> Meninges and Compartments Main Text TERMINOLOGY Definitions • Meninges = collective term for dura, arachnoid, pia  Pachy (“thick”) meninges = dura  Lepto (“thin”) meninges = arachnoid, pia • Spaces =…

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Hypoglossal Nerve (CNXII)

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div style=”display:none;”> Hypoglossal Nerve (CNXII) Main Text TERMINOLOGY Abbreviations • Hypoglossal nerve (CNXII) Synonyms • 12th cranial nerve Definitions • CNXII: Motor nerve supplying intrinsic and extrinsic tongue muscles IMAGING ANATOMY Overview • Motor…

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Attention Control Network

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div style=”display:none;”> Attention Control Network Main Text TERMINOLOGY Definitions • Working memory: Manipulation and processing of object, cognitive, or stimulus representations in brain, including rehearsal, analysis, and comparison of stimuli • Hemispatial…

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Cerebellum

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div style=”display:none;”> Cerebellum Main Text TERMINOLOGY Synonyms • Classic nomenclature (simplified nomenclature): Superior (tentorial), inferior (suboccipital), anterior (petrosal) cerebellar surfaces • Primary (tentorial), horizontal (petrosal), prebiventral/prepyramidal (suboccipital) cerebellar fissures Definitions • Cerebellum: Integrative…

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Cervical Carotid Arteries

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div style=”display:none;”> Cervical Carotid Arteries Main Text TERMINOLOGY Abbreviations • Aortic arch (AA); brachiocephalic trunk (BCT) • Common (CCA), internal (ICA), external (ECA) carotid arteries • Vertebral artery (VA), basilar artery (BA) GROSS…

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Subarachnoid Spaces/Cisterns

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div style=”display:none;”> Subarachnoid Spaces/Cisterns Main Text TERMINOLOGY Abbreviations • Subarachnoid spaces (SASs) Definitions • SASs: Cerebrospinal fluid-filled spaces between pia, arachnoid; expand at base of brain, around brainstem, tentorial incisura • Liliequist membrane:…

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Subgenual Cingulate Cortex (Area 25)

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div style=”display:none;”> Subgenual Cingulate Cortex (Area 25) Main Text Location and Boundaries Location • Anterior margin of genu and rostrum of corpus callosum, including pregenual and subgenual cingulate gyrus Boundaries • Portion…

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