div style=”display:none;”> Aortic Arch and Great Vessels Main Text TERMINOLOGY Abbreviations • Aortic arch (AA); brachiocephalic trunk (BCT) • Right common carotid arteries (RCCA) • Left common carotid arteries (LCCA) • Right subclavian arteries…
div style=”display:none;”> Retrosplenial Cingulate Cortex (Areas 29, 30) Main Text Location and Boundaries Location • Paramidline posterior to most caudal portion of corpus callosum (isthmus of cingulate gyrus) • Ventrolaterally contiguous with…
div style=”display:none;”> Inferior Parietal Lobule (Areas 39, 40) Main Text Location and Boundaries Location • Area 39 (angular gyrus) Caudal inferior parietal lobule • Area 40 (supramarginal gyrus) Rostral inferior parietal lobule…
div style=”display:none;”> Cranial Meninges Main Text TERMINOLOGY Definitions • “Pachymeninges” (thick meninges): Dura • Leptomeninges (thin meninges): Arachnoid, pia • Extradural space (EDS) Potential space between dura, skull; seen only in pathologic conditions (infection, hematoma,…
div style=”display:none;”> Temporal Cortex (Areas 20, 21, 22) Main Text Location and Boundaries Location • Temporal lobe, from posterior margin of temporopolar cortex to occipitotemporal junction Part of superior temporal gyrus…
div style=”display:none;”> Accessory Nerve (CNXI) Main Text TERMINOLOGY Abbreviations • Accessory nerve (CNXI) Synonyms • 11th cranial nerve (CN) Definitions • CNXI: Pure motor CN, supplying sternocleidomastoid, trapezius muscles (through spinal component) and…
div style=”display:none;”> Vertebrobasilar System Main Text TERMINOLOGY Abbreviations • Vertebrobasilar (VB), vertebral artery (VA), basilar artery (BA) • Superior cerebellar arteries (SCAs), posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA), anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA)…
div style=”display:none;”> Glossopharyngeal Nerve (CNIX) Main Text TERMINOLOGY Abbreviations • Glossopharyngeal nerve (CNIX) Synonyms • 9th cranial nerve Definitions • Mixed nerve with complex functions Taste & sensation to posterior 1/3 of tongue…
div style=”display:none;”> Intracranial Venous System Overview Main Text TERMINOLOGY Abbreviations • Superior sagittal sinus (SSS) • Inferior sagittal sinus (ISS) • Internal cerebral vein (ICV) • Straight sinus (SS) • Great cerebral vein [vein of…
div style=”display:none;”> Circle of Willis Main Text TERMINOLOGY Synonyms • Circulus arteriosus Definitions • Central arterial anastomotic ring of brain GROSS ANATOMY Overview • Circle of Willis (COW) is arterial polygon • 10 components…
