Radiology Key

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…

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 =…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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:…

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…

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…