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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Aortic Arch and Great Vessels

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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…

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Retrosplenial Cingulate Cortex (Areas 29, 30)

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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…

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Inferior Parietal Lobule (Areas 39, 40)

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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…

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Cranial Meninges

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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,…

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