NUCLEAR MEDICINE

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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Temporal Cortex (Areas 20, 21, 22)

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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…

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Accessory Nerve (CNXI)

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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…

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Vertebrobasilar System

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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)…

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Glossopharyngeal Nerve (CNIX)

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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…

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