LAB #2:

GROSS & INTERNAL CNS II

5-11 Midrostral Medulla

IV Ventricle

Tegmentum

Periventricular Zone

Pyramidal

tract

Inferior Olive

Hypoglossal Nucleus Vestibular Nuclei

Reticular Formation

Dorsal Motor Nucleus of Vagus

Midrostral Medulla

Midrostral Medulla CT

5-17 Cerebellum and Caudal pons

Basilar Pons

Periventricular Zone

Reticular Formation

Abducens Nucleus

Root of Abducens n.

Tegmentum IV Ventricle

Pons is found inside thin lines making he ventral block. Cerebellum surrounds on other sides

Cerebellum and Caudal pons

MRI T2 of Pons

5-25Rostral Midbrain

Periventricular Zone

Substantii NigraTegmentum

Base

Reticular Formation

Note:

Lateral white matter walls do not exist at this level

Nuclei of diencephalon fused with lateral area of tegmentum

Cerebral aqueduct

Crus Cerebri = Cerebral Peduncle

Superior Colliculi

CN3 Occulomotor

Periaqueductal Gray

Rostral Midbrain

Rostral Midbrain

Midsagital Brain SectionContains lower limb primary motor cortex-

3rd ventricle

3rd ventricle – bordered bylamina terminalis,

anterior commissure,

interventricular foramen (anterior)

choroid plexus (superior)

posterior commissure, pineal body,cerebral aqueduct (posterior), optic chiasm & floor of the hypothalamus (inferior), thalamus and hypothalamus (lateral walls)

4-13 Horozontal Section

Diencephalon

Posterior Limb of Internal Capsule

Subcortical White Matter

Deep White Matter – Containing Subcortical Nuclei

Cerebral Cortex

Lobes

Imaginary Line

Posterior parts of inf. Frontal gyrus are called Broca’s Area – (left hemisphere) expressive language

- Contains Primary Motor Cortex – initiate voluntary movement on opposite side of body

Lobes

- Contains Primary Somatosensory Cortex

Primary Auditory Cortex

Lobes

Contains lower limb primary motor cortex-

Lobes Contains Lower limb portion of somatosensory cortex

Contains primary visual cortex in its walls

Contains Lower limb portion of motor cortex

Lobes

Planum Temporal – sensory processing

-Contains

Primary Auditory Cortex

Taste and visceral sense

This plane of section is the same in both neuroanatomic and clinical orientation

Is the same as section through brainstem/cord.

Axial Forebrain CTSubcortical nuclei of the telencephalon

34 is rostral to 35

Coronal Forebrain CT

ANSWERS TO FOCUS AND STUDY QUESTIONS FOR LABORATORY #2GROSS & INTERNAL CNS IIQue: What are the borders of the III ventricle?ANS: lamina terminalis, anterior commissure, interventricular foramen (anterior)choroid plexus (superior) posterior commissure, pineal body, cerebral aqueduct (posterior), optic chiasm & floor of the hypothalamus (inferior), thalamus and hypothalamus (lateral walls)

Que: What dural partition is located in the midsagittal fissure?ANS: falx cerebri

Que: What symptoms could result from oculomotor nerve compression?ANS: Extraocular mm innervation -> at rest, eyeball will be turned laterally and inferiorly (due to loss of motor supply to mm that turn eye medially & superiorly and to unopposed lateral rectus & superior oblique actions. Also, loss of nerve supply to elevator mm of eyelid mm (levator palpebrae) -> eyelid droops (marked ptosis). Also, loss of lens accommodation due to loss of nerve supply (parasympathetic preganglionic) to ciliary ganglion (for ciliary muscle control). Also, loss of constrictor pupillae muscle innervation (via ciliary ganglion) -> dilated pupil

Que: What is skull location of frontal lobe? temporal lobe? occipital lobe? brain stem? cerebellum? Supratentorial versus infratentorial areas? ANS: frontal lobe - anterior cranial fossa; temporal lobe = middle cranial fossa; occipital lobe = superior to tentorium cerebelli (level of internal occipital protuberance; brain stem = basiocciput - posterior cranial fossa; cerebellum - posterior cranial fossa (below tentorium cerebelli); supratentorial = above level of tentorium cerebelli (middle & anterior cranial fossae); infratentorial = below level of tentorium cerebelli (posterior cranial fossa).

STUDY QUESTIONS, 1. Cortical lobe best associated with movement? General sensation? Vision? Hearing? Memory? Emotion?ANS: movement = frontal; general sensation = parietal; hearing = temporal; vision = occipital; memory = temporal (or limbic); emotion = limbic2. Tumor of posterior part of falx cerebri could injure what gyri of cortex? What functions lost? Tumor of falx cerebri at level of central sulcus - what gyri compressed & what functions affected?ANS: Tumor of posterior part of falx cerebri - medial occipital gyri, including lingula & cuneus. Function lost - vision. Tumor of falx cerebri at level of central sulcus could injure - paracentral lobule. What function(s) lost? general sensation & motor3. A tumor of the optic chiasm might compress what region of the diencephalon?ANS: hypothalamus & hypophysis (pituitary)4. What is a decussation? A commissure? ANS: Decussation = crossing of ascending or descending fibers -> terminate at different level than origin. Commissure = crossing of fibers that reach a similar location on opposite side.