Summary anatomy item list (neurosciences)

ITEM LIST IN PREPARATION FOR THE
NEUROANATOMY EXAM

This is a list of items that you can use to prepare for the exam (Neuroanatomy part only!).
Concerning the items mentioned in the list you should know: location of the structures, basic
function and (if discussed during the lecture) involvement in pathological condition.
To prepare for the exam two useful sources (other than Sylvius atlas and the assignment) are:
http://www.anatomie-amsterdam.nl/
UBC Neuroanatomy


ITEMS:



LECTURE I:

✓ Hemispheres
✓ Sella Turcica
✓ Sphenoid
✓ Forame ronundum
✓ Forame spinosum
✓ Forame ovale
✓ Forame magnum,
✓ Superior orbital fissure

,✓ Optic canal)
✓ Telencephalon
✓ Diencephalon
✓ Mesencephalon
✓ Metencephalon
✓ Myelencephalon
✓ Spinal cord
✓ Horizontal plane
✓ Coronal plane
✓ Sagittal plane
✓ Dura mater
✓ Pia mater
✓ Arachnoid mater
✓ Subarachnoid space
✓ Arcahnoidal granulations

, ✓ Cavum subarachnoideum (why it is important?)
✓ Falx cerebri
✓ Tentorium cerebelli
✓ Internal and external carotid
✓ Vertebral artery
✓ Basal artery
✓ Circle of Willis
✓ Anterior cerebral artery
✓ Posterior cerebral artery
✓ Middle cerebral artery