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Brainstem Topography
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03/08/2011

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obex
Definition
opening of central canal into fourth ventricle... V at mid-medulla (splits medulla into open half and closed half)
Term
gracile tubercle
Definition
bulge representing the gracile nucleus just inferior to the obex
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cuneate tubercle
Definition
bulge representing the cuneate nucleus just lateral to the gracile tubercle
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cuneate fasciculus
Definition
ascending dorsal white column (lateral) for sensory regions from trunk to neck
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gracile fasciculus
Definition
ascending dorsal white column (medial) for sensory regions from foot to hip
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middle cerebellar peduncle
Definition
pontomedullary junction
Term
cerebellopontine angle
Definition
cranial nerves 7 and 8 emerge here
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pyramid
Definition
descending motor tracts from cortex to midbrain, pons, medula and spinal cord
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olive
Definition
nerve rootlets of 9 and 10 dorsal to olive, hypoglossal nerve emerges from the ventral border of olive
Term
What nerves exit the cerebellapontine angle?
Definition
CN 7 and 8
Term
Where does the trigeminal nerve exit?
Definition
lateral mid pons
Term
describe the positioning of motor and sensory tracts in brainstem
Definition
motor tract in the brainstem are generaly ventral (pyramids-corticospinal) or midline structures (tectospinal and reticulospinal tracts) sensory tracts are dorsal (midline Medial lemniscus) and lateral(upper brainstem ML and ALS,and SCT)
Term
name structures in caudal medulla
Definition
central canal, gracile nucleus and fasciculus, cuneate nucleus and fasciculus, spinal trigeminal nucleus and tract, pyramidal decussation
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superior closed medulla structures
Definition
obex, large G/C nucleii, internal arcuate fibers, forming ML, inferior olivary nucleus, pyramids, hypoglossus nucleus(dorsal midine)
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open medulla structures
Definition
4th ventricle, choiroid plexus, hypoglossal nucleus, inferior to XII nucleus is MLF --> tectospinal tract beneath it), inferior cerebellar peduncle (plus nucleii of VIII), medial lemniscus, inferior olivary nucleus (full)
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rostral open medulla structures
Definition
vestibular nuclei and cochlear nucleii wrapping around ICP (restiform body)
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pontomedullary junction
Definition
cerebellar vermis, superior cerebellar peduncle, 4th ventricle, middle cerebellar peduncle, pyramid (assembling)
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upper part of pontomedullary junction
Definition
fibers of VII, facial colliculus, abducens nucleus, facial nucleus, central tegmental tract, medial lemniscus
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what do VII fibers form in floor of 4th ventricle
Definition
facial colliculus
Term
Caudal pons
Definition
periventricular gray matter, medial leminiscus, pontocerebellar fibers, pontine nuclei, corticospinal fibers
Term
what orientation does medial lemnisicus have in caudal pons?
Definition
horizontal (legs to arms --- lateral to medial)
Term
Mid-pon structures
Definition
narrowing 4th ventricle, central gray matter, middle cerebellar peduncle
Term
describe the make-up of the pontine basis
Definition
pontine nucleii, corticospinal fibers, corticopontine fibers
Term
pontomesencephalic junction
Definition
cerebral aqueduct, midbrain tectume, central gray is large, trochlear nucleus ventral to central gray, SCP decussation
Term
at the transition point between midbrain and pons what emerges from the pontine basis
Definition
crux cerebri -- which is the caudal aspect of the cerbral peduncle which will become disorganized in pontine basis and reorganized into pyramids
Term
rostral midbrain
Definition
superior colliculus, interpenduncular fossa
Term
name the four block of crus cerebri
Definition
corticopontine, corticospinal fibers, corticonuclear fibers, corticopontine fibers
Term
rostral midbrain diencephalon junction
Definition
pineal gland, pulvinar, medial geniculate nucleus, medial lemniscus, red nucleus
Term
what do the medial geniculate and the pulvinar belong to?
Definition
thalamus
Term
what system is the red nucleus a part of?
Definition
motor system
Term
vertebral arteries unite into what?
Definition
basilar artery
Term
what are the primary sources for blood supply to brainstem?
Definition
vertebral arteries
Term
PICA, describe location
Definition
supplies rostral/dorsal medulla;comes off vertebral arteries before union
Term
PSA, decribe location
Definition
supply caudal/dorsolateral medulla; posterior spinal artery comes of PICA as they course anterior to posterior
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AICA, describe location
Definition
supplies dorsolateral tegmental pons; 1st arteries to come off basilar artery
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SCA, describe location
Definition
supplies dorsal/caudal midbrain
Term
PCA, describe location
Definition
post cerebral arteries; supplies rostral midbrain
Term
how do arteries enter brainstem? name territories
Definition
paramedian territory, dorsolateral territory, ventrolateral territory
Term
what is the placement of long circumfrential versus short circumfrential branches
Definition
long --> dorsolateral
short --> ventrolateral
Term
reticular formation
Definition
a neural tissue in the tegmentum of brainstem that fills in all the spaces around nucleii and tracts
Term
what fibers does the midbrain basis contain?
Definition
corticopontine, coritcobulbar, and corticospinal
Term
where are the cranial nerve nucleii in the brainstem?
Definition
tegmentum (also contains major ascending sensory tracts and two integrative tracts--MLF and central tegmental tract)
Term
order of cranial nerve nucleii from medial to lateral in brainstem
Definition
GSE, GVE, SVE, SVA, GVA,GSA, SSA
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alar and dorsal plates splay out laterally in the brainstem
Term
decussation of pyramids
Definition
closed medulla
Term
describe what is ventrolateral to the cuneate nucleus
Definition
the spinal trigeminal tract and nucleus (ventrolateral to that is the SCT and ALS)
Term
transverse fiber bundles in pontine basis
Definition
pontocerebellar fibers
Term
what does the medial lemniscus look like at the pontomedullary junction
Definition
central, globular and just beginning to slip laterally
Term
what is mixed up with the medial lemniscus midline at the pontomedullary junction?
Definition
trapezoid (crossing fibers of auditory system)
Term
which two cranial nucleii emerge in the caudal pons?
Definition
abducens (dorsal and lateral to the MLF) and facial nucleus (ventrolateral to abducens
Term
facial colliculus
Definition
a bump in the dorsal surface of caudal pons where facial fibers pass over abducens nucleus
Term
where is the central tegmental tract?
Definition
in the central tegument of the pons, lateral to the MLF at pontomedullary junction
Term
at mid-pons where is the superior cerebellar peduncle?
Definition
it is the pontine tectum; lateral walls of the fourth ventricle; moved partially down into the pontine tegmentum
Term
what system is the lateral lemniscus a part of? where is it added on?
Definition
it is a part of the auditory system and it is added on to the later ALS in mid-pons
Term
two nucleii in midpons tegument belonging to trigeminal system
Definition
chief sensory nucleus and trigeminal motor nucleus
Term
where do we begin to see periventricular gray matter?
Definition
in the caudal pons...
Term
what is the shape of the fourth ventricle in the rostral pons?
Definition
a gingko leaf
Term
list structures of pontomesencephalic junction from dorsal to ventral
Definition
inferior colliculus
PAG
central aqueduct
PAG
IV nucleus
MLF
SCP decussation
Term
where is the substantia nigra according to Bales PDF?
Definition
ventrolateral tegmentum of the caudal midbrain
Term
the cerebral peduncles belong to what part of the midbrain
Definition
basis and tegmentum
Term
corticospinal and corticobulbar fibers
Definition
mid 3/5 fibers of the crus cerebri
Term
frontopontine fibers
Definition
medial 1/5 of crus cerebri fibers
Term
parietal-occipital-temporal pontine fibers
Definition
lateral 1/5 of crus cerebri fibers
Term
an integrative nucleus of the visual system
Definition
superior colliculus, rostral midbrain
Term
where is the nucleus of cranial nerve III in the rostral midbrain?
Definition
ventral to the PAG
Term
where is the pretectum?
Definition
just rostral to the occumulomotor nucleii in the rostral midbrain
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