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| What are the developmental areas of the brain? What structures are formed from them? |
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Prosencephalon
- Telencephalon (cerebral hemispheres)
- Diencephalon (thalamus, hypothalamus)
Mesencephalon (midbrain)
Rhombencephalon
- Metencephalon (pons, cerebellum)
- Mylencephalon (medulla) |
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| At what point do the directions of dorsal and ventral change? |
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| What are arc structures? What are some examples? |
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Definition
During development, they follow along with the curvature of the cerebral hemispheres
Lateral ventricles, corpus callosum, hippocampus, and caudate nucleus |
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| What contains the fourth ventricle? |
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Definition
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| What contains the third ventricle? |
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| What contains the lateral vetricles? |
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| What connects the lateral and third ventricles? |
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| What connects the third and fourth ventricles? |
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| What is a commissure? What is the largest commissure in the brain? |
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Definition
White matter tract that connects 2 similar structures across the midline
Largest - corpus callosum |
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