Neuroanatomy

Date and time

Duration 2 hours
Answer all questions. Illustrate all answers with diagrams.
SEQ

1.
1.1 Name the nuclear columns in the thoracic spinal cord and give their
functions
1.2Draw a transverse section of the spinal cord and a spinal nerve
1.3List the structures in the vertebral canal at the level of the 4 th lumbar
vertebra.

2.
2.1Draw a diagram to show the distribution of grey matter in the mid brain
2.2Describe the floor of the 4th ventricle (rhomboid fossa)
2.3Name the fibres contained in the following
2.3.1 Middle cerebellar peduncle
2.3.2 Pyramid
2.3.3 Crura cerebri
2.3.4 Medial lemniscus

3.
3.1. G ive the immediate relations of the thalamus and list the thalamic
nuclei
3.2 What neuronal connections are there between the hypothalamus and
hypophysis cerebri
3.3. Name the basal nuclei and give their location

4.
4.1. Describe the internal capsule and give the arrangement of fibres in it
4.2 Draw a diagram/diagrams to show the pathway of pain, temperature ,
touch and
proprioception in the nervous system.
4.3. 4.3.1 What are the parts of the ventricular system of the CNS
4.3.2 Describe the formation and circulation of cerebrospinal fluid

5.
5.1On a diagram of the superolateral surface of the brain indicate
5.1.1 the primary motor cortex
5.1.2 Brocas area
5.1.3 Th e area supplied by the middle cerebral artery
5.1.4 The limits of the occipital lobe
5.2.
5.2.1 Name the two main arteries that supply the central nervous system
5.2.2. Describe the circulus arteriosus and its branches
5.3 Snells diagram

Neuroanatomy

Date and time

Duration 2 hours
Answer all questions. Illustrate all answers with diagrams.
SEQ

1.
1.1 Name the nuclear columns in the thoracic spinal cord and give their
functions
Substantia gelatinosa afferents o pain and temperature
Nucleus proprius
Nucleus dorsalis neuromuscular spindle and tendonrflexes
Preganglionic sympathetic
Alpha efferents to skeletal muscle Motor effents of trunk and lower
limbs
Gamma efferents neuromuscular spindle
1.2Draw a transverse section of the spinal cord and a spinal nerve
1.3List the structures in the vertebral canal at the level of the 4 th lumbar
vertebra.
Epidural space
Dura mater
Subdural space
Arachnoid mater
Subarachnoid space
CSF
Cauda equina
Filum terminale

2.
2.1Draw a diagram to show the distribution of grey matter in the mid brain
Around aqueduct
Occulomotor nuclei
Trochlear nuclei
Tectum
Substantia nigra
Red nucleus
2.2Describe the floor of the 4th ventricle (rhomboid fossa)

2.3Name
2.3.1
2.3.2
2.3.3
2.3.4

the fibres contained in the following

Middle cerebellar peduncle Ponto cerebellar fibres
Pyramid
corticospinal fibres
Crura cerebri
Cortico pontine, corticonuclear. Corticospinal
Medial lemniscus
ascending fibres from nucleus gracilis
and cuneatus

3.
3.1. G ive the immediate relations of the thalamus and list the thalamic
nuclei
Medial third ventricle
Lateral internal capsule
Inferior hypothalamus
Superior Anterior - IV foramen
Posterior
3.2 What neuronal connections are there between the hypothalamus and
hypophysis cerebri
Supraoptic and paraventricular niuclei to neurohypohysis
Arcuate nuclei to capillaries of hypothalamohyposeal portal
system
3.3. Name the basal nuclei and give their location

4.
4.1. Describe the internal capsule and give the arrangement of fibres in it
4.2 Draw a diagram/diagrams to show the pathway of pain, temperature ,
touch and
proprioception in the nervous system.
4.3. 4.3.1 What are the parts of the ventricular system of the CNS
4.3.2 Describe the formation and circulation of cerebrospinal fluid

5.
5.1On a diagram of the superolateral surface of the brain indicate
5.1.1 the primary motor cortex
5.1.2 Brocas area
5.1.3 Th e area supplied by the middle cerebral artery
5.1.4 The limits of the occipital lobe

5.2.
5.2.1 Name the two main arteries that supply the central nervous system
5.2.2. Describe the circulus arteriosus and its branches
5.3 Snells diagram