Image 1 (Page 1 & 3)

Here's a review of your answers for the anatomy steeplechase exam: Image 1 (Page 1 & 3) a) Identify the pinned cavity: Student's Answer: Lateral ventricle Verification: ✅ Correct b) Which secondary brain vesicle does it originate from? Student's Answer: Telencephalon Verification: ✅ Correct Image 2 (Page 2) Name the pinned structure: Student's Answer: Olfactory tract Verification: ✅ Correct Name its major function: Student's Answer: Perception of smell Verification: ✅ Correct A lesion here leads to: Student's Answer: Anosmia Verification: ✅ Correct Image 3 (Page 4) a) Identify the structure: Student's Answer: Optic chiasm Verification: ✅ Correct b) Lesion here leads to: Student's Answer: Bitemporal hemianopia Verification: ✅ Correct Image 4 (Page 5) a) Identify the pinned structure: Student's Answer: Caudate Nucleus Verification: ✅ Correct b) A lesion here leads to: Student's Answer: Chorea Verification: ✅ Correct Image 5 (Page 6) a) Identify the pinned cavity: Student's Answer: Fourth ventricle Verification: ✅ Correct b) Name its inflow: Student's Answer: Aqueduct of Sylvius Verification: ✅ Correct c) Name its outflow: Student's Answer: Foramen of Magendie, Foramen of Luschka Verification: ✅ Correct Image 6 (Page 7 & 14) 8a) Identify this structure: Student's Answer: Optic radiation Verification: ✅ Correct b) What is the destination of axons arising from this structure? Student's Answer: Visual Cortex Verification: ✅ Correct c) What is its origin of the nerve fibre? Student's Answer: LGB (Lateral Geniculate Body) Verification: ✅ Correct Image 7 (Page 8) a) Identify the green pinned structure: Student's Answer: Cuneus Verification: ✅ Correct b) Identify the yellow pinned structure: Student's Answer: Calcarine sulcus Verification: ✅ Correct Image 8 (Page 9) Identify the pinned cortex: Student's Answer: Visual Cortex Verification: ✅ Correct Name the Brodmann's area: Student's Answer: Area 17, 18, 19 Verification: ✅ Correct Image 9 (Page 10) a) Identify the pinned structure: Student's Answer: Inferior olive Verification: ✅ Correct b) What is the destination of fibres arising from here? Student's Answer: Cerebellum Verification: ✅ Correct c) A lesion could lead to: Student's Answer: Ataxia, Cerebellar dysfunction Verification: ✅ Correct Image 10 (Page 11) a) Identify the pinned structure: Student's Answer: Trigeminal nerve Verification: ✅ Correct b) Name its functional components: Student's Answer: SVE, GSA Verification: ✅ Correct Image 11 (Page 12 & 25) a) Identify the pinned structure: Student's Answer: Corpus callosum Verification: ✅ Correct b) What type of fibres are in it? Student's Answer: Commissural fibres Verification: ✅ Correct c) What is its function? Student's Answer: Links similar areas of the cerebral hemisphere Verification: ✅ Correct Image 12 (Page 13) Identify this structure: Student's Answer: Internal capsule Verification: ✅ Correct What type of fibres travel within it? Student's Answer: Projection fibres Verification: ✅ Correct What is its function? Student's Answer: Links distant regions in the CNS Verification: ✅ Correct Image 13 (Page 15) a) Identify the pinned structure: Student's Answer: Pyramids Verification: ✅ Correct b) A lesion here leads to: Student's Answer: Contralateral hemiparalysis/hemiplegia Verification: ✅ Correct c) Name its component tract: Student's Answer: Corticospinal tracts Verification: ✅ Correct Image 14 (Page 16) a) Name its embryonic origin of this structure: Student's Answer: Metencephalon Verification: ✅ Correct b) What connects it to the pons? Student's Answer: Middle cerebellar peduncle Verification: ✅ Correct Image 15 (Page 17 & 23) a) Identify the pinned cortical/parietal structure: Student's Answer: Precentral gyrus Verification: ✅ Correct b) Name the major blood supply to this structure: Student's Answer: Middle cerebral artery Verification: ✅ Correct c) A lesion here leads to: Student's Answer: Contralateral paralysis Verification: ✅ Correct Image 16 (Page 18) a) Identify the structure: Student's Answer: Insula Verification: ✅ Correct b) What is the type of its cortex? Student's Answer: Archicortex Verification: ❌ Incorrect Explanation/Correction: The insula is part of the neocortex*. Archicortex refers to older cortical structures like the hippocampus. c) How many layers are found in its cortex? Student's Answer: Three Verification: ❌ Incorrect Explanation/Correction: As part of the neocortex, the insula typically has six* layers. Image 17 (Page 19) a) Identify the pinned structure: Student's Answer: Internal capsule carotid artery Verification: ❌ Incorrect Explanation/Correction: The pinned structure is the Internal Carotid Artery*. The internal capsule is a white matter structure, not an artery. b) Name its terminal branches: Student's Answer: Anterior cerebral artery, Middle cerebral artery Verification: ✅ Correct (These are indeed the terminal branches of the internal carotid artery). Image 18 (Page 20) a) Identify the pinned structure: Student's Answer: Lentiform nucleus Verification: ✅ Correct b) Name its constituent nuclei: Student's Answer: Globus Pallidus, Putamen Verification: ✅ Correct Image 19 (Page 22) Name the pinned area: Student's Answer: Broca's Motor Speech Area Verification: ✅ Correct What is its function? Student's Answer: Articulation of speech Verification: ✅ Correct A lesion here leads to: Student's Answer: Expressive aphasia Verification: ✅ Correct Image 20 (Page 24) a) Identify this structure: Student's Answer: Choroid plexus Verification: ✅ Correct b) A tumor in it leads to: Student's Answer: Hydrocephalus Verification: ✅ Correct c) What is its function? Student's Answer: Production of CSF Verification: ✅ Correct Image 21 (Page 26) a) Identify the pinned area: Student's Answer: Wernicke's area Verification: ✅ Correct b) A lesion here leads to: Student's Answer: Receptive aphasia Verification: ✅ Correct Image 22 (Page 27) a) Identify the pinned structure: Student's Answer: Substantia Nigra Verification: ✅ Correct b) Name the neurons present in it: Student's Answer: Dopaminergic neurons Verification: ✅ Correct c) A lesion here leads to: Student's Answer: Parkinson's disease Verification: ✅ Correct Image 23 (Page 28) a) Identify the pin structure: Student's Answer: Oculomotor nerve Verification: ✅ Correct b) What are the functional components? Student's Answer: GSE, GVE Verification: ✅ Correct c) Which muscles does it supply? Student's Answer: Exoccular muscles Verification: ✅ Correct (Minor spelling correction: Extraocular muscles*) Image 24 (Page 29) a) Identify the pinned structure: Student's Answer: Hippocampus Verification: ✅ Correct b) Name its type of cortex: Student's Answer: Archicortex Verification: ✅ Correct c) What are its function? Student's Answer: Learning and memory/consolidation of memory Verification: ✅ Correct d) Name its major projection fibre: Student's Answer: Fornix Verification: ✅ Correct Image 25 (Page 30) Identify the pinned structure: Student's Answer: Superior medullary velum Verification: ✅ Correct Image 26 (Page 31) a) Identify the pinned structure: Student's Answer: Basilar artery Verification: ✅ Correct b) Name its cerebellar branches: Student's Answer: Superior Cerebellar Artery, Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Verification: ✅ Correct c) Name its terminal branches: Student's Answer: Posterior cerebral artery Verification: ✅ Correct That's 2 down. 3 left today — send the next one.