The Limbic System

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Question 1
Mamillary bodies
What is after the mamillary bodies in the papez circuit?
The anterior nucleus of the thalamus and the septal area (mamillothalamic tract)
What comes after the anterior nucleus of the thalamus and septal areain the papez circuit and what connects them?
The entorhinal cortex and para hippocampal gyrus. connected by the cingulum bundle
What comes after the entorhinal cortex and the parahippocampal gyrus in the papez circuit?
The hippocampus and amygdala
What connects the hippocampus and amygdala to the mamillary bodies
The fornix and stria terminalis
Question 6
  • a = lateral ventricle
  • b = hippocampus proper
  • c = alveus
  • d = dentate gyrus
  • e = subiculum
  • f = hippocampal cistern
  • g = fimbria
  • h = fornix
  • i = choroid plexus
  • j = pia mater
Question 7
Hippocampus
Where is the hippcampus found
In the temporal lobe along the floor of the lateral ventricle
Question 9
The fimbria
Question 10
The Fornix:
  • a = columns
  • b = body
  • c = commisure
  • d = crua
What are the superior and inferior relations of the commsure of the fornix
It is superior to the thalami nucleii and inferior to the corpus callosum
Where is the amygdala found in relation to the temporal lobe?
Near the anterior pole
Where is the amygdala in relation to the lateral ventricle?
It is anterior and superior to its inferior horn
Where is the amygdala in relation to the hippocampus
Medial and anterior to its anterior limit
Question 15
Amygdala