PT 518 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Middle Cerebral Artery, Posterior Communicating Artery, Posterior Cerebral Artery
9 Nov 2020
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Introduction: anatomy, overall gross structure, location of thalamus. In relation to bs (brainstem: overall location, with normal mri sections, physiology, functional anatomy, therapeutic importance. Slide 6: relationships between thalamus and other structures. Olfactory data does not go to the thalamus. Slide 11: midsagittal cut look for corpus callosum directly above lateral ventricle. Anterior and inferior from hypothalamus pituitary gland. Slide 13: will never see this picture on exam good intro picture. Slide 15: thalamus is medial and slightly posterior to bg. Slide 16: ventricles wrap around bg and thalamus. Slide 17: never used for quizzes and tests. Slide 19: 3 subdivision of thalamus nuclear groups. 3rd ventricle: anterior, medial, lateral divided into ventral and lateral portions, subdivision are divided by a white matter tract internal medullary lamina, picture shows left thalamus*, more nuclei on the lateral side than medial side. Slide 20: subdivisions are further divided into nuclear groups.
