introduction slides for neuropathology course
| Front | Where are Broca area, auditory cortex and Wernicke area located? |
| Back | pars opercularis, superior gyrus of temporal lobe, rostral temporal lobe |
| Front | Comparing the brains of a healthy 60-year-old and a patient with dementia, what can be noticed?? |
| Back | With dementia, the brain undergoes atrophy, narrowed gyri and widened sulci. The loss of neurons and axons causes brain shrinkage. |
| Front | With a section at the level of the frontal horn, what can be seen? |
| Back | lateral ventricles, third ventricle, corpus callosum, pituitary stalk, septum pellucidum, deep gray structures (caudate, internal capsule, putamen), amygdala, optic chiasm. |