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A primer on skull anatomy and basilar & other skull fractures.

Handpicked these diagrams to help you in your studying of cerebrovascular territories. Make me proud!

Primer on Cisterns: Know the name and locations of all the brain cisterns and then figure out what travels through them, please.

The Emesis Reflex: AREA POSTREMA (AP) signals the nearby nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) which triggers the emetic central pattern generator (CPG), at the reticular formation, which induces emesis by coordinating muscular movements for retching & vomiting.

If you have not heard of the AREA POSTREMA, you'll never forget it. It's located on the dorsal surface of the medulla at the floor of the 4th Ventricle, and it detects emetic toxins in the blood & CSF and induces vomiting.

I curated an informative primer on spine tumors for you to enjoy.

Know that the Obersteiner-Redlich zone is the region where the nerve changes from a central to peripheral one and the site of arterial compression (ie SCA), which causes trigeminal neuralgia. (From Neurosurgery atlas)

If you want to operate around the cranio-cervical junction, it’s absolutely essential you understand not only the bony structures, but the ligaments. (Artist CM Brown)

Knowing the details of the Motor #homunclus is important specially when lesions are close by or within the motor cortex/ pre-central gyrus.

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