DMI 57
Brain Anatomy Exercise
Excerpt from Ortega y Gasset
• So many things fail to interest us simply
because they don’t find in us enough surfaces
on which to live.
• What we need to do is to increase the number
of planes in our mind, so that a much larger
number of themes can find a place in it at the
same time.
Identifying anatomic structures once
the lecture has take place…
• The purpose of this class is to learn to identify
anatomy on your own
• You need to build your own confidence and
learn to take risks
• This class is about learning, not about always
being right
• Don’t be so worried about your grade –
instead, worry about learning the material
Identifying anatomic structures once
the lecture has take place…
• If you’ve forgotten which anatomic structures
are which, or are not sure which structures
the arrows are pointing to:
– Compare with your text
– Give it your best guess, then, compare it to your
text
– Ask a radiologist, radiation oncologist, dosimetrist,
technologist, radiation therapist, etc.
– Check a website
New announcements
• There will be a quiz on the structures of the
brain on Friday, February 19th
– It will be similar to the quiz given on Friday, 5th
• The first section of the Semester Long Project
is due on Friday, February 19th
Purposes of this exercise
• Evaluate images in order to recognize
anatomic structures in multiple planes
• Distinguish between anatomic structures
• Describe the shape and location of anatomic
structures
Instructions
Have a blank sheet of notebook paper available
• Try to answer as many of the questions as possible
• Review and evaluate the images and identify the
anatomic structures marked by the colored arrows
• Write the answer on a sheet of notebook paper
– Do not be concerned if you cannot answer the questions
• This is practice – not a quiz
– Many of them will be answered later on during the lecture
• You may use your text
• You may quietly and calmly contrast and compare
your findings with your neighbor
Which three structures make up the
hind brain?
• 1.
• 2.
• 3
Which of the three hindbrain
structures is:
• Most anterior?
• Most inferior?
• Most posterior?
Name the ventricles
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.
• 4. Which ventricles are paired?
Which ventricle(s):
• Is most inferior?
• Looks like part of an exclamation point?
• Have anterior horns?
Which arteries comprise the Circle of
Willis?
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5.
Identifying anatomic structures once
the lecture has take place…
• If you’ve forgotten which anatomic structures
are which, or are not sure which structures
the arrows are pointing to:
– Compare with your text
– Give it your best guess, then, compare it to your
text
– Ask a radiologist, radiation oncologist, dosimetrist,
technologist, radiation therapist, etc.
– Check a website
Quiz and Semester Long Project
announcement
• There will be a quiz on the structures of the
brain on Friday, February 19th
– It will be similar to the quiz given on Friday, 5th
• The first section of the Semester Long Project
is due on Friday, February 19th