Term: Extrapyramidal

Extrapyramidal refers to the motor tracts that arise outside the cerebral cortex.

Imaging: Paraparetic Boston

10yr MC Boston Terrier that was acutely unable to walk on pelvic limbs

Term: Neurotmesis

Neurotmesis is complete severance of the entire nerve fiber, including the axon, myelin sheath, Schwann cells and endoneurium.

Term: Falx cerebri

The falx cerebri is the vertical fold of meninges on the dorsal midline between the two cerebral hemispheres.

Blind Maltese

The dog was brought in to the Ophthalmology Department following an acute onset of blindness. Ocular examination revealed no obvious cause for the blindness.