Tag Archive for: brain

Term: Diaschisis

Sudden loss of function in one region...

Term: Corpus callosum

The corpus callosum is the largest of the white matter commissures in the telencephalon (cerebrum). It connects...

Term: Absence seizure

Absence seizures are very short seizures characterized by brief loss of consciousness, "staring off into space," "blanking out," loss of muscle tone, and sometimes dorsal deviation of the eyes ("eyes rolling up into head").

Term: Subarachnoid space

The subarachnoid space is the space between the pia mater (innermost) and arachnoid mater (middle later) of meninges. It consists of...

Term: Internal capsule

The internal capsule is a white matter band of afferent and efferent nerve fibers ...

Term: Falx cerebri

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