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.