CT head axial - labeling questions

Case contributed by Craig Hacking
Diagnosis not applicable

Normal CT head (with labels)

Annotated image

The labeled structures are (excluding the correct side):

  1. foramen magnum

  2. medulla oblongata

  3. vertebral artery

  4. cerebellar tonsil

  5. premedullary cistern

  6. internal jugular vein

  7. basilar artery

  8. sigmoid sinus

  9. petrous internal carotid artery in the carotid canal

  10. cerebellar hemisphere

  11. external auditory canal

  12. foramen of Magendie

  13. superior orbital fissure

  14. Meckel's cave

  15. foramen of Luschka

  16. crista galli

  17. pituitary fossa

  18. pons

  19. gyrus rectus

  20. cavernous ICA in the cavernous sinus

  21. left temporal pole

  22. prepontine cistern

  23. middle cerebellar peduncle

  24. uncus

  25. temporal horn of the lateral ventricle

  26. fourth ventricle

  27. nodule of the cerebellum

  28. MCA M1 segment

  29. suprasellar cistern

  30. tentorium cerebelli

  31. interpeduncular cistern

  32. cerebral crus (peduncle)

  33. Sylvian fissure

  34. mammillary bodies

  35. median interhemispheric fissure

  36. midbrain

  37. ambient cistern

  38. cerebral aqueduct (of Sylvius)

  39. third ventricle

  40. inferior colliculus

  41. torcula herophili (confluence of the sinuses)

  42. anterior limb of the internal capsule

  43. interventricular foramen (of Monroe)

  44. insular cortex

  45. transverse sinus

  46. genu of the corpus callosum

  47. frontal horn of the lateral ventricle

  48. genu of the internal capsule

  49. quadrigeminal cistern

  50. head of the caudate nucleus

  51. lentiform nucleus

  52. pineal gland

  53. superior vermis of the cerebellum

  54. column of the fornix

  55. posterior limb of the internal capsule

  56. internal cerebral vein

  57. straight sinus

  58. cingulate gyrus

  59. septum pellucidum

  60. thalamus

  61. forceps minor

  62. trigone (atrium) of the lateral ventricle

  63. occipital lobe

  64. splenium of the corpus callosum

  65. occipital horn of the lateral ventricle

  66. body of the lateral ventricle

  67. choroid plexus

  68. forceps major

  69. inferior sagittal sinus

  70. body of the corpus callosum

  71. centrum semiovale

  72. central sulcus (of Rolando)

  73. hand bump of the pre central gyrus (primary motor cortex)

  74. marginal sulcus (pars marginalis)

  75. superior sagittal sinus

  76. falx cerebri

Normal CT head no labels

ct

The same normal brain CT without labels for reference.

Case Discussion

The labeled structures are (excluding the correct side):

  1. foramen magnum

  2. medulla oblongata

  3. vertebral artery

  4. cerebellar tonsil

  5. premedullary cistern

  6. internal jugular vein

  7. basilar artery

  8. sigmoid sinus

  9. petrous internal carotid artery in the carotid canal

  10. cerebellar hemisphere

  11. external auditory canal

  12. foramen of Magendie

  13. superior orbital fissure

  14. Meckel's cave

  15. foramen of Luschka

  16. crista galli

  17. pituitary fossa

  18. pons

  19. gyrus rectus

  20. cavernous ICA in the cavernous sinus

  21. left temporal pole

  22. prepontine cistern

  23. middle cerebellar peduncle

  24. uncus

  25. temporal horn of the lateral ventricle

  26. fourth ventricle

  27. nodule of the cerebellum

  28. MCA M1 segment

  29. suprasellar cistern

  30. tentorium cerebelli

  31. interpeduncular cistern

  32. cerebral crus (peduncle)

  33. Sylvian fissure

  34. mammillary bodies

  35. median interhemispheric fissure

  36. midbrain

  37. ambient cistern

  38. cerebral aqueduct (of Sylvius)

  39. third ventricle

  40. inferior colliculus

  41. torcula herophili (confluence of the sinuses)

  42. anterior limb of the internal capsule

  43. interventricular foramen (of Monroe)

  44. insular cortex

  45. transverse sinus

  46. genu of the corpus callosum

  47. frontal horn of the lateral ventricle

  48. genu of the internal capsule

  49. quadrigeminal cistern

  50. head of the caudate nucleus

  51. lentiform nucleus

  52. pineal gland

  53. superior vermis of the cerebellum

  54. column of the fornix

  55. posterior limb of the internal capsule

  56. internal cerebral vein

  57. straight sinus

  58. cingulate gyrus

  59. septum pellucidum

  60. thalamus

  61. forceps minor

  62. trigone (atrium) of the lateral ventricle

  63. occipital lobe

  64. splenium of the corpus callosum

  65. occipital horn of the lateral ventricle

  66. body of the lateral ventricle

  67. choroid plexus

  68. forceps major

  69. inferior sagittal sinus

  70. body of the corpus callosum

  71. centrum semiovale

  72. central sulcus (of Rolando)

  73. hand bump of the pre central gyrus (primary motor cortex)

  74. marginal sulcus (pars marginalis)

  75. superior sagittal sinus

  76. falx cerebri

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