Question 1
A 45-year-old patient undergoes a craniotomy for a left temporal lesion. The surgeon needs to identify the uncinate fasciculus. Through which white matter bundle does this tract primarily connect?
Correct Answer:
Frontal lobe and anterior temporal lobe
Question 2
During a retrosigmoid approach to a vestibular schwannoma, the surgeon identifies the facial nerve in the internal auditory canal. At the fundus of the IAC, where is the facial nerve most commonly located?
Correct Answer:
Anterior-superior quadrant
Question 3
The artery of Adamkiewicz (great anterior radiculomedullary artery) most commonly arises from which segmental level?
Correct Answer:
T9-T12 on the left
Question 4
A surgeon performing a pterional craniotomy identifies the anterior clinoid process. Which structure passes medial to the anterior clinoid within the optic canal?
Correct Answer:
Optic nerve (CN II) and ophthalmic artery
Question 5
A patient with a right-sided MCA infarction develops expressive aphasia. Which cortical region is most likely involved?
Correct Answer:
Broca's area in the inferior frontal gyrus (left)
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