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Learning and memory are derived from what processes (3) |
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1) Formation of new synaptic contacts, 2) permanent alterations in synaptic efficiency, 3) generation of new cells |
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1) Neuron doctrine, 2) functional localization, 3) neural networks |
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Neuron doctrine tenets (4) |
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1) Not a syncytium, 2) transfer of information, 3) transfer by chemical or electrical signals, 4) neurotransmitters/receptors determine excited or inhibited signal |
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Functional localization is established by |
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Neural network aspect says what about interconnectivity |
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Lots of synapses with high local interconnectivity with some long ocnnections to other areas |
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Major regions of the CNS (6) |
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1) Spinal cord, 2) medulla oblongata, 3) pons & cerebellum, 4) mesencephalon, 5) diencephalon, 6) telencephalon |
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Diencephalon components (2) |
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1) Thalamus, 2) hypothalamus |
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Telencephalon components (2) |
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1) Cerebral cortex, 2) basal ganglia |
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Optic nerve & retina are outgrowths of what part of the CNS |
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Humans have a rotated CNS (compared to quadrapeds) at what structure |
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Which structures have white matter superficially (4) |
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1) Spinal cord, 2) medulla, 3) pons, 4) midbrain |
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Which structures have grey matter superficially (3) |
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1) Cerebellum, 2) cerebrum, 3) diencephalon |
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Gray matter is organized in some basic ways (4) |
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1) Nuclei, 2) collections of nuclei, 3) laminae, 4) loose, low-density (reticular) |
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Nuclei are defined because they have |
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Distinct functional units with a particular system, and heavily interconnected |
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Laminae are most prevalent in which structures (2) |
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1) Cerebral cortex, 2) cerebellar cortex |
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A bundle of white matter that connects different CNS regions and many nuclei |
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Anatomically distinct, rounded bundle of white matter |
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A bundle that runs between the two sides of the CNS |
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What is it called when a tract crosses sides of the CNS |
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Are axons randomly arranged within a tract: yes or no |
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No, regions are grouped together |
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Do most neural systems have ___ [just the right number or too many] for a particular job |
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Most systems have more neurons than are necessary for the job |
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1) Information, 2) regulation, 3) command |
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Which are the valleys of the cerebrum: sulci or gyri |
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Which are the ridges of the cerebrum: sulci or gyri |
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What is anterior to the central sulcus |
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What is posterior to the central sulcus |
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What lobe contains the precentral gyrus |
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What lobe contains the postcentral gyrus |
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Primary motor cortex in what gyrus |
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Primary sensory cortex in what gyrus |
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What sulcus separates the lateral lobe from parietal & frontal lobes |
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What sulcus separates the occipital lobe from the parietal lobe |
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___ notch separates the temporal lobe from the occipital lobe |
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Temporal lobe primary responsibilities (4) |
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1) Hearing, 2) language processing, 3) visual processing, 4) memory |
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Frontal lobe primary responsibilities (4) |
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1) Intelligence, 2) personality, 3) motivation, 4) motor control |
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Parietal lobe primary responsibilities (3) |
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1) General sensation, 2) language, 3) spatial orientation |
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Occipital lobe primary responsibility |
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What fissure divides the primary visual cortex |
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Gyrus located superficial from the corpus callosum |
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Limbic lobe primary responsibilities (4) |
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1) Emotions, 2) basic drives, 3) smell, 4) memory |
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If you pry the lateral lobe away, what do you see deep in the lateral sulcus |
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Insula primary responsibilities (4) |
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1) Taste & visceral sensation, 2) emotional aspect of pain, 4) biologically significant visual & auditory |
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Hippocampus primary responsibility |
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Amygdala primary responsibility |
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Basal ganglia primary responsibility |
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Regulation & coordination of movement |
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Thalamus process what going to and from the cerebrum |
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Sensory & motor information |
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Hypothalamus integrates what (3) |
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1) Autonomic, 2) endocrine, 3) limbic |
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Epithalamus includes the ____ body |
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Pineal body is included in what |
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Epithalamus primary responsibility |
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Features of the dorsal surface of the midbrain (2) |
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1) Superior colliculus, 2) inferior colliculus |
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Feature of the ventral surface of the midbrain |
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Cerebellum primary responsibility |
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Layers of the cranial dura mater |
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1) Endosteal, 2) Meningeal |
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Layers of the spinal dura mater |
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Which layer of the dura has sensory neurons |
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Falx cerebri & tentorium cerebelli contain which layer of the dura mater |
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CSF exists between which meninges |
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What meninx becomes the filum terminale |
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Which meninges enter sulci |
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Gestation age in which first sign of nervous system appears |
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Ectoderm secretes what autocrine factor |
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Notochord secretes what that prevents BMP4 action (2) |
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If ectoderm does not sense BMP4, what is the cell's fate |
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Signals that have a dose-dependent effect on the fate of cells are what |
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What is found superficially between the basal & alar plates |
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Neural crest cells become what cells (5) |
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1) Primary sensory neurons, 2) ANS post-synaptic neurons, 3) chromaffin cells, 4) melanocytes, 5) peripheral glia |
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Defects in neural crest cells are collectively called |
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Defects in neural crest cells |
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Examples of neurocristopathies (2) |
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1) Cleft palate, 2) Hirschprung's disease |
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Neurogenic placodes become |
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Neurons and lgia of the cranial ganglia |
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Which is the default state of neural plate: anterior or posterior |
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Which of these two requires growth factors (the other grows instead): brain or spinal cord |
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Spinal cord [brain is the default] |
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What induces the forebrain to split into two bilateral hemispheres |
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Where does the neural tube first close |
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Defect in SHH singalling leading to primitive forebrain failing to diverticulate into two telencephalic vesicles |
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Septo-optic dysplasia has absence of what structure |
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Neural tube defect examples (2) |
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1) Anencephaly, 2) spina bifida |
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Defective closure of anterior neuropore is |
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Categories of spina bifida (4; mildest to severest) |
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1) Occulta, 2) meningocoele, 3) meningomyelocoele, 4) craniorachischisis |
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Initial vesicles of the neural tube (3) |
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1) Prosencephalon, 2) mesencephalon, 3) rhombencephalon |
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What splits into the telencephalon & diencephalon |
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What splits into the cerebellum, pons, & medulla oblongata |
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Apical side of the neural plate eventually becomes what cells |
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What layer of the neural tube is mitotically active |
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Subventricular zone (aka subependymal) |
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Neurons migrate through what zone to get to the mantle zone |
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Basal side of the neural plate eventually becomes what |
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What cells span neural tube that neurons migrate along |
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Fetal alcohol syndrome due to interference with what process |
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Error in control of brain cell proliferation on one side leading to larger volume of the hemisphere |
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Of the cerebral cortex's 6 layers, which contains the oldest cells [superficial or deep layer] |
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Which layer of cells arrives at the marginal zone first during neuronal migration |
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Axon outgrowth pathfinding mechanisms (3) |
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1) Cell adhesion molecules, 2) electrical guidance, 3) chemotropism |
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Smooth brain from lack of sulci |
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Thick brain from broad gyri |
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Numerous small abnormal gyri with shallow/absent sulci |
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Normal neurons in abnormal location from stalled migration |
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Cocaine interfers at what stage of development |
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Definition
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Metachromatic leukodystrophy |
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Definition
Failure to form myelin; progressive weakness, blindness, hypotonia, & dementia during childhood |
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When does myelination begin |
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Definition
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Stages of neuroembryology (8) |
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1) Neural plate, 2) neuralation, 3) vesicle formation, 4) neuronal proliferation, 5) neuronal migration, 6) axon outgrowth, 7) neuronal differentiation, 8) myelination |
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Significant increase in brain weight between newborn & adulthood due to (4) |
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Definition
1) Hypertrophy of neurons, 2) hyperplasia of glia, 3) neural process & synapse formation, 4) myelination |
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Term
Exogenous causes of brain malformations (6; categories) |
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Definition
1) Nutritional, 2) radiological, 3) viral, 4) chemical, 5) pharmacological, 6) ischemia |
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Brain constitutes __% of total body metabolism at rest |
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Definition
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Major metabolic demand of neurons |
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Do neurons require insulin for glucose uptake: yes or no |
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Definition
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Blood flow of normally functioning neurons |
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Definition
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Blood flow to induce irreversible brain damage |
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<20 mL/min/100 gm for several minutes |
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What process keeps cerebral blood flow within a certain range |
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Definition
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How does CO2 affect cerebral blood flow |
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Definition
Vasodilator ∴ increases flow |
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How does O2 affect cerebral blood flow |
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Definition
Drop in O2 increases blood flow |
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Prolonged ischemia causes blood flow away from high [CO2] |
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How does pH affect cerebral blood flow (both directions from normal) |
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Definition
Drop in pH increases blood flow; rise in pH decreases blood flow |
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Blood flow ratio to gray matter over white matter |
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Definition
About 2.5 (70-80 vs 30 mL/min/100 g) |
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When does SNS activity become important to cerebral blood flow |
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Definition
When outside compensatory range of autoregulation |
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How does viscosity affect cerebral blood flow |
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Definition
Blood flow inversely proportional |
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How does cerebral blood flow under polycythemia compare to normal |
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Decreased with polycythemia |
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How does cerebral blood flow under anemia compare to normal |
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Definition
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Location where CSF can be found (4) |
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Definition
1) Ventricles, 2) cerebral aqueduct, 3) central canal, 4) arachnoid space |
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1) Choroid plexus, 2) ependyma, 3) cerebral pia, 4) cerebral exracellular spaces, 5) subarachnoid spaces |
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How does CSF leave the lateral ventricles |
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Definition
Interventricular foarmen of Monro |
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How does CSF leave the third ventricle |
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Definition
Cerebral aqueduct of Sylvius |
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Definition
1) Arachnoid granulations, 2) leptomeningeal vessels, 3) perineural sheaths of cranial & spinal nerves, 4) ependyma |
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Increased intracranial volume → increased intracranial pressure |
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Brain hitting opposite side of skull from blunt trauma thus causing injury on the opposite side |
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Should a lumbar puncture be performed on patients with increasd intracranial pressure: yes or no |
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Definition
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Are capillary endothelial cells fenestrated: yes or no |
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Definition
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Bacterial meningitis changes CSF how |
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Definition
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Subarachnoid hemorrhage changes CSF how |
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Definition
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What does more oligoclonal bands in CSF than blood serum indicate |
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Definition
Ig's in CNS ∴ autoimmune disease (e.g., MS) |
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Are capillary endothelial cells in the choroid plexus fenestrated: yes or no |
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Definition
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Are chorodal epithelial cells fenestrated: yes or no |
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Definition
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Definition
Yellow staining of brain from unconjugated bilirubin |
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Term
Causes of kernicterus (3) |
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Definition
1) Excess bilirubin, 2) inability to conjugate bilirubin, 3) immaturity/disruption of the BBB |
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Definition
Inflammatory demyelination of the CNS |
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Term
Circumventricular organs (7) |
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Definition
1) Postrema, 2) subcommissural organ, 3) subfornical organ, 4) vascular organ of the lamina terminalis, 5) median eminence, 6) neurohypophysis, 7) pineal gland |
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Describe anastamoses in the brain |
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Definition
Limited at the arterial level; nearly none at the arteriolar and capillary level |
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Longitudinal arteries of the spinal cord (3) |
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Definition
1) Anterior spinal medullary a., 2-3) posterior spinal aa. |
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Name for the weak supply from C8-T9 |
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Each vertebral a. supplies __% to the brain |
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Each internal carotid a. supplies __% to the brain |
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Definition
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Terminal branches of the internal carotid artery (2) |
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Definition
1) Anterior cerebral a., 2) middle cerebral a. |
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Which side is most likely to have a stroke: left or right |
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Great radicular a. serves ___ [anterior or posterior] of the spinal cord |
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Infarcts of the MCA tend to be what shaped |
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Definition
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Artery of cerebral hemorrage aka |
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Definition
Lateral-most branch of lenticulo-striate branches of MCA |
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Which area of sensory & motor homunculus is covered by the MCA |
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Which area of sensory & motor homunculus is covered by the ACA |
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What joins the ACA's at the optic chiasm |
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Definition
Anterior communicating artery |
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Strokes in PCA tends to result in |
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Ophthalmic a. & facial a. |
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MCA/ACA watershed stroke covers what semsory & motor homunculus area |
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Definition
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Inability to abduct arms and flex elbows from watershed stroke |
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Concentrate at points where turbulence is greatest |
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Cerebral aneurysms hemhorrages in what space |
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Definition
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Injury caused by interruption of blood flow |
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Sudden onset of a focal neurologic deficit that is brief |
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1) Ischemic, 2) hemorrhagic |
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Major types of ischemic stroke (4) |
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Definition
1) Atherothrombotic, 2) cardioembolic, 3) lacunar stroke, 4) "other" |
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Term
Thrombus for an atherothrombotic stroke formed how |
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Definition
Atherosclerotic plaque opens causing platelet aggregation |
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Term
Indication a stroke might be cardioembolic |
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Definition
Multiple strokes in different arterial territories |
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Term
Lacunar strokes formed from penetrating branches of (5) |
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Definition
1) MCA, 2) anterior choroidal, 3) PCA, 4) posterior communicating, 5) basilar |
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Area arounda region of ischemia |
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Molecular basis of ischemic injury |
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Mitochondrial injury → free radicals → cell membrane injury → leukotrienes, leukocyte activation → cell death |
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Types of hemorrhagic stroke (2) |
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Definition
1) Intracerebral, 2) subarachnoidal |
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Most common cause of intracerebral hemorrhage |
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Definition
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Most common cause of subarachnoid hemorrhage |
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Definition
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Complications of subarachnoid hemorrhage (2) |
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Definition
1) Rebleeding, 2) vasospasm → ischemic stroke |
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Major modalities of somatic sensation (4) |
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Definition
1) Discriminative touch, 2) proprioception, 3) temperature, 4) nociception |
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Cool and "warm" are descriptions of: nociception or temperature sense |
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Definition
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Cold and "hot" are descriptions of: nociception or temperature sense |
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Dorsal root ganglia neurons are what order neurons |
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Definition
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Types of peripheral terminals of DRG neurons (2) |
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Definition
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Which modalities are have encapsulated peripheral terminals |
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1) Discriminative touch, 2) Proprioception |
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Which modalities are have bare peripheral terminals |
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The unique stimulus that activates a specific receptor at a low energy level |
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Elementary attributes of stimuli (4) |
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Definition
1) Modaility, 2) location, 3) intensity, 4) duration |
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Classification of afferent DRG axons (4; as we should know them; slowest to fastest) |
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Definition
1) C, 2) Aδ, 3) Aβ, 4) Group I |
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What axon type: proprioceptors of skeletal muscle |
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Definition
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What axon type: mechanoreceptors of skin |
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Definition
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What axon type: cool temperature |
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Definition
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What axon type: sharp pain |
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Definition
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What axon type: warm and cool |
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Definition
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What axon type: aching pain |
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Somatosensory pathway uses a relay of how many nuclei |
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First-order neurons are found where |
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Definition
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Second-order neurons are found where |
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Definition
Segment of spinal cord gray matter or in the brain stem |
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Third-order neurons are found where |
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Definition
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Region in which the presence of a stimulus will alter the firing of that neuron |
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Surround inhibition of second-order neurons does what to the signal |
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Definition
Sharpens contrast between stimuli |
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Term
Types of mechanoreceptors (4) |
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Definition
1) Meissner's corpuscle, 2) Merkel's disk, 3) Pacinian corpuscle, 4) RUffini ending |
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Meissner's corpuscles detect what mechanical movement |
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Definition
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Merkel's disks detect what mechanical movement |
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Definition
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Pacinian corpuscles detect what mechanical movement |
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Definition
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Ruffini ending detect what mechanical movement |
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Definition
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Which mechanoreceptors have fast adaptation |
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Definition
1) Meissner's corpuscle, 2) Pacinian corpuscle |
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Which mechanoreceptors have slow adaptation |
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Definition
1) Merkel's disk, 2) Ruffini ending |
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What function is required to convert a bunch of mechanical sensation into something like "texture" |
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Definition
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Spatial discrimination of finger tips __ mm |
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Definition
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Spatial discrimination of the back __ mm |
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Persistence of respones to long-lasting stimuli |
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1) Fast-conducting type Ia, 2) slower-conducting type II |
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Which muscle spindle type is active during steady-state |
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Definition
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Muscle spindles ___ [inhibit or excite] α motor neurons |
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Definition
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Golgi tendon organs ___ [inhibit or excite] α motor neurons |
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Definition
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Which inhibits α motor neurons: muscle spindles or Golgi tendon organs |
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Definition
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Which excites α motor neurons: muscle spindles or Golgi tendon organs |
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Definition
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Location of temperature receptors: random or uniform |
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Definition
1) Thermal, 2) mechanical, 3) polymodal |
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Temperature range of thermal nociceptors |
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Definition
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Term
Stepping on a tack activates what two nociceptors (and in what order |
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Definition
Mechnical for immediate → polymodal for aching/dull pain |
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How are silent nociceptors special |
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Definition
Not active unless injury has occurred |
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Definition
1) Sensory-discriminative [location, duration, intensity, etc.], 2) affective [emotional] |
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Term
Repeated application of noxious mechanical stimuli leads to |
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Definition
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Term
Primary hyperalgesia properties (4) |
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Definition
1) Decreased threshold, 2) increased magnitude, 3) spontaneous activation, 4) small increase in receptor field size |
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Term
C fiber fire repetivitely and increased excitability of central neurons leads to |
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Definition
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Secondary hyperalgesia properties (5) |
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Definition
1) Decreased threshold, 2) increased magnitude, 3) spontaneous pain, 4) large increase in receptive field size, 5) increased response to innocuous stimuli |
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Term
How to visceral sensory receptors differ structurally from somatosensory |
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Definition
They are indistinguishable |
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Most visceral nociceptors are believed to be what kind |
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Definition
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Term
8 basic causes of CNS lesions |
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Definition
1) Trauma, 2) ischemia, 3) neoplasm, 4) neurodegeneration, 5) toxins, 6) infection, 7) nutrition, 8) genetic |
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Term
3 L's of localization of lesions |
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Definition
1) Level, 2) location, 3) laterality |
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Term
Alternating/crossed signs |
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Definition
Right face & left body; vice versa; etc. |
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Term
Major sensory pathways (5) |
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Definition
1) Spinothalamic, 2) trigeminothalamic, 3) DCML, 4) dorsal spinocerebellar, 5) ventral spinocerebellar |
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Term
Major motor pathways of the corticobulbarspinal system (2) |
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Definition
1) Corticospinal, 2) corticobulbar |
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Term
Somatosensory pathways follow what neuronal pattern |
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Definition
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Somatosensory has which neuron that decussates |
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Second-order neuron decussates |
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Somatosensory has which neuron in the thalamus |
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Third-order neuron is in the thalamus |
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Which pathway for temperature |
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Which pathway for discriminative touch |
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Which pathway for conscious proprioception |
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Which pathway for visceral pain |
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Which pathway for non-conscious proprioception |
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Which pathway for voluntary movement |
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Corticobulbospinal system |
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Which pathway for fractionated hand movement |
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Somatosensory has which neuron as the sensor |
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Spinothalamic tract decussates where |
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DCML through which spinal cord fasciculi (2; lateral to medial) |
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1) Fasciculus cuneatus, 2) fasciculus gracilis |
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DCML second-order neuron starts where |
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DCML travels through two fasciculi starting at what vertebral level |
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DCML second-order axons travel through what tract |
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Source of most receptors in the spinocerebellar tract (2) |
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1) Golgi tendon organs, 2) muscle spindles |
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Why don't lesions of the spinocerebellar tract produce obvious signs |
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Goes to cerebellum [← non-conscious proprioception] |
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One sign of spinocerebellar lesion |
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Divisions of the corticobulbospinal system (2) |
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1) Corticospinal system, 2) corticobulbar system |
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Corticospinal tract to muscles of |
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Hand muscles primarily, some to trunk/shoulder/hips |
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Corticobulbar tract to muscles of |
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Cranial nerve motor nuclei |
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Corticobulbarspinal system follows what neuronal pattern |
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Two neurons: upper- and lower-motor neurons |
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Corticospinal system: interneuron connection between upper and lower motor neurons typically are: excitatory or inhibitory |
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Corticospinal system: upper motor neurons found where |
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Cerebral cortex [not just motor cortex] |
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Lesions to corticospinal upper motor neurons usually manifest as |
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Paresis and loss of inhibitory influence (hypertonia, spasticity, hyperreflexia, Babinski sign) |
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Corticospinal fibers that do NOT decussate in the medulla form what in the spinal cord |
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Corticospinal fibers that do decussate in the medulla form what in the spinal cord |
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Where do anterior corticospinal fibers decussate |
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Ventral white commissure of the spinal cord |
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Corticospinal system: lower motor neuron location |
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Lesions to coritcospinal lower motor neurons usually manifest as |
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Weakness/paresis/paralysis, abolished/weak deep tendon reflexes, muscle atrophy, hypotonia, fasciculation |
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Lesion of which corticospinal motor neuron with loss of deep tendon reflex: upper or lower motor neuron |
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Lesion of which corticospinal motor neuron with exhaggeration of deep tendon reflex: upper or lower motor neuron |
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What two systems affect the corticobulbarspinal system |
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Definition
1) Cerebellum [error correction], 2) basal ganglia [patterned learning] |
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Why do individual muscles span multiple spinal levels |
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LMN's are in columns [that just so happen to span multiple levels] |
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Visceral pain feels like skin pain because |
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Both first-order neurons innervate on the same second-order neuron |
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Biceps reflex test what spinal cord segments |
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Triceps reflex test what spinal cord segments |
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Patellar reflex test what spinal cord segments |
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Achilles reflex test what spinal cord segments |
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In "general somatic afferent," general refers to |
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General senses: pain, nociception, etc. |
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In "special somatic afferent," special refers to |
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Special senses: smell, vision, etc. |
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General somatic efferent includes what CN's (4) |
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General visceral efferent includes what CN's (4) |
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General visceral afferent includes what CN's (2) |
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General somatic afferent includes what CN's (4) |
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Special sensory afferent includes what CN's (1) |
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Special visceral efferent includes what CN's (5) |
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Special visceral afferent includes what CN's (2) |
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Special somatic afferent includes what CN's (1) |
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Which "class" (GSE, GVE, etc.) does not exist |
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1) Medulla, 2) pons, 3) midbrain |
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Alar plate grey matter forms what "classes" (2) |
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1) General visceral afferent, 2) general somatic afferent |
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Basal plate grey matter forms what "classes" (2) |
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Definition
1) General visceral efferent, 2) general somatic efferent |
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Which "class" migrates around general sensory efferent |
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Definition
Special visceral efferent |
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If the neural tube forms a ring, then how do the "classes" in the brainstem become linear |
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Which CN's do not come from the brainstem |
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Which is the only CN that decussates |
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Lesions affecting the brainstem midline will usuaually also affect what |
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Definition
General somatic efferent motorneurons |
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Lesions affecting the lateral brainstem will usuaually also affect what |
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Definition
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Nuclei in the medulla (4; lateral to medial) |
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Definition
1) Mesencephalic, 2) Edinger-Westphal, 3) oculomotor, 4) trochlear |
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Nuclei in the pons (9; lateral to medial) |
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Definition
1) Vestibulocochlear, 2) mesencephalic, 3) spinal trigeminal, 4) main sensory of trigeminal, 5) solitarius, 6) superior salivatory, 7) motor trigeminal, 8) facial, 9) abducens |
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Nuclei in the medulla (7; lateral to medial) |
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Definition
1) Vestibulocochlear, 2) main sensory of trigeminal, 3) solitarius, 4) inferior salivatory, 5) dorsal motor vagal, 6) ambiguus, 7) hypoglossal |
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Spinal cord levels in which lateral horn is present |
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Which end of the spinal cord has the highest percent of cross-sectional area of grey matter |
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Name the gray area between dorsal & ventral horns |
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Rexed's laminae for the posteromarginal nucleus |
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Definition
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Rexed's laminae for the substantia gelantinosa |
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Definition
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Rexed's laminae for the nucleus proprius |
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Definition
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Rexed's laminae for the basal nucleus/base of dorsal horn |
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Definition
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Rexed's laminae for the intermediate zone |
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Definition
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Rexed's laminae for the reticular core of ventral horn |
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Rexed's laminae for the LMN groups |
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Definition
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Rexed's laminae for the central gray |
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Nucleus proprius contains what order neurons |
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Dorsal nucleus of Clarke (nucleus dorsalis) is in which of Rexed's laminae |
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Definition
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Dorsal nucleus of Clarke (nucleus dorsalis) found at which spinal cord levels |
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Definition
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Dorsal nucleus of Clarke (nucleus dorsalis) relays what |
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Lateral horn contains what at T1-L2 levels |
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Lateral horn contains what at S2-4 levels |
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Preganglionic PSNS bodies |
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Which is more ventral in the ventral horn: flexors or extensors |
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Which is more dorsal in the ventral horn: flexors or extensors |
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Which is more medial in the ventral horn: truck or limb muscles |
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Which is more lateral in the ventral horn: truck or limb muscles |
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Spinal accessory nucleus is found at what spinal cord levels |
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Phrenic nucleus is found at what spinal cord levels |
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Definition
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Onuf's nucleus is found at what spinal cord levels |
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Definition
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What nucleus is sexually dimorphic |
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PSNS & somatomotor control of bowel/bladder is loacted where |
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Definition
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SNS control of bowel/bladder is loacted where |
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Definition
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Lesion at what level results in reflex/spastic bowel & bladder |
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Definition
T12 [loss of SNS, PSNS, somatomotor control] |
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Some spinal tracts (e.g., lateral corticospinal tract) are ordered (superficial to deep): sacral-to-cervical or cervical-to-sacral |
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Definition
Sacral (superficial) to cervical (deep) |
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DCML is ordered (medial to lateral): sacral-to-cervical or cervical-to-sacral |
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Definition
Sacral (medial) to cervical (lateral) |
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Large sensory fibers enter through: medial or lateral bundle |
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Definition
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Small sensory fibers enter through: medial or lateral bundle |
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Definition
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Large sensory fibers include what fiber types |
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Definition
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Small sensory fibers include what fiber types |
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Definition
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Muscle spindle fibers would enter in on: medial or lateral bundle |
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Definition
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Golgi tendon organs would enter in on: medial or lateral bundle |
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Definition
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Pacinian corpuscles would enter in on: medial or lateral bundle |
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Definition
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Meissner's corpuscles would enter in on: medial or lateral bundle |
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Definition
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Nociceptors would enter in on: medial or lateral bundle |
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Definition
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Thermoreceptors would enter in on: medial or lateral bundle |
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Definition
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What is very common for sensory fibers to do upon entering the spinal cord (2) |
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Definition
1) Bifurcate, 2) ascend or descend |
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What fiber type of sensory neurons participates in myotatic reflexes |
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Definition
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What motor neuron participates in myotatic reflexes |
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Definition
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Exaggerated deep tendon reflex indicates what |
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Definition
Lesion/disease of UMN disrupting the LMN inhibition |
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Golgi tendon reflexes involve what sensory fiber type |
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Definition
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Withdrawal reflex involves what sensory fiber type |
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Definition
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Dorsal columns contain fibers that are ___ [ipsilateral or contralateral] to what they sense |
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Definition
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DCML second-order neurons aka |
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Medial lemniscus assumes a more ___ position as it ascends |
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Definition
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Approximate spinal level in which fasiculus cuneatus forms |
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Standing feet together, arms at side: close eyes → sways/falls if dorsal column lesion |
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One possible treatment for intractable visceral pain |
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Definition
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Aδ and C fibers of spinothalamic system that ascends 1-2 levels before entering dorsal horn |
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Affter pain/temperature first-order neurons of spinothalamic end in which Rexed's laminae |
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Definition
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Crude touch first-order neurons of spinothalamic end in which Rexed's laminae |
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Definition
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Spinothalamic tract second-order neurons are in which Rexed's laminae |
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Definition
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Some spinothalamic tract C fibers end in which Rexed's laminae |
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Definition
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Definition
Internal spinal cord lesions affect sacral spinothalamic fibers last |
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Term
Second-order nuclei of spinothalamic tract (3) |
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Definition
1) Posteromarginal nucleus, 2) substantia gelantinosa, 3) nucleus proprius |
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Lesion of the spinothalamic tract at, say, T12 would manifest to what level |
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Definition
L1-2 because of Lissauer's tract |
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Term
Separate pathways of the spinocerebellar pathway (3) |
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Definition
1) Dorsal spinocerebellar tract, 2) cuneocereellar tract, 3) ventral spinocerebellar tract |
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Dorsal spinocerebellar tract: ipsilateral or contralateral |
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Definition
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Dorsal spinocerebellar tract function |
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Definition
Fine coordination of posture & movement of individual lower limb muscles |
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Second-order neuron of the dorsal spinocerebellar tract is found where |
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Definition
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Upper limb equivalent of the dorsal spinocerebellar tract |
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Definition
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Lower limb equivalent of the cuneocerebellar tract |
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Definition
Dorsal spinocerebellar tract |
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Term
Cuneocerebellar tract: ipsilateral or contralateral |
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Definition
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Cuneocerebellar tract function |
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Definition
Fine coordination of posture & movement of individual upper limb muscles |
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Second-order neuron of the cuneocerebellar tract is found hwere |
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Definition
Accessory cuneate nucleus |
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First-order neuron fibers travel in what fasciculus |
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Definition
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Ventral spinocerebellar tract function |
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Definition
Whole lower limb posture & movement |
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Ventral spinocerebellar tract: ipsilateral or contralateral |
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Definition
Ipsilateral but through a double decussation |
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Term
Which tract has a double decussation |
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Definition
Ventral spinocerebellar tract [once in spinal cord, the other in pons] |
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Upper limb equivalent of the ventral spinocerebellar tract |
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Definition
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Lateropulsion can occur in a lesion to what tract |
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Definition
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Term
Major motor pathways we care about up to this point (3) |
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Definition
1) Corticobulbarspinal, 2) hypothalamospinal, 3) raphespinal |
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Term
Signs of corticospinal UMN lesions (6) |
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Definition
1) Paresis, 2) spasticity, 3) hyperreflexia, 4) clonus, 5) abnormal superficial reflexes, 6) Babinski |
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Term
Signs of corticospinal LMN lesions (6) |
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Definition
1) Paralysis, 2) paresis, 3) hypotonia, 4) hyporeflexia/areflexia, 5) fasciculations, 6) muscle atrophy |
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Term
Hypothalamospinal pathway contains |
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Definition
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Term
Hypothalamospinal pathway functions (3) |
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Definition
1) Thermoregulation, 2) pain modulation, 3) EPI secretion by adrenals |
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Term
Descending bulbospinal pathway function |
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Definition
Modulation of pain by inhibiting pain receptor synapses |
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Term
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Definition
Damage to hypothalamospinal pathway above T1 |
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Term
Descending bulbospinal pathway through what tract |
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Definition
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Term
Reasons the spinal cord is not damaged during normal movement of the vertebrae (3) |
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Definition
1) Central position within canal, 2) epidural fat, CSF, & meninges, 3) dural sheaths & denticlate ligaments |
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Term
Causes of spinal stenosis (5) |
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Definition
1) Disc herniation, 2) spondylosis, 3) tumors, 4) dislocation, 5) fluorosis |
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Term
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Definition
Arthritic degeneration, new bone growth into spinal canal |
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Term
Fluorosis as it relates to spinal stenosis |
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Definition
Leads to calcification of spinal longitudinal ligaments |
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Term
Side of vertebral disc most likely to herniate |
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Definition
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Term
What causes the pain of a herniated disc (2) |
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Definition
1) Chemical radiculitis, 2) disc & periosteal nociceptors |
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Term
Back pain is considered what kind of pain |
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Definition
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Term
Most common disc herniation sites (3) |
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Definition
1) C6-7, 2) L4-5, 3) C6-7 |
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Term
If the L5-S1 disc herniates, which spinal nerve is usually compressed |
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Definition
S1 [lumbars are usually the next level down] |
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Term
Cellular effects of spinal cord injury (5) |
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Definition
1) White & grey matter transection, 2) edema, 3) swelling, 4) necrosis/apoptosis, 5) scarring |
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Term
Anterior spinal artery supplies roughly ___ [fraction] of the cross-sectional area |
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Definition
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Term
Posterior spinal arteries supply what structures (4) |
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Definition
1) Dorsal columns, 2) posteromarginal nucleus, 3) substantia gelatinosa, 4) nucleus proprius |
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Term
Anterior spinal artery supplies what structures (6) |
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Definition
1) Ventral horn, 2) intermediate zone, 3) most lateral corticospinal tract, 4) anterolateral system, 5) vestibulospinal tract, 6) bulbospinal tract |
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Term
Which spinal artery affects the cord unilaterally |
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Definition
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Which spinal artery affects the cord bilaterally |
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Definition
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Superficial lesion of the cord affects which first: sacral or cervical |
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Definition
Sacral [different layering for the dorsal columns] |
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Term
Deep lesion of the cord affects which first: sacral or cervical |
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Definition
Cervical [different layering for the dorsal columns] |
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Term
Ascending loss of pain/termperature, and motor paresis indicates ___ [superficial or deep] lesion |
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Definition
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Term
Descending loss of pain/termperature, and motor paresis indicates ___ [superficial or deep] lesion |
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Definition
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Term
Central cord syndromes characterized by (3) |
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Definition
1) Bilateral loss of pain & temperature, 2) sacral sparing, 3) greater motor impairment in upper vs. lower extremities (UMN=exaggerated reflexes, LMN=atrophy) |
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Term
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Definition
Hemisection of the spinal cord [largely academic] |
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Term
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Definition
Syrinx formed in cervical/thoracic cord that destroys ventral white commissure and, possibly, lateral corticospinal tract |
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Term
Syringomyelia symptoms (3) |
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Definition
1) Bilateral loss of pain & temperature over shoulder & lateral arm, 2) possible CN XI damage, 3) possible phrenic nucleus damage |
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Term
Anterior cord syndrome symptoms (3) |
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Definition
1) Complete bilateral motor paralysis, 2) complete bilateral loss of pain & temperature, 3) spares 2-point discrimination, vibration, kinesthesia |
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Term
Posterior cord syndrome symptoms (2) |
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Definition
1) Loss of 2-point discrimination & kinesthesia, 2) Romberg sign |
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Term
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Definition
Posterior cord syndrome from DRG cell death & demyelination in dorsal columns |
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Term
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Definition
Spinal stenosis of dorsal & ventral roots |
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Term
Cauda equina syndrome symptoms (5) |
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Definition
1) Weakness of the leg & foot (LMN signs), 2) saddle anesthesia (S1-5 dermatomes), 3) loss of patellar & achelles reflexes (ventral root damage), 4) urinary retention, 5) loss of tone in external anal sphincter |
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Term
Conus medullaris syndrome symptoms (4) |
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Definition
1) Bladder & bowel problems, 2) sexual dysfunction, 3) UMN signs, 4) loss of perianal winking |
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