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Undergraduate 3
10/12/2010

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2 parts of Cerebrum are...
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Cerebral hemispheres and diencephalon
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5 parts of Cerebral cortex are...
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Frontal lobe, Pareital lobe, Occipital lobe, Temporal lobe, and Limbic lobe
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3 parts of brain are..
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Cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem
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GVE stands for...
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visceral motor
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GVA stands for...
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Visceral Sensory
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SVA stands for...
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Special viseral sensory
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SSA stands for...
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special sensory
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3 categories of thalamic nuclei are...
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relay, association, nonspecific
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Ataxic Dysarthria is
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vocal tremors and bad articulation
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2 Neocortical neuron types are...
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pyrimidal and granular
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What is Babinski's sign?
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When the big toe reflexivly moves upward when arch is stimulated
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What are fasciculations?
Definition
involuntary tremors and convulsions
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True or false. Basal ganglia effect motor neurons directly.
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False. They do not effect motor neurons directly.
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What is a sulcus in the Cerebellum called?
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Fissure
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What is a gyrus in the Cerebellum called?
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Folia
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What is a reflex?
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An involuntary stereotyped response to a sensory input.
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What creates the Tectum?
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The inferior and superior colliculi
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What is a coronal slice?
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Shows the brain from dorsal to ventral. Cross section between anterior and posterior brain.
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What are the 3 layers of meninges?
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Dura mater, Arachnoid, Pia mater
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2 parts of the diencephalon are...
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Hypothalamus and thalamus
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A vertical cross section is between...
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the right and left parts of brain
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A para-sagittal slice...
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is parallel to a sagittal slice
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A sagittal slice divides the brain...
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down the midline
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If a pathway is efferent it...
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carries signals away
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Nonspecific nuclei have...
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generalized function
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The functions of the hypothalamus are...
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Hormonal regulation, temperature and cardiovascular regulation, appetite, emotions, circadian rhythm, and sexual behavior
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Commissural fibers send signals between...
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homologus areas of the hemispheres
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The corpus collosum and anterior commissure are examples of...
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commissural fibers
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To what tract to the 15% of fibers that do not cross at the medulla belong to?
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Anterior Corticospinal tract
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What are LMN?
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lower motor neuron's axons end on an effector
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What are UMN?
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Upper motor neurons are any motor neuron that is not directly responsible for stimulating an effector (muscle)
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Touch and position pathways cross in...
Definition
the brainstem: medulla
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Touch and Position pathways travel ________ through the __________.
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afferently through the dorsal columns
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The 1st order neurons of the touch and position pathways are in the...
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dorsal root ganglion
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true or false. touch and position pathways travel contralaterally in the spinal cord.
Definition
false they travel ipsilaterally
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Voluntary movement pathways cross in...
Definition
the brainstem: medulla
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Where is the damage in Ventral (Weber's) syndrome?
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midbrain, oculomotor, cerebral peduncle
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what are the symptoms in Ventral (weber's) syndrom?
Definition
Eye deviates laterally, pupil dilated, drooping upper lid, contralateral paralysis of lower face, tongue, arm, leg, etc.
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Where is the damage in Lateral Medullary (Wallenberg's) syndrome?
Definition
motor nuclei for vagus, vestibular nuclei for auditory, Trigeminal nerve, spinothalamic tract, inferior cerebellar peduncle
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What are the symptoms for lateral medullary (wallenberg's) syndrome?
Definition
paralysis of ipsilateral palatal and laryngeal muscles, vertigo, nausea, loss of pain and temp from contralateral body, gait and limb ataxia
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Where is the damage in medial medullary syndrome?
Definition
medial leminiscus, pyramid, hypoglossal nerve.
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what are the symptoms of medial meduallary syndrome?
Definition
loss of touch and position sensation in contralateral body, contralateral hemiparesis, ipsilateral paralysis of tongue muscle with deviation to paralyzed side when protruding.
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what are the attributes of flaccid muscle tone?
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decreased strength, decreased muscle tone, severe atrophy, decreased reflexes, fasciculations
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what are the attributes of spastic muscle tone?
Definition
Decreased strength, increased muscle tone, increased reflexes, mild atrophy, babinski's sign
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3 parts of the brainstem are...
Definition
Midbrain, pons, medulla
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Intracortical fibers...
Definition
never leave the cortex and travel through the layers
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the three types of cortical connections are...
Definition
intracortical, association, commissural
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true or false. cortical connections are in the white matter.
Definition
true
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What is the cerebral cortex?
Definition
sheet of neurons and their interconnections.
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how many neurons are in the cerebral cortex?
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25 billion
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true or false. The cerebral cortex has the same structure everywhere.
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false.
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true or false. most of the cerebral cortex is neocortex.
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true
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what is limb ataxia?
Definition
incoordination with limbs.
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Limb ataxia effects the body
Definition
ipsilaterally
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What is Ataxia?
Definition
disrupted movement problems with coordination
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What are some symptoms of cerebellar disorders?
Definition
Motor related, loss of equilibrium and balance, altered gait, posteral instability ex. Ataxia
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What is Cranial Nerve XII?
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Hypoglossal
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What is the function of cranial nerve XII?
Definition
Motor; tongue, swallowing
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what is cranial nerve XI?
Definition
Spinal Accessory
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what the function of cranial nerve XI?
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Motor; trapezius, lifts shoulders, neck
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What is cranial nerve X?
Definition
Vagus
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What is the function of cranial nerve X?
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Sensory and Motor; slows heart, breathing, diaphram
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Which cranial nerves are involved in speech?
Definition
V, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII (5, 7-12)
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What structure connects the brain stem to the cerebrum?
Definition
diencephalon
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What does SVE stand for?
Definition
branchial motor
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What does GSE stand for?
Definition
Somatic motor
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What is cranial nerve IX?
Definition
Glossopharyngeal
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What is the function of cranial nerve IX?
Definition
Sensory and motor; tongue, throat, swallowing
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What is cranial nerve VII?
Definition
Facial
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What is the function of cranial nerve VII?
Definition
sensory and motor; facial muscles
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What is cranial nerve II?
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Optic
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What is the function of cranial nerve II?
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sensory; sight
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What is cranial nerve I?
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Olfactory
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What is the function of cranial nerve I?
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sensory; smell
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What is cranial nerve V?
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Trigeminal
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What is the function of cranial nerve V?
Definition
sensory and motor; jaw, palate, middle ear, tensor tympani
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What is cranial nerve VI?
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Abducens
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What is the function of cranial nerve VI?
Definition
Moves eye
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What is cranial nerve IV?
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Trochlear
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What is the function of cranial nerve IV?
Definition
Moves eye
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What is cranial nerve III?
Definition
Occulomotor
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what is the function of cranial nerve III?
Definition
moves eye
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What does it mean for a structure to be ventral?
Definition
anterior during development; in brain the bottom
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What does it mean for a structure to be posterior?
Definition
it is towards the back end; behind
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What degenerates in Parkinson's?
Definition
Substantia nigra
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What are the symptoms of Parkinson's?
Definition
Resting tremor, rigidity, difficulty moving, expressionless face.
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What is degenerated in Huntington's?
Definition
Striatum and cerebral cortex
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What are the symptoms of Huntington's?
Definition
Involuntary choreigorm movement and alterations of mood or cognitive function.
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what are the symptoms of a basal ganglia disorder?
Definition
involuntary movement, dystonia(spasims, limbs held awkwardly)
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What are two basal ganglia disorders?
Definition
Huntington's and parkinson's
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What is action selection?
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inhibitory influence on motor system
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3 circuits of the basal ganglia..
Definition
primary: cortex - basal ganglia - thalamus - cortex. Substantia nigra to straitum, subthalamic nucleus to Globus pallidus
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5 structures of basal ganglia...
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Caudate nucleus, putamen, globus pallidus, substantia nigra, subthalamic nucleus.
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The caudate nucleus and lenticular nucleus are in the...
Definition
basal ganglia
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4 parts of cerebral hemispheres...
Definition
cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, hippocampus, amygdala
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what does it mean if a structure is dorsal?
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Posterior during development; in brain the top
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Somato-sensory trigeminothalamic tract crosses in the...
Definition
pons
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Somato-sensory spinaltrigeminal tract crosses in the...
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medulla
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Pain and temperature pathaways are part of the _______________ tract.
Definition
spinothalamic
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Pain and temperature pathways travel ____________ in the __________.
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contralaterally in the spinal cord
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1st order neurons of the pain and temperature tract are in
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the dorsal root ganglion
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2nd order interneurons in the pain and temperature tract are in the
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dorsal horn
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85% of fibers cross in the ______________. And are part of the _________.
Definition
Medulla, lateral corticospinal tract
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What are symptoms of LMN damage?
Definition
decreased strength, descreased flaccid muscle tone, severe atrophy, fasciculations
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What are the steps in a reflex?
Definition
sensory receptor - sensory neuron - integrating center - motor neurons - effector
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What is the role of the sensory receptor in reflex?
Definition
responds to a stimulus by producing a generator or receptor potiential.
Term
What is the role of a sensory neuron in reflex?
Definition
axon conducts impulses from receptor to intergrating center
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What is the role of the integrating center in reflex?
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1 or more reigons within the CNS that relay impulses from sensory to motor neurons
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What is the role of motor neurons in reflex?
Definition
Axon conducts impulses from integrating center to effector.
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What is the role of an effector in a reflex?
Definition
muscle or gland that responds to motor nerve impulses
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Posterior (dorsal) column and spinothalamic tract are both examples of tracts that are ____________.
Definition
Afferent
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What does GSA stand for?
Definition
Somatic sensory
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What inputs to the hypothalamus?
Definition
visceral nuclei of brain stem, spinal cord, and limbic structures
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to what does the hypothalamus output to?
Definition
pituitary gland, libmic structures, thalamus, visceral nuclei of brainstem
Term
What serves as a major efferent pathway from the cerebellum?
Definition
the superior cerebellar peduncle
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What are the symptoms of UMN damage?
Definition
decreased strength, increased spastic muscle tone, mild atrophy, pathological reflexes, babinski's sign
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What parts help brainstem conduit function?
Definition
Corticospinal tract, dorsal column-medial lemniscus, spinothalamic tract
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interconnections between the cerebral cortex and the subcortical structures travel through the ______________.
Definition
internal capsule
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The internal capsule radiates out into the __________ and funnels into the _____________.
Definition
corona radiata, cerebral peduncle
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The lateral corticospinal tract is an example of a tract that moves signals...
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efferently
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Which peduncle afferents to cerebellum from spinal cord?
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inferior cerebral peduncle
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3 lobes of cerebellum...
Definition
vermis, intermediate zone, cerebellar hemispheres
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what is the function of the cerebellum?
Definition
process sensory information and integarates these inputs into fine tune motor activity
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The cerebellum is anchored to the brainstem by the...
Definition
cerebellar peduncles
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Voluntary face motor crosses in..
Definition
medulla
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pain and temperature pathways cross in..
Definition
spinal cord
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which peduncle afferents to cerebellum
Definition
middle cerebellar peduncle
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function of brainstem
Definition
complex motor patterns aspects of respitory and cardiovascular activity, consciouness
Term
What are the parts of the pyrimidal tract?
Definition
pyramid, basilar pons, cerebral peduncle
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What is the function of the pyramidal tract?
Definition
controls voluntary movement, cortico-spinal and cortico bulbar tract,
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Cortico-spinal fibers synapse on...
Definition
motor neurons in the ventral horn of the spinal cord
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cortico-bulbar fibers synapse on...
Definition
motor neurons in cranial nerve nuclei on brainstem
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What is the reticular formation?
Definition
poorly differentiated are of the brainstem
Term
What is the function of the reticular formation?
Definition
Involved in the control of movement, modulates transmission in pain pathways, reflex, arousal, awareness
Term
The Spinal cord is ___________ than the vertrebral canal.
Definition
shorter
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Each spinal segment innervates a...
Definition
dermatome
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What does it mean if a structure in anterior?
Definition
it is in front
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How many coccygeal segments are there in the spinal cord/
Definition
1
Term
What is the number of sacral segments in the spinal cord?
Definition
5
Term
What is the number of lumbar segments in the spinal cord?
Definition
5
Term
What is the number of thoracic segments in the spinal cord?
Definition
12
Term
What is the number of cervical segments in the spinal cord?
Definition
8
Term
the spinal cord has __ segments
Definition
31
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What does it mean if a structure is superior?
Definition
higher; towards the top of the head.
Term
What does it mean if a structure is inferior?
Definition
it is towards the feet
Term
What does it mean for a structure to be rostral?
Definition
It is toward the nose
Term
What does it mean for a structure to the caudal?
Definition
towards the back of the head (ponytail)
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CNS develops from the...
Definition
neural tube
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What structures make the CNS?
Definition
Brain and spinal cord
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What differentiates the CNS from PNS
Definition
the CNS is contained within the meningies and stems from the neural tube
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what does it mean if a structure is proximal?
Definition
It is close to where the structure joins the body
Term
What are the 3 protective structures of the cns?
Definition
Bone, meningies, cerebrospinal fluid
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What does it mean for something to be distal?
Definition
it is further away from where the structure joins to the body
Term
what does it mean for a structure to be medial?
Definition
It is towards the middle
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What does it mean for a structure to the lateral/
Definition
it is further from the middle
Term
What does it mean for a signal to be afferent?
Definition
it is carried towards something
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