Anatomy Flashcards
Frontal lobe
motor
prefrontal cortex
Broca’s
personality, mood, social conduct
Parietal lobe
somatosensory
Temporal lobe
Wernike’s
Auditory info
Occipital lobe
visual
spinal cord ends
L1/2
sympathetic outflow
T1 > L2
parasympathetic outflow
CNs 3, 7, 9, 10
S2-4
which has ganglia on/near target organs - s or p/s
p/s
dorsal column fibres cross
medulla
spinothalamic fibres cross
1-2 levels above
dorsal column controls
fine touch
proprioception
vibration
spinothalamic controls
pain and temp (lateral)
crude touch and pressure (anterior)
dorsal column divisions
fasiculus gracilis > lower limbs (on the grass)
fasiculus cuneatus
rubrospinal controls
fine hand movements
vestibulospinal controls
posture and balance
most fibres of corticospinal tracts cross
at decussation of pyramids in medulla
2 pyramidal tracts
corticospinal > body
corticobulbar > head and neck