Anatomy and Physiology V

Question 1

What happens when the ventromedial area of the hypothalamus is destroyed?

Answer 1

Hyperphagia (p.414)

Question 2

Name one cause of ventromedial hypothalamic destruction (p.414)

Answer 2

Craniopharyngioma (p.414)

Question 3

What stimulates the ventromedial area of the hypothalamus?

Answer 3

Leptin (p.414)

Question 4

What is the principle difference between the functions of the anterior and posterior hypothalamus?

Answer 4

Anterior mediates cooling which is a parasympathetic function; posterior mediates heating which is a sympathetic function (p.414)

Question 5

From where does the posterior pituitary receive its input?

Answer 5

Receives hypothalamic axonal projections from supraoptic (ADH) and paraventricular (oxytocin) nuclei (p.414)

Question 6

What is another name for the posterior pituitary?

Answer 6

Neurohypophysis (p.414)

Question 7

What is another name for the anterior pituitary?

Answer 7

Adenohypophysis (p.414)

Question 8

Name the five thalamic nuclei.

Answer 8

VPL, VPM, LGN, MGN, VL (p.415)

Question 9

What are the inputs of the VPL of the thalamus?

Answer 9

Spinothalamic and dorsal columns/ medial lemniscus (p.415)

Question 10

What are the inputs of the VPM of the thalamus?

Answer 10

Trigeminal and gustatory pathway (p.415)

Question 11

What is the input of the LGN of the thalamus?

Answer 11

CN II (p.415)

Question 12

What are the inputs of the MGN of the thalamus?

Answer 12

Superior olive and inferior colliculus of tectum (p.415)

Question 13

What is the input of the VL of the thalamus?

Answer 13

Basal ganglia (p.415)

Question 14

What type of information travels through the VPL nucleus of the thalamus?

Answer 14

Pain and temperature; pressure, touch, vibration, and proprioception (p.415)

Question 15

What type of information travels through the VPM nucleus of the thalamus?

Answer 15

Face sensation and taste (p.415)

Question 16

What type of information travels through the MGN nucleus of the thalamus?

Answer 16

Hearing (p.415)

Question 17

What type of information travels through the LGN nucleus of the thalamus?

Answer 17

Vision (p.415)

Question 18

What type of information travels through the VL nucleus of the thalamus?

Answer 18

Motor (p.415)

Question 19

To where does information from the VPL nucleus of the thalamus travel?

Answer 19

Primary somatosensory cortex (p.415)

Question 20

To where does information from the VPM nucleus of the thalamus travel?

Answer 20

Primary somatosensory cortex (p.415)

Question 21

To where does information from the LGN nucleus of the thalamus travel?

Answer 21

Calcarine sulcus (p.415)

Question 22

To where does information from the MGN nucleus of the thalamus travel?

Answer 22

Auditory cortex of the temporal lobe (p.415)

Question 23

To where does information from the VL nucleus of the thalamus travel?

Answer 23

Motor cortex (p.415)

Question 24

What is the function of the limbic system?

Answer 24

The limbic system is a collection of neural structures involved in emotion, long term memory, olfaction, behaviour modulation, and autonomic nervous system function (p.415)

Question 25

Name the five structures of the limbic system.

Answer 25

Hippocampus, amygdala, fornix, mammillary bodies, cingulate gyrus (p.415)