Bingo 10/28

Question 1

What part of the brainstem coordinates the vital functions and vital signs?

Answer 1

Reticular formation (brainstem nuclei and neurons)

Question 2

What pathway connects the vestibular nuclei with the EOMs and mediates the vestibulo-ocular reflex? What does it also do?

Answer 2

MLF; conjugate the gaze

Question 3

What’s the triad of Horner’s syndrome?

Answer 3

Ptosis, miosis, and anhidrosis

Question 4

What houses the CSF in the brainstem?

Answer 4

Fourth ventricle

Question 5

What LOC is described as absent motor function, but sensation and cognition are intact?

Answer 5

Locked-in syndrome

Question 6

Normal functioning of the brainstem and arousal circuits

Answer 6

Consciousness system

Question 7

Mental activity that can be recalled at a later time is called what?

Answer 7

Awareness

Question 8

What is the major excitatory transmitter in the CNS?

Answer 8

Glutamate

Question 9

What is “nature’s Valium”? (hint: inhibitory NT)

Answer 9

GABA

Question 10

What NT is used in NMJs?
(extra: what condition affects this?)

Answer 10

Acetylcholine (Ach); myasthenia gravis

Question 11

What causes pinpoint pupils?

Answer 11

Opiate overdose

Question 12

What’s the location of the cardiorespiratory nucleus? (bonus: what is it called?)

Answer 12

In medulla; nucleus solitarius

Question 13

What is the vascular supply to the brainstem?

Answer 13

Vertebrobasilar system’s branches

Question 14

What’s the wormlike thing at the midline of the cerebellum called?

Answer 14

Vermis

Question 15

What neuroanatomy structure coordinates movement and motor planning?

Answer 15

Cerebellum

Question 16

What part of the cerebellum coordinates distal extremities?

Answer 16

Lateral cerebellar hemispheres

Question 17

If you have a lesion on the cerebellum on the left side, what side of the body will have abnormal movements?

Answer 17

Left side

Question 18

What’s one way to test cerebellar function?

Answer 18

-Finger-nose-finger test
-Finger tap test
-Heel to shin test

Question 19

What part of the brain is known as the arbor vitae?

Answer 19

Cerebellum

Question 20

What are the hormones of the posterior pituitary?

Answer 20

Oxytocin and vasopressin

Question 21

What’s the master clock of circadian rhythms? Where is it?

Answer 21

Suprachiasmatic nucleus; hypothalamus

Question 22

What does the hypothalamus control?

Answer 22

Homeostatic functions (including autonomic and neuroendocrine control)
Endocrine control (via pituitary)
Autonomic control
Limbic mechanisms