Bingo 10/28 Flashcards
What part of the brainstem coordinates the vital functions and vital signs?
Reticular formation (brainstem nuclei and neurons)
What pathway connects the vestibular nuclei with the EOMs and mediates the vestibulo-ocular reflex? What does it also do?
MLF; conjugate the gaze
What’s the triad of Horner’s syndrome?
Ptosis, miosis, and anhidrosis
What houses the CSF in the brainstem?
Fourth ventricle
What LOC is described as absent motor function, but sensation and cognition are intact?
Locked-in syndrome
Normal functioning of the brainstem and arousal circuits
Consciousness system
Mental activity that can be recalled at a later time is called what?
Awareness
What is the major excitatory transmitter in the CNS?
Glutamate
What is “nature’s Valium”? (hint: inhibitory NT)
GABA
What NT is used in NMJs?
(extra: what condition affects this?)
Acetylcholine (Ach); myasthenia gravis
What causes pinpoint pupils?
Opiate overdose
What’s the location of the cardiorespiratory nucleus? (bonus: what is it called?)
In medulla; nucleus solitarius
What is the vascular supply to the brainstem?
Vertebrobasilar system’s branches
What’s the wormlike thing at the midline of the cerebellum called?
Vermis
What neuroanatomy structure coordinates movement and motor planning?
Cerebellum
What part of the cerebellum coordinates distal extremities?
Lateral cerebellar hemispheres
If you have a lesion on the cerebellum on the left side, what side of the body will have abnormal movements?
Left side
What’s one way to test cerebellar function?
-Finger-nose-finger test
-Finger tap test
-Heel to shin test
What part of the brain is known as the arbor vitae?
Cerebellum
What are the hormones of the posterior pituitary?
Oxytocin and vasopressin
What’s the master clock of circadian rhythms? Where is it?
Suprachiasmatic nucleus; hypothalamus
What does the hypothalamus control?
Homeostatic functions (including autonomic and neuroendocrine control)
Endocrine control (via pituitary)
Autonomic control
Limbic mechanisms
