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Brainstem Flashcards

1
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Medial Lemniscus Arm vs Leg organization

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Arms are at top, legs are at bottom

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Pons Arms vs legs

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Arms more medial, legs more lateral

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3
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Midbrain

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Cant see 4th ventricle anymore, we see the cerebral aqueduct now

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4
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Cerebral Aqueduct

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Tube connecting 4th ventricle and 3rd ventricle

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5
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Midbrain arms vs legs

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ASK FRIENDS

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6
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Cranial Nerves

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Memorize all 12 cranial nerves

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Olfactory nerve

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  • First cranial nerve
    Sense of smell
    Sensory
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8
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Optic nerve -

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second cranial nerve
Eyes to brain
Sensory

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9
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Occulomotor nerve

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Third Cranial Nerve
6 muscles that control your eyes
Controls 4 of the muscles - only motor neurons

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10
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Cranial nerves, motor or sensory?

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Some are only motor
Some are only sensory
Some are mixed

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11
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Trochlear Nerve

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Cranial Nerve 4
Controls a different muscle that controls movement of the eyes

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12
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Trigeminal Nerve

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5
Sense of touch and pain in the face
E.g people studying headaches

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13
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Abducens nerve

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6
Another eye muscle one

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14
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How many cranial nerves control eye muscles?

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3

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15
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Vestibulocochlear nerve

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8
Info about balance and hearing

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16
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Facial Nerve

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7
Muscles in face
Bellspalsy - side of face is paralyzed

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17
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Glossopharyngeal Nerve

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9
Sense of taste

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18
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Vagus Nerve ***Important

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10
Main parasympathetic nerve controlling the internal organs(visceral organs)

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19
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Parasympathetic system

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Slows heart down
Slows breathing
Constricts pupils
Increases intestinal motility

20
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Hypoglossal nerve

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13
muscles in your tongue

21
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Spinal Accessory nerve

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12
Muscles in back

22
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Spinal cord - Dorsal Grey Matter

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Sensory

23
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Spinal Cord - Ventral Grey Matter

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Motor

24
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Spinal Cord - Middle grey Matter

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Autonomic neurons
Info in and out
Visceral

25
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Organization of cranial nerve nuclei and why is it different from spinal cord organization?

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Different because of space created by 4th ventricle, all is spread.
Symmetrical on left and Right side
Top left and right: Somatic Sensory
Second: Visceral Sensory
Third: Visceral Motor
Bottom middle: Somatic Motor

26
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In the brainstem where are the motor nuclei?

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Medial

27
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Where are the sensory nuclei in the brainstem?

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Lateral

28
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Where are the autonomic nuclei?

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In between sensory and motor

29
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Fiber tract - tract

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Bundle of axons in CNS

30
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Nerve

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Bundle of axons in PNS

31
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Projections

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Extend from one region of NS to another

32
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Which region of brainstem is most caudal?

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Medulla

33
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Cross-section of caudal medulla

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Bundles of axons at top right and left
The more middle smaller are is the fasiculus gracilis
The area more at the side is the fasiculus cuneatus

34
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Axons of dorsal columns

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35
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Fasiculus cuneatus

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more lateral segregation of dorsal column
arms

36
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Faciculus Gracilis

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legs
more medial

37
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Spinothalamic tract, other term?

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Anteriolateral pathway

38
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Correspondence of tract names

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Where it starts and where it ends
e.g spinothalamic tract

39
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Where is the second synapse of dorsal column axons

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2nd order neurons in the dorsal column nuclei of the medulla

40
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Nucleus gracilis

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Input from legs and lower body

41
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Nucleus Cuneatus

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Input from arms and upper body

42
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Nucleus

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Collection of dendrites, cell bodies and synapses in the CNS

43
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Ganglia

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Collection of dendrites, cell bodies and synapses in the PNS

44
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Rostral Medulla
What becomes visible?

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Axons of dorsal column nuclei have crossed to the contralateral side of the brainstem to form a fiber tract called the medial lemniscus
4th ventricle becomes visible

45
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Pons

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Legs more lateral
Legs more medial

46
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Midbrain

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Cerebral aqueduct

47
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How do sympathetic preganglionic neurons work?

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Sympathetic preganglionic neurons release acetylcholine, which activates nicotinic
acetylcholine receptors on postganglionic neurons. Postganglionic neurons release
norepinephrine, which activates α and β adrenergic receptors on the target organs.

ANAT 321 (17 decks)

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