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BS anatomical structures Flashcards

1
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Anterolateral system

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Skin to thalamus.
Anterior=crude sensations
lateral=pain, temperature

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Dorsal columns

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White matter in spinal cord

Ascending pathway–>fine touch and proprioception

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3
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Dorsal column nuceli

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Brain stem

Fine touch

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4
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Dorsal horn of the spinal cord

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Fine touch, proprioception, vibration

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5
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Encephalin

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Pentapeptide involved in nociception

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6
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Internal arcuate fibers

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Cross medulla. Fine touch and proprioception

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7
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Internal capsule

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Inferomedial portions of cerebral hemispheres. Lots of traffic.

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8
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Lissauer’s tract

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Spinal cord

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9
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Medial lemniscus

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Vibratory, touch-pressure

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10
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Periaqueductal gray

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Descending pain modulation

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11
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Raphé nuclei

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Brain stem–> releases seratonin

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12
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Reticular activating system

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Regulating wakefulness and sleep wake transition

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13
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Rexed’s Lamina

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Ten layers of grey matter

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14
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Ventral posterior (VP) nucleus of the thalamus

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Somoato-sensory

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15
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Ventral white commissure

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Pain and temp

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16
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Anterior lobe of the cerebellum

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Mediates unconscious proprioception

17
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Ataxia

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Lack of voluntary muscle coordination of muscle mov’ts

18
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Bradykinesia

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Slowness of mov’t

19
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Caudate nucleaus

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One of the there parts of the basal ganglia.

Controls voluntary mov’t

20
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Chorea

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Jerky MOv’ts

21
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Dorsal spinocerebrall tract

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conveys proprioception from muscles/joints

22
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Flocculus

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Small lobe of cerebellum–>motor control

23
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Globus pallidus

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Basial ganglia

24
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Hyperkinetic

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Increase in muscle activity

25
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Hypokinetic

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Decreased body mov’ts

26
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Intention tremor

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Braod, coarse, low frequency tremor

27
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L-DOPA

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From tyrosine. Prescursor to dopamine

28
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Nigrostriatal tract

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Dopaminergic pathway

29
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Putamen nucleus

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Regulates mov’ts

30
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Striatum

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Primary input to basal ganglia

31
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Substantia nigra

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Reward, addition, mov’t

32
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Vermis of the cerebellm

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Somatosensory input

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