Cerebellum Flashcards
Cerebellum Fuction
-adjusts posture and coordinates mmts
-processes proprioceptive info
-compares intended mmt to actual
-make adjustments
-doesn’t cause muscle weakness, just coordination issues
Cerebellar Peduncles
Superior: mostly efferents; projects to motor nuclei of thalamus, red nucleus
-afferents from spinocerebellar
Middle: afferents; from contra pontine from cortec and sup colliculus, sensory
Inferior: efferents and afferents;
-afferents: vestibular nuc, inf olivary nuc
-efferent: projectt to vestibulospinal and reticulospinal
Cerebellar Cortical Layers
Molecular: interneurons; most superificial
Perkinjie: middle layer; Perkinjie cell bodies; inhibit nuclei; all cerebellar output goes through perkinjie fibers
Granular: interneurons; Deepest layer
-Mossy Fibers: pons and SC to cerebellum
-Climbing fibers: inferior olivary nuc to cerebellum
Deep Cerebellar Nuclei
Dont eat geasy food
-lat to medial
Dentate
Emboliform
Globose
Fastigial
Functional Unit of Cerebellum
Perkinjie (inhibiory) + Deep nuclear cell (excitatory)
Functional Zones
Vestibulocerebellum (Flocculondular lobe)
Spinocerebellum (vermis and inttermediate zone)
Cerebrocerebellum (Lateral hemisphere)
Vestibulocerebellum (Flocculondular lobe)
-lateral vestibular nuc
-balance, eve, proximal trunk mmts
Spinocerebellum (vermis and inttermediate zone)
-only part of cerebellum receives input directly from SC
-Fastigial nuc (vermis): proximal gross mmts of body limbs, eye and prox trunk
-Interposed Nuc (Intermediate zone): distal limb voluntary mmt
Cerebrocerebellum (Lateral hemisphere)
-dentate nuc
-regulates highly skilled mmts and motor planning
Vertebrobasilar A.
-posterior circulation of brain
-midbrain, pons, bedulla
Posterior Inferior Cerebellar A. (Think of location)
-bottom, posterior cerebellum
-tonsils, inferior vermis, inf. peduncle, inf hemisphere
-medulla
Anterior Inferior Cerebellar A.
-front and bottom cerebellum
-middle peduncle, anterior middle cerebellum, flocculus
-pons
Superior Cerebellar A.
-under CN III
-top of cerebellum
-sup and mid peduncles
Posterior Cerebral A.
-posterior cerebrum
-occipital lobe
-Posterior, medial, inferior temporal lobe
-Midbrain
-above CN III
Internal Carotid A.
-anterior circulation of brain
Ophthalmic A.
eyes
Posterior Communicating A.
-connects PCerebralA and ICA
-connects 1 side of ant to post
Anterior Cerebral A.
-medial cerebral hemisphere to parietal lobe
-from ICA
Anterior Communicating A.
-between ant. cerebral A.
Middle Cerebral A.
-lateral cerebral hemisphere
EXCECPT:
-superior and front parietal
-inferior temporal
Vertebral A. Stroke
-prone to shear forces from AA joint from abrupt cervical rotation
-gait issues, ataxia, HA
Basilar A. Stroke
-complete blockage causes death
affects Midbrain (Weber’s Syndrome), pons
-partial: tetraplegia, numbness, ataxia, CN damage, locked in syndrome (only movements)
Anterior Cerebral A. Stroke
-hemiparesis loss to contra side
-personality changes
-lower limb issues