Cerebellum Flashcards
tf Cerebellum give rise to descending motor pathways.
Cerebellum does not give rise to descending motor pathways. Ø
tf Damage to the cerebellum or its pathways DOES cause paralysis
Damage to the cerebellum or its pathways DOES NOT cause paralysis
Input to cerebellum is
sensory
Output of cerebllum
travels to motor structures
rate, range, direction or accuracy of motor movements.
is disturbed by damage to the cerebellum
cerebellum
modulates motor output
in addition to motor output cerebllum
modulates complex behavioral and cognitive functions
receives and processes vestibular information
flocculonodular lobe
nodulus is
medial flocculonodular
flocculus is
flocculus is lateral part of flocculonodular lobe
tf flocculonodular lobe is post to post lobe
f
ant to it
posterior lateral fissure
sep flocculonodular lobe and posterior lobe
Lateral Hemisphere
forms the bulk of the cerebellum
Paravermis:
Paravermis: R and L zones adjacent to the vermis
highly convoluted, forming the cerebellar folia
cerebellum
Molecular layer
contains local circuit neurons and abundant axons and dendrites.
.Purkinje cell layer (middle layer):
formed by a single layer of large neurons called Purkinje cells(PCs)
Granular layer (deep layer):
composed mainly of small granule cells, but also contains other cell types.
t The white matter core of the cerebellum is t
he location of the deep white matter cerebellar nuclei (DCN).
Buried within the white matter of the cerebellum
deep cerebellar nuclei (DCN)