Cerebellum Flashcards

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tf Cerebellum give rise to descending motor pathways.

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Cerebellum does not give rise to descending motor pathways. Ø

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tf Damage to the cerebellum or its pathways DOES cause paralysis

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Damage to the cerebellum or its pathways DOES NOT cause paralysis

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3
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Input to cerebellum is

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sensory

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4
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Output of cerebllum

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travels to motor structures

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5
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rate, range, direction or accuracy of motor movements.

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is disturbed by damage to the cerebellum

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6
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cerebellum

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modulates motor output

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7
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in addition to motor output cerebllum

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modulates complex behavioral and cognitive functions

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8
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receives and processes vestibular information

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flocculonodular lobe

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9
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nodulus is

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medial flocculonodular

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10
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flocculus is

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flocculus is lateral part of flocculonodular lobe

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11
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tf flocculonodular lobe is post to post lobe

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f

ant to it

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12
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posterior lateral fissure

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sep flocculonodular lobe and posterior lobe

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13
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Lateral Hemisphere

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forms the bulk of the cerebellum

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14
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Paravermis:

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Paravermis: R and L zones adjacent to the vermis

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15
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highly convoluted, forming the cerebellar folia

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cerebellum

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16
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Molecular layer

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contains local circuit neurons and abundant axons and dendrites.

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17
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.Purkinje cell layer (middle layer):

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formed by a single layer of large neurons called Purkinje cells(PCs)

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18
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Granular layer (deep layer):

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composed mainly of small granule cells, but also contains other cell types.

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19
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t The white matter core of the cerebellum is t

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he location of the deep white matter cerebellar nuclei (DCN).

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20
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Buried within the white matter of the cerebellum

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deep cerebellar nuclei (DCN)

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21
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most medial of deep cerebellar nuclei (DCN)

receives projections from vermis

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Fastigial nucleus •

22
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lateral to fastigial n.

receives projections from paravermis

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Globose nucleus

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Emboliform nucleus

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lateral to globose n

receives projections from paravermis

24
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Dentate nucleus

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• most lateral •

receives projections from lateral hemisphere

25
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tf body parts are epresented continuously in the cerebllar cortex

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body parts are not represented continuouslyin the cerebllar cortex

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fractured somatotopy

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body part is represented in several locations on cerebellar cortexx

27
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trunk is represented in

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the midline region (vermis) of cereblar cortex

28
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Label wat is missing on cerebllar cortex

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30
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Inferior Cerebellar Peduncle

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afferents to cerebellum from spinal cord & medulla.

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Middle Cerebellar Peduncle

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o Mainly afferents to cerebellum from pontine nuclei

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Superior Cerebellar Peduncle

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Mainly efferents from the cerebellum.

33
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The cerebellum is attached to the brainstem by – pairs of —– bundles comprised of — and —- axons —– the cerebellum

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The cerebellum is attached to the brainstem by 3 pairs of fiber bundles comprised of afferent and efferent axons to/from the cerebellum

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37
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(1.) cerebellar cortical region (2.) cerebellar nucleus/nuclei

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Functional systems associated with the cerebellum

38
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These regions are involved in processing vestibular information

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Vestibulocerebellum

39
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These regions are involved in processing cerebral cortical inputs

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Cerebrocerebellum

40
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These regions are involved in processing proprioceptive inputs

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Spinocerebellum

41
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lateral hemisphere and dentate nucleus

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Cerebrocerebellum

42
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flocculonodular lobe,

fastigial nucleus

vermis

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Vestibulocerebellum

43
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vermis, paravermis

globose and emboliform nuclei

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Spinocerebellum

44
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maintaining equilibrium, posture and head position

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Vestibulocerebellar System

45
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uses vestibulospinal tracts

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Vestibulocerebellar System

46
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primary vestibular afferents and axons of 2nd order neurons from the vestibular nucleus.

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FN lobe and vermis

47
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Purkinje cells in the FN lobe mainly project

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directly to the vestibular nuclei

48
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vermis project to the

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fastigial nucleus (most) which serves as a relay to the vestibular nucleus.

Vestibulocerebellar System

49
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primary vestibular afferents and axons of 2nd order neurons from the vestibular nucleus.

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go thru Inferior cerebellar peduncle

50
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Vestibulocerebellar System Assists in coordinating eye movements with head movements via

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connections with the motor nuclei of CN-III, -IV and -VI

51
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coordinating eye movements with head movements

of Vestibulocerebellar System

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Vestibular apparatus (position of head in space) –>

vestibular nucleus –> cerebellum à vestibular nucleus

–> CN III, IV, VI via medial longitudinal fasiculus (MLF)