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Cerebellum Flashcards

1
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Where is the cerebellum found?

A

Posterior cranial fossa

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2
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What is the midline of the cerebellum called?

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Vermis

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3
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What is the vermis divided into?

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Anterior and posterior obe

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4
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Which lobe of the vermis is larger?

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Posterior

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5
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Is the posterior lobe superior or inferior to the anterior lobe?

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More inferior

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What is the sulcus called between anterior and posterior lobe?

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Primary fissure

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What is the 3rd, smaller lobe called in the cerebellum?

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Flocculonodular node

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What is the flocculonodular node contain and responsible for?

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Flocculus

Vestibulo-ocular reflex

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9
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What are inferior on the cerebellum?

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cerebellar tonsils

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10
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If ICP raises, what happens to the cerebellar tonsils?

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They herniate trhrough foramen magnum

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11
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What happens if cerebellum tonsils hernaite?

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Compress upper spinal cord blood vessels and tracts

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12
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What is separate to the vermis?

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Nodulus lobe

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13
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What does nodulus lobe do?

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Helps form part of 4th ventricle

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14
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What mainly supples blood to cerebellum?

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Posterior inferior and superior cerebellar arteries

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15
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What else supplies blood to cerebellum?

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Branches of basilar artery

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16
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Which is the most common site of an infarct in posterior circulation

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PICA

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17
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How many layers are there to the cerebellum?

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3 layers

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18
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Describe the outer layer of the cerebellum

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Pale with mostly axons and only a few cells

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19
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What does the middle layer have?

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purkinje cells

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20
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What does the inner layer have

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Granular layer with cell bodies

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21
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Where do all inputs and outputs to the cerebellum go through?

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Cerebellar peduncles

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22
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What does the superior peduncle contain?

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output fibres only

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23
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What does the middle peduncle contain?

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Input fibres from contralateral cortex and cranial nerves via the pons

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24
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What does the inferior peduncle contain?

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Input fibres from spinal cord via the dorsal and ventral spinocerebellar tracts

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25
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Where are all inputs and outputs routed through to get to the rest of the brain?

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Deep cerebellar nuclei which lies in white matter

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26
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From medial to lateral, what are the deep cerebellar nuclei?

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Fastigial, Globose, Emboliform and Dentate (FGED)

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27
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Which nuclei does the vermis connect to?

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Fastigial

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28
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Which nuclei does the anterior lobe of the cerebellum connect to?

A

Interposed nuclei (globose + emboliform)

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29
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The hemispheres connect to which nuclei?

A

Dentate nuclei

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30
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Where does spinocerebellar tract originate?

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Spinal cord

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31
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Where does spinocerebellar tract terminate?

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Ipsilateral cerebellum

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32
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What does the spinocerebellar tract convey information about?

A

Length and tension of muscle fibres

33
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What does spinocerebellar tract control?

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Unconscious proprioceptive sensation

34
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Is the dorsal tract ipsilateral or contralateral?

A

Wholly ipsilateral

35
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Where does dorsal tract pass up?

A

Passes up brain stem

36
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How does dorsal tract enter cerebellum?

A

Via inferior cerebellar peduncle

37
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What does dorsal tract do?

A

Carry information from proprioceptors

38
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Is ventral tract contralateral or ipsilateral?

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Contralateral but recrosses brainstem to become ipsilateral

39
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What does ventral tract do?

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Carries information about state of reflexes and interneurones in the spinal cord

40
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What are the 3 function zones in the cerebellum?

A

Vestibulocerebellum
Spinocerebellum
Cerebrocerebellum

41
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What is the function of the cerebellum?

A

Help motor cortex produce accurate and smooth movements

42
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How does cerebellum do its function?

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Modulating and refining motor cortex commands using feedback from proprioceptors and other sensory organs

43
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What does cerebellar damage cause?

A

Overall clumsiness
abnormal fatigue
Instability of movement
Extraocular eye muscles are affected

44
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What does cerebellar white matter have the property of?

A

neuronal plasticity

45
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Damage to what causes persistance of disability

A

deep nuclei

46
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What does the vestibulocerebellum operate via

A

flocculonodular lobe

47
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What is connected to the vestibulocerebellum?

A

Vestibular nuclei

48
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What does vestibullocerebellum do?

A

coordinates head and eye movements to ensure gaze stability

49
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What does vestibulospinal tract do?

A

controls balance of head on body

50
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What does lateral vestibular tract do?

A

Controls balance of whole body

51
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Where is information sent from to the vestibular nuclei?

A

Medulla/ pons

52
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Motor commands to neck and eye muscles are sent via what?

A

Medial longitudinal fasciculus

Medial vestibulospinal tract

53
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Motor commands to the legs go via?

A

lateral vestibulospinal tract

54
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Motor programs for tasks are stored where?

A

cortex of the flocculo-nodular lobe

55
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What is the spinocerebellum comprised of?

A

anterior lobe and vermis

56
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What does verims connects to

A

fastigial nucleus

57
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What is the anterior lobe connected to?

A

interposed nuclei

58
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What does the spinocerebellum control?

A

locomotion and limb coordination

59
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What does the spinocerebellum send motor commands down?

A

lateral vestibulospinal

reticulospinal tracts

60
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What is the cerebrocerebellum comprised of?

A

posterior lobe (cerebral hemispheres)

61
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What is the cerebral hemispheres connected to?

A

dentate nucleus

62
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What does the cerebrocerebellum do?

A

coordinates movement initiated by motor cortex

(speech, voluntary movements of hands/arms and hand eye coordination

63
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What are the 3 major cerebellar syndromes?

A

Flocculonodular
Anterior lobe
Neocerebellar

64
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What characterises flocculonodular syndrome?

A

Poor balance and disordered eye movements

65
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What is a common cause of flocculonodular syndrome?

A

Medulloblastoma

66
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Where does a medulloblastoma usually ordinate?

A

Wall of 4th ventricle

67
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What is medulloblastoma a form of?

A

cranial primitive neuroectodermal tumour (PNET)

68
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What is the anterior lobe correlated with?

A

Damage to spinocerebellum

69
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What is anterior lobe syndrome characterised by?

A

Incoordination of the limbs

70
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Where is the anterior lobe syndrome usually seen in?

A

Alcoholics due to lack of B vitamins

71
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What is the neocerebellum?

A

Cerebella hemispheres + dentate nuclei

72
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What is neocerebellar syndrome symptoms?

A

Loss of hand-eye coordination

Loss of good speech due to loss of coordination of muscles involved

73
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What is dysmetria?

A

Inaccurate reaching with an intention tremour

74
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Causes of neocerebellar syndrome?

A

Loss of cognitive eye movement
Stroke
Tumour
Trauma

75
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What does cerebellar stroke usually involve?

A

Whole cerebellar cortex on one side

76
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What are signs of cerebellar stroke?

A 
Headache
Nausea/vomiting
Eye changes (one eye + vertigo)
Dysarthria
Dysphagia
Ataxia
Arm weakness + coordination
77
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What mimics cerebellar stroke

A

Alcohol intoxications

78
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Why does alcohol mimic cerebellar stroke?

A

Cerebellum has many GABA-ergic interneurones sensitive to alcohol

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