Cerebellum

Question 1

What are the three lobes of the cerebellum?

Answer 1

anterior, posterior, flocculonodular

Question 2

How many lobules are there of the vermis?

Answer 2

nine

Question 3

What composes the archicerebellum?

Answer 3

flocculus and nodules

Question 4

What composes the paleocerebellum?

Answer 4

anterior lobe and part of the vermis (lingula, centralis, and culmen)

Question 5

What composes the neocerebellum?

Answer 5

posterior lobe and part of the vermis (declive, folium, tuber, pyramis, and uvula)

Question 6

What neurotransmitter is used by Purkinje cells?

Answer 6

GABA

Question 7

Which spinocerebellar tract is crossed and which is uncrossed?

Answer 7

dorsal - uncrossed

ventral - crossed

Question 8

What are the upper extremity equivalents spinocerebellar tracts?

Answer 8

cuneocerebellar tract, rostral spinocerebellar tract

Question 9

Name the deep nuclei of the cerebellum from medial to lateral.

Answer 9

Fastigial, Globose, Emboliform, Dentate

Question 10

The fastigial nucleus of the cerebellum is mainly involved what?

Answer 10

vestibular function