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Frontal lobe functions

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Executive function

Emotional control

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What’s the main role of cerebrum ?

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Integration

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Temporal lobe function

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Language, hearing, memory

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Commisural fibres are?

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Group of myelinated fibres

That allows communication between the left and right hemispheres

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Association fibres are?

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Group of myelinated fibres that

Communicates between the different regions of the same cerebral hemisphere

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Projection fibres are?

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Group of myelinated fibres that

Communicates between the brain and brainstem, cerebellum or spinal cord.

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Anterior cerebral artery (ACA) is?

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A cerebral artery extends upward and forward in the cerebrum supplying the frontal lobes

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Internal carotid arteries ?

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Supply blood to the anterior 3/5 of cerebrum.

Eventually divide up to become the ACA and the MCA

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Middle cerebral artery (MCA)?

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Largest branch of the internal carotid. The artery supplies a portion of the frontal lobe and the lateral surface of the temporal and parietal lobes

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Circle of willis?

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A circle of communicating arteries at the base of the brain

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Name the direct descending pathways of the brainstem

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Pyramidal tract
Corticospinal Tract
Corticobulbar tract

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Ipsilateral

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Same side

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Contralateral

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On the other side

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Corticobulbar tract function

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Conveys motor signals from cerebral cortex to the brainstem motor cranial nerve nuclei. 
Innervates peripheral (cranial) nerves for muscles controlling face, tongue, pharynx, larynx
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Innervation of lower face

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Contralateral

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Innervation of upper face

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Bilateral

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Brainstem pathways (name)

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Rubrospinal tract
Tectospinal
Reticulospinal
Vestibulospinal

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Rubrospinal origin?

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Red nucleus in midbrain

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Rubrospinal controls ?

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Distal limb movements, particularly upper limb Flexors

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Rubrospinal coordinates what and where?

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Cerebral and cerebellar activity in SC

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Rubrospinal corse?

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Decussates at midbrain

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Rubrospinal destination

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Ventral horn, dorsolateral group

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Rubrospinal: impact of lesion on movement ?

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Reduced fine motor control, particularly in upper limb

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Reticulospinal function?

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Regulates voluntary commands and spinal reflexes (both inhibit/facilitate input)
Autonomic regulation (HR, sweating)
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Reticulospinal origin

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Reticular formation in pons

Reticular formation in medulla

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Reticulospinal course?

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Ipsilateral

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Reticulospinal destination ?

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Ventral horn, ventromedial group

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Reticulospinal lesion impact?

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Change in reflexes (trouble modulating reflexes)

Impaired muscle tone (Hypertonia/hypotonia )

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Hypertonia

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Incr. muscle tone

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Hypotonia

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Decr muscle tone

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Vestibulospinal (lat) function?

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Posture

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Vestibulospinal (med)

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Neck and upper back muscles (head position)

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VST origin?

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Vestibular nucleus

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VST course?

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Ipsilateral

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VST destination ?

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Ventral horn, ventromedial group

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VST lesion impact ?

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(Lat): difficulty maintaining upright posture

(Med): difficulty maintaining head upright

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Tectospinal function?

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Coordination of head and eye movement

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TST origin?

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Superior colliculus in midbrain

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TST course?

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Decussates at midbrain

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TST destination ?

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Cervical/upper thoracic

Ventral horn, ventromedial group

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TST lesion impact?

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Ability to respond to environment automatically

Impaired coordination of eye movement

41
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Are lesions isolated to specific tracts?

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No very rarely

42
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Olfactory location?

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Olfactory cortex

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Olfactory function

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Sensory

-Smell

44
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Olfactory clinical test?

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Sniff and identify substances

45
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Optic location

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Eyeball to optic chiasma

46
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Optic function

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Sensory

  • vision
  • pupillary reflex
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Optic clinical tests

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Eye chart, colour
Visual field range
Reflexes (shine light in eye)

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Oculomotor location

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Midbrain

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Oculomotor function

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Motor:

  • eyeball (med,sup,inf) movement in all directions
  • pupil constriction
  • eyelid (open)

Sensory:
-eyeball muscle proprioception

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Oculomotor clinical tests

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Pupil reflexes

Visual tracking

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Trochlear location

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Midbrain

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Trochlear Function

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Motor and sensory;

-eyeball (superior)

53
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Trochlear clinical tests?

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Visual tracking

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Trigeminal location

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Pons

55
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Trigeminal function

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Sensory information from upper, mid and lower (motor and sensory mastication muscles)

56
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Trigeminal clinical tests

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Touch and temp

Jaw clenching and movement

57
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Abducens location

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Pons

58
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Abducens function

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Motor and sensory:

-eyeball (lat)

59
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Abducens clinical tests

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Visual tracking

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Facial location

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Pons

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Facial function

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Motor and sensory:
-facial expression muscles 
Sensory:
-taste 
Autonomic;
-tears, salivation
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Facial Clinical tests

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Taste sensation

Facial symmetry and expression (smiling, raise eyebrows)

63
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Inflammation of facial (CN VII) can lead to ?

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Bells Palsy

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Bells Palsy effect ?

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Unilateral paralysis of the Ipsilateral muscles of facial expression
Inability to close the eye
Change in tear production

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Vestibulocochlear location

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Pons-medulla border

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Vestibulocochlear function

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Sensory

  • vestibular info
  • hearing
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Vestibulocochlear clinical tests

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Hearing test

Balance (without vision)

68
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Vestibular system function?

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Relays sensory information about position and movement of the head relative to gravity (postural adjustments and gaze stabilisation)

69
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Glossopharyngeal location

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Medulla

70
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Glossopharyngeal function

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Motor and sensory:

  • tongue
  • swallowing muscles

Sensory
-taste

Autonomic
-salivation

71
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Glossopharyngeal clinical tests

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Gag/swallowing reflexes
Speech
Taste

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Vagus location

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Medulla

73
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Vagus function

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Motor and sensory
-swallowing muscles

Autonomic (motor & sensory)
-heart, lungs, viscera

Autonomic (sensory)
-taste

74
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Vagus clinical tests

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Gag/swallowing reflexes
Speech
Taste

75
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Accessory location

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Medulla

C1-C5

76
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Accessory function

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Motor and sensory

-trapezius, sternomastoid

77
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Accessory clinical tests

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Head rotation

Shoulder shrugging

78
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Hypoglossal location

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Medulla

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Hyperglossal function

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Motor and sensory

-tongue

80
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Hypoglossal clinical tests

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Tongue protrusion and retraction

81
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Lower motor neurons are?

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Cranial nerves with motor function

82
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3 longitudinal arteries supply the spinal cord. What are they? What do they supply?

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1 ant spinal art: supply ant/central 2/3 of cord

2 paired post spinal art: supply periphery of cord

83
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Organisation of spinal nerves and vertebrae

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Cervical region: spinal nerve above vertebrae except for C8 SN which exists between C7 and T1

Remainder: spinal nerves below corresponding vertebrae

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Dermatome

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Area of skin supplied by the sensory branches arising from a single spinal cord segment, or on one side, from a single spinal nerve

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Myotome

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Part of a skeletal muscle supplied by a single spinal cord segment, or on one side, by a single spinal nerve

86
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Gray matter is the site of?

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Tracts
Connections (inter neurons)
Reflexes
Movement pattern generator

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