Ex1 / Ch7 Somatosensory Pathways Flashcards
Spinothalamic pathway carries
(what kinde of sensory information)
crude touch
pain
Temprature
Dorsal Columns carry
(what kinde of sensory information)
light touch
vibration
conscious proprioception
discriminating touch
Posterior (Dorsal) Columns fiber size
large in diameter, and longest
Posterior (Dorsal) Columns travels to
gracilus, cuneates nucleus
Posterior (Dorsal) Columns is joind by
trigeminal lemniscus
Posterior (Dorsal) Columns projcet info to
- thalamus
- posterior internal capsul
- somatosensory cortex
Anterolateral Pathway contains
(which pathways)
Spinothalamic
Spinoreticular
Spinoreticular ends in
reticular formation
Anterolateral Pathway fibers size
small
Anterolateral Pathway Synapse
immediate synapses
Anterolateral Pathway decussation
it decussates but it may take a few segments
Lateral spinal cord lesion effects
(what sensation)
contralateral pain and temperature sensation
Lateral spinal cord lesion effects
(what level)
beginning a few levels below the lesion
Spinothalamic carries
Discriminating pain and temp
Spinothalamic major relay
ventral posterior lateral (VPL) nucleus
Spinothalamic terminates in
thalamus
Spinoreticular carries
emotional and arousal aspects of pain
Spinoreticular terminates in
medullary–pontine reticular formation
Spinoreticular Projects into
intralaminar thalamus
for more broad distribution to whole cortex
All thalamic (Trigeminal) ascend to
parietal lobe
which cortex is responsible to tell you “when I got touched”
Primary sensory cortex
hich cortex is responsible to describe “how I got touched”
Secondary somatosensory cortex
sensory loss can happen in
(which part of the sensory pathway)
anywhere in the sensory pathway
Define the term: Bar
pressure
Define the term: graph
writing
Define the term: top
mapping
Define the term: stereo
3D
Define the term: Dys
something isn’t right
Define the term: allo
everywhere
Define the term: pall
vibration
Define the term: par
abnormal
Define the term: an/a
without