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Exam 6 Flashcards

1
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Tests for conscious and unconscious proprioception

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Awareness of limb position and movement

Rhomberg test

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3 layers of the cerebellar cortex

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Molecular layer
Purkinjie cell layer
Granule cell layer

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Purkinjie cell layer

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Output from the cortex

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4
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Granule cell layer

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Only excitatory cells in the cerebellum

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Cerebellar white matter

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Axons from cerebellar peduncles and Purkinjie cells

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6
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Deep cerebellar nuclei

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Axons go out of the cerebellum

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7
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Vestibulocerebellar system

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Receives information from the vestibular system and connects reciprocally with vestibular nuclei
Maintain equilibrium

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Lesion of vestibuocerebellar system

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Trunkal ataxia, poor visual pursuit, nystagmus

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Spinocerebellar system

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Controls muscle tone and synergy of contracting muscles during gait

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10
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Lesion of spinocerebellar system

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LE and gait ataxia, dysarthria, dysmetria

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Pontocerebellar (neocerebellum) system

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Creates smooth coordinated movement

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12
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Lesion of pontocerebellar

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Loss of fine motor skill coordination

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13
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Cerebellar ataxia

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Unable to stand with feet together

Normal vibration sense, proprioception, ankle reflexes

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14
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Somatosenosry ataxia

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Better balance with eyes open
Impaired vibration sense, proprioception, ankle reflexes
No vertigo or nystagmus

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15
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Vestibular ataxia

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Gravity dependent
Balance better with eyes open
Vertigo and nystagmus present

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16
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Ventral lateral nucleus

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Motor relay station for basal ganglia and cerebellum

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17
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Ventral lateral anterior nucleus

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Pre-motor cortex

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18
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Ventral lateral posterior nucleus

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Primary motor cortex

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19
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Ventral posterior nucleus

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Sensory relay station for face/trunk/extremities

20
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Ventral posterior medial nucleus

21
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Ventral posterior lateral nucleus

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Trunk/extremities

22
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Centromedian nucleus

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Part of the ascending reticular activating system

23
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Reticular nucleus

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Regulates information into the thalamus

24
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Regulation of the thalamus

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Cerebral cortex
Reticular nucleus
Reticular formation

25
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Signs of thalamic syndrome

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Intractable pain
Cl hemianesthesia
Cl decrease position sense
Cl hemiplegia

26
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Essential tremors

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Tremors at rest and with movement

27
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Supraoptic nucleus

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Synthesizes/releases ADH in response to increased osmolarity in blood

28
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Lesion in supraoptic nucleus

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Diabetes inspidius (increase water intake/thirst and increase excretion dilute urine)

29
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Suprachiasmic nucleus

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Circadian rhythm center

Increases or decreases amount of melatonin based on light or dark

30
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Lateral hypothalamus

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Controlled initiation of eating

Hunger center

31
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Lesion of lateral hypothalamus

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Eating and drinking ceases causing aphagia & adipsia

32
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Ventromedial hypothalamus

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Controlled inhibition of eating

Satiety center

33
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Lesion of ventromedial hypothalamus

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Overeating (hyperphagia)

34
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Arcuate nucleus

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Detects concentration of leptin in blood; releases appetite stimulating and inhibiting hormones

35
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Leptin

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Hormone released by adipose cells

36
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Mammillary Body

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Interconnects limbic system with hypothalamus

37
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Median eminence/tuber cinerum

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synthesize/release hormones

38
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Afferent neuronal input into hypothalamus

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Fornix

Mammillothalamic tract

39
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Efferent outflow form hypothalamus

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Dorsal longitudinal fasiculus of Schultz

40
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Subthalamic nucleus

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Innerconnects with other basal ganglia nuclei and is involved in motor control

41
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Lesion of subthalamic nucleus

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Hemiballismus (involuntary flailing of CL limbs)

42
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Posterior commisure

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Pupillary light reflex

43
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Pineal gland

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Secretes melatonin

44
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Medial geniculate nucleus

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Primary auditory area

45
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Lateral geniculate nucleus

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Primary visual cortex

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