Exam 6 Flashcards
Tests for conscious and unconscious proprioception
Awareness of limb position and movement
Rhomberg test
3 layers of the cerebellar cortex
Molecular layer
Purkinjie cell layer
Granule cell layer
Purkinjie cell layer
Output from the cortex
Granule cell layer
Only excitatory cells in the cerebellum
Cerebellar white matter
Axons from cerebellar peduncles and Purkinjie cells
Deep cerebellar nuclei
Axons go out of the cerebellum
Vestibulocerebellar system
Receives information from the vestibular system and connects reciprocally with vestibular nuclei
Maintain equilibrium
Lesion of vestibuocerebellar system
Trunkal ataxia, poor visual pursuit, nystagmus
Spinocerebellar system
Controls muscle tone and synergy of contracting muscles during gait
Lesion of spinocerebellar system
LE and gait ataxia, dysarthria, dysmetria
Pontocerebellar (neocerebellum) system
Creates smooth coordinated movement
Lesion of pontocerebellar
Loss of fine motor skill coordination
Cerebellar ataxia
Unable to stand with feet together
Normal vibration sense, proprioception, ankle reflexes
Somatosenosry ataxia
Better balance with eyes open
Impaired vibration sense, proprioception, ankle reflexes
No vertigo or nystagmus
Vestibular ataxia
Gravity dependent
Balance better with eyes open
Vertigo and nystagmus present
Ventral lateral nucleus
Motor relay station for basal ganglia and cerebellum
Ventral lateral anterior nucleus
Pre-motor cortex
Ventral lateral posterior nucleus
Primary motor cortex