EXAM QUESTIONS: midterm II Flashcards
Where and on which side can be found the perikarions of the fibers of the spinothalamic tract?
spinal ggl. , contra.
Where does the medial lemniscus terminate?
VPL (ventral posterolateral nucleus)
Which tract starts from the Clarke’ s cell colunm?
dorsal spinocerebellar (flechsig).
Where and on which side do the axons of the gracile and cuneate nucleus terminate?
internal arcuate fibers → midddle lemniscus → VPL, contra
Where do you find the 2nd order neurons of the pain-conducting pathway which carries the impulses from the head?
spinal nucl. Of trigeminal → trigeminal lemniscus → VPM
In which funiculus and on which side can be found the pathway transmitting the touch sensation from the body?
dorsal funiculus, ipsi.
Where does the trigeminal lemniscus terminate?
VPM
Where is the end of the central tegmental tract ?
inferior olive.
In which part and on which side of the cerebellum does the dorsal spinocerebellar tract end?
vermis, mossy fibers, ipsi
In which part and on which side of the cerebellum does the pontocerebellar tract end?
hemisphere (mosi fibers), contra
where do fibres of the corticonuclear tract terminate?
motor neurons of cranial n
where on and which cells does the corticospinal tract end?
spinal cord ventral hron ( alpha, gamma, motor neurons)
Please find the tract which doesn’t pass through the superior cerebellar peduncle?
a. cerebellothalamic tract
b. cerebellorubral tract
c. vestibulocerebellar tract
d. spinocerebellar tract
c. vestibulocerebellar tract
Where do the axons of the neurons of the mesencephalic nucleus end?
pontine nucl. → VPM. (motor neuron of reflex arch, maybe)
How do you call the cells innervating the intrafusal fibers of the muscle spindle?
gamma motor neurons
.Where do those sympathetic preganglionic fibers synapse which pass to the periphery (to the skin)?
synaptic trunk
. Where do those sympathetic preganglionic fibers synapse which pass to the viscera?
prevertebral ggl.
Where do you find the sympathetic preganglionic neurons?
lateral horn
Which kind of nucleus is the dorsal n. of X.?
GVM
Which neuron is the only excitatory neuron of the cerebellar cortex?
stellate cells.