External and Internal Features of the medulla

Question 1

“PAM is horny”

Ptosis

Anhidrosis

Miosis

Answer 1

Mnemonic for symptoms of Horners Syndrome

Question 2

Reticular formation = consciousness

Question 3

Olives are fibres goes to the cerebullum

Answer 3

lateral spino thalamic tract is for temperature and pain, pressure for the other spinothalamic tract

Question 4

vibration, fine touch, and position sense(joint sense). functions of the fasciculus gracilis and cuneatus

Answer 4

in the medulla its called medial lemiscus after decasation

Question 5

Decussation of the pyramids at the anterior median Fissure, where the fibres of the pyramids cross

Question 6

Cortico spinal tract

they are pyraminds after decussation

Answer 6

Controls precise, skilled, voluntary movements, especially of the distal limbs, motor control (e.g., fingers, hands, feet).

Damage = weakness or paralysis on the opposite side of the body (if above the decussation), or same side (if below it).

Question 7

Big 4 of the spinal cord

Answer 7

Corticospinal tract, Dorsal Columns, Spinothalamic and Spinocerebellar tract

Question 8

Practice drawing the section ofthe medulla

Question 9

Spinal nucleus of the trigeminal from spinothalamic

Question 10

Cordination between balance and vision, extra ocula muscles

Answer 10

Medial longitudinal Fasciculus

Question 11

Anterior spinal Arterry , posterior inferior cerebellar artery and vertebral artery