Final Exam Flashcards
What are the 4 Ventricles of the brain?
- Left Hemisphere
- Right Hemisphere
- Pons
- Medulla
What is hydrocephalus?
Excess volume and pressure of CSF
Types of Hydrocephalus?
- Noncommunicating = Obstruction to CSF Flow
- Communicating = Over secretion or reduced Absorption
In the corticospinal tract, a complication in the upper motor neuron can lead to what?
More spasms and rigidity
In the corticospinal tract, an issue with the lower motor neuron can result in what?
Paralysis and Drooping
Cell bodies of the upper motor neurons are located where?
Primary motor cortex and premotor cortex of the frontal lobe
Signs of upper motor neuron lesions?
- Spastic paralysis
- Hyperreflexia
- Hypertonia
- Positive Babinski Sign
Patients with lower motor neuron lesion show signs of?
- Flaccid paralysis
- Areflexia
- Atonia
- Muscle Atrophy
- Fasiculations
As opposed to 2 neurons in the motor pathway, how many are there in the sensory pathway?
3:
1. Cell body in the dorsal root ganglion synapses and axon heads to spinal cord or brain stem
2. Second neuron decussates and goes to thalamus
3. Third neuron moves from thalamus to somatosensory cortex.
When looking at the spinal cord diagram, the back portion from right to left indicates what?
From head (Right Side) to toe (Left Side) of what part of the sensory pathway is affected.
What are the names of the dorsal columns that an axon in the sensory pathway is sent to?
- Fasciculus gracilis: Sensory information for the lower limb
- Fasciculus Cuneatus: Sensory information for the upper limb
What is affecting with lesions in the sensory pathway for the dorsal column?
- Lesions above the decussation in the brainstem/cortex leads to Contralateral loss of proprioception and sensation
- Lesions below it lead to ipsilateral loss of proprioception and sensation
What is the spinothalamic tract responsible for?
- Pain and temperature sensations
Pathway for Spinothalamic tract?
- Dorsal horn, Decussates, Lateral aspect of brain stem, Ventral Posterolateral Nucleus of thalamus, Cortex
All lesions of the spinothalamic tract lead to?
CONTRALATERAL ONLY; Loss of pain and temperature change below the lesion
Syringomyelia, a central cord lesion, leads to what?
Bilateral loss of pain and temperature
What is Brown-Sequard Syndrome?
An incomplete spinal cord lesion by hemisection of the spinal cord.
What are the results of brown-sequard syndrome?
- Ipsilateral motor paralysis and contralateral pain and temperature sensation deficits
Which cranial nerves are located in the midbrain?
CN 3 and 4 (Occulomotor and Trochlear)
What cranial nerves are located in the pons?
CN 5-8 (Trigeminal, Adducens, Facial, Vestibulocochlear)
Which Cranial Nerves are located in the Medulla?
CN 9 and 10; Glossopharyngeal and Vagus
Lesion of the Cranial nerve nuclei leads to?
Ipsilateral damage