Functional anatomy Flashcards
What are the clinical findings after a thalamoperforating artery emboli?
decreased level of alertness due to the VA nucleus of thalamus that is försörjd by this artery projecting to large areas of the frontal lobe.
Symtoms of vestibular nuclei injury?
- vertigo
- nystagmus
- nausea and vomiting
Clinical signs of injury to the trigeminal spinal nucleus and tract?
The effect is numbness. -
The spinal trigeminal nucleus is a nucleus in the medulla that receives information about deep/crude touch, pain, and temperature from the ipsilateral face.
In addition to the trigeminal nerve (CN V), the facial (CN VII), glossopharyngeal (CN IX), and vagus nerves (CN X) also convey pain information from their areas
Clinical signs of injuries to the sympathetic fibres?
Horners sign ipsilaterally
Signs of injury to the lateral spinothalamic tract
contralateral limb numbness
Signs of injuries to the pontomedullary tegmentum
Ipsilateral deafness and facial paralysis
What big vessel is the most common to create CN VII compression?
AICA
what are the three fasciculus that encompass the middle cerebellar peduncle called?
The inferior, the superior and the deep.
The middle cerebellar peduncles are paired structures entirely encompassed by centripetal fibres. They run between 2 main places/structures. What structures?
Between pontine nuclei and the contralateral cerebellar cortex.
What vessel supply the superior, middle and inferior cerebellar peduncles respectively?
*SCA
* AICA
* PICA
Which artery is the most common to be responsible for compression of CN V?
SCA
Where is the bladder reflex coordination situated?
In locus coerulius in pons
What muscle is supposed to involuntarily contract when the bladder is distended and what muscle is supposed to relax?
The detrusor muscle contract and the inner sphincter relax, run by parasympathetic innervation from locus coerelius.
What type of innervation allows the detrusor mucle to contract and the inner sphincter to relax?
Parasympathetic fibres. (Ach from the pelvic splanchnic nerve through synapse in the detrusor muscle wall ganglia innervate contraction)
How is the bladder generally allowed to be relaxed when not distended?
Sympathetic fibers heavily innervate the bladder neck and trigone.
What receptor is active in bladder neck and trigonum closure to let the bladder fill?
Alpha-1 adrenergic receptors.
What receptors are active to stimulate detrusor muscle relaxation and allow filling of the bladder?
Beta-3 adrenergic receptors.
What two important features does the pelvic nerve have to allow detrusor relaxation and bladder neck/trigonum contraction during filling of the bladder?
The pelvic nerve carries sympathetic fibers and stimulate Alpha adrenergic receptors in the neck/trigonum and Beta-3 adrenergic receptors in the detrusor muscle.
What parts of the brain are suppressing the bladder reflex; innervating the external sphincter of the bladder and inhibiting the detrusor muscle by somatic voluntary control through the pyramidal tract and pudendal nerve?
Medial frontal cortex and the genu of corpus callosum.
What spinal tract serves for voluntary contraction of the external sphincter?
The pyramidal tract
What problem with the bladder might come from cortical lesions?
Urgency incontinence
What nerve is the parasympathetic innervating of the bladder? Where is its ganglia situated?
Pelvic splanchnic nerve and ganglia in the detrusor musclewall.
How can the parasympathetic ganglia in the bladder-detrusor-m be targeted in case of cortical urgency incontinence?
Anticholinergic medicins and botox may be used to inhibit exitation of the Ach nerves of the involuntary contraction.
HOw does the voluntary nerve circuit work for bladder control and what is its primary goal?
Goal - only to maintain continence due to residual pressure or short term.
Medial Frontal cortex/genu of corpus callosum.—-pyramidal tract—synapse in S2-S4—pudendal nerve—external sphincter. The external sphincter opens by reflex when the internal sphincter relax and needs to be activated by cortical control.