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What sensory info is relayed by the dorsal column-medial lemniscus pathway?

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Proprioception
Vibration
Light touch

Fig 3.26

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What are the two major afferent pathways?

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Dorsal column-medial lemmiscus

Spinothalamic

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What sensory info is relayed by the anterolateral spinothalamic pathway?

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Pain
Temperature
Crude touch

Fig 3.27

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What is the function of the medulla?

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Life support functions

Decides action of afferent and efferent pathways

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What are functions of the pons?

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Sleep
Heart-rate
Breathing
Arousal
Crossing of afferent and efferent pathways
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What are functions of the cerebellum?

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Motor control
Coordination
Balance
Posture/equilibrium
Implicit learning and memory
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What are the afferents to the AN thalamic nuclei?

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Hippocampus/fornix, mammillary bodies

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What is the efferent to the AN nuclei?

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Cingulate gyrus?

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What is the function of the AN nuclei?

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Explicit memory

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Where is the major projection area for ACh?

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Nucleus basalis of meynert

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What is another name for the neocortical cell Layer I?

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Molecular

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What is another name for the neocortical cell Layer II?

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Small pyramidal

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What is another name for the neocortical cell Layer III?

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Medium pyramidal

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What is another name for the neocortical cell Layer IV?

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Granular

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What is another name for the neocortical cell Layer V?

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Large pyramidal

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What is another name for the neocortical cell Layer VI?

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Polymorphic

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What is the neocortical cell Layer I comprised of?

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Dendrites and axons from other layers

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What two neocortical layers contain cortical-cortical connections?

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II and III

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What neocortical layer receives inputs from the thalamus?

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IV

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What neocortical layer sends outputs to subcortical structutes

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V

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What neocortical layer sends outputs to the thalamus?

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VI

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What are the major efferent pathways?

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Corticospinal
Rubrospinal
Reticulospinal
Vestibulospinal

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What efferent pathway provides motor output to limb muscles?

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Corticospinal

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What efferent pathway provides motor output to upper extremities?

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Rubrospinal

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What efferent pathway provides motor output for extensor and flexor muscles?
Reticulospinal
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What efferent pathway is divided into 4 subdivisions for vestibular function?
Vestibulospinal
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What is the Brodman's area for primary somatosensory cortex of postcentral gyrus?
1-3
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What is the Brodman's area for primary motor cortex?
4
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What is the Brodman's area for supplemental motor cortex?
6
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What is the Brodman's area for tertiary somatosensory area?
5
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What is the Brodman's area for heteromodal visuomotor cortex?
7
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What is the Brodman's area for frontal eye fields?
8
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What is the Brodman's area for prefrontal association areas?
9-12
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What is the Brodman's area for primary and secondary visual cortex?
17-19
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What is the Brodman's area for Visual inferiorotemporal area for recognition of visual forms?
20-21
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What is the Brodman's area for Wernicke's area?
22
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What is the Brodman's area for higher order auditory cortex?
22
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What is the Brodman's area for limbic/emotional functions?
23-27
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What is the Brodman's area for parietal temporal occipital heteromodal association cortex?
39
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What is the Brodman's area for primary auditory cortex?
41
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What is the Brodman's area for Heschl's gyrus?
41
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What is the Brodman's area for Broca's area?
44
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What is the Brodman's area for the motor speech area?
44
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What is the Brodman's area for prefrontal heteromodal association cortex?
45-47
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What areas does the arcuate fasciculus connect?
Temporal and frontal lobes
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What is the function of the arcuate fasciculus?
Language functions associating receptive and expressive areas
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What areas does the inferior longitudinal fasciculus connect?
Occipital and temporal lobes
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What is the function of the inferior longitudinal fasciculus?
Semantic language, memory, visual processing
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What areas does the superior longitudinal fasciculus connect?
All four lobes
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What is the function of the superior longitudinal fasciculus?
Regulate motor movement, spatial orientation, spatial perception, working memory, language
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What areas does the inferior occipitofrontal fasciculus connect?
Occipital, temporal and frontal lobes
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What is the function of the inferior occipitofrontal fasciculus?
Visual processing, semantic memory? And language processing?
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How many bones is the skull comprised of?
22
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How many cranial bones are there?
8
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What supports the occipital lobes horizontally and separates them from the cerebellum?
Tentorium cerebelli
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What cranial nerve nuclei are contained within the medulla?
IX - XII
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What is the main function of the medulla?
Houses decussation of afferent and efferent pathways leaving the brain
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What cranial nerve nuclei are contained within the pons?
V - VIII
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What are the main functions of the pons?
Respiration Arousal Attention
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What is a large part of the pons made up of?
Axons entering the cerebellum
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What are axons entering the cerebellum referred to as?
Cerebellar peduncles
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What is the function of the cerebellum?
``` Coordinate voluntary movement Balance Equilibrium Muscle tone Implicit learning ```
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What contains the efferent axons of the cerebral cortex that project to the brainstem?
Cerebral peduncle
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What is the midbrain composed of?
``` Tectum Cerebral peduncles Tegmentum Pretectum Aqueduct of sylvias ```
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What form the walls of the fourth ventricle?
Cerebral peduncles of midbrain
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What cranial nerve nuclei are contained within the midbrain tegmentum?
III and IV
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What area has a concentration of DA neurons?
Ventral tegmental area (VTA)
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What connects the third and fourth ventricles?
Aqueduct of sylvias

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