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LBB - Chapter 3 Flashcards

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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?

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Reticulospinal

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What efferent pathway is divided into 4 subdivisions for vestibular function?

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Vestibulospinal

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What is the Brodman’s area for primary somatosensory cortex of postcentral gyrus?

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1-3

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What is the Brodman’s area for primary motor cortex?

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What is the Brodman’s area for supplemental motor cortex?

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What is the Brodman’s area for tertiary somatosensory area?

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What is the Brodman’s area for heteromodal visuomotor cortex?

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What is the Brodman’s area for frontal eye fields?

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What is the Brodman’s area for prefrontal association areas?

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What is the Brodman’s area for primary and secondary visual cortex?

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What is the Brodman’s area for Visual inferiorotemporal area for recognition of visual forms?

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What is the Brodman’s area for Wernicke’s area?

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What is the Brodman’s area for higher order auditory cortex?

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What is the Brodman’s area for limbic/emotional functions?

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What is the Brodman’s area for parietal temporal occipital heteromodal association cortex?

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What is the Brodman’s area for primary auditory cortex?

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What is the Brodman’s area for Heschl’s gyrus?

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What is the Brodman’s area for Broca’s area?

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What is the Brodman’s area for the motor speech area?

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What is the Brodman’s area for prefrontal heteromodal association cortex?

44
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What areas does the arcuate fasciculus connect?

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Temporal and frontal lobes

45
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What is the function of the arcuate fasciculus?

A

Language functions associating receptive and expressive areas

46
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What areas does the inferior longitudinal fasciculus connect?

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Occipital and temporal lobes

47
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What is the function of the inferior longitudinal fasciculus?

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Semantic language, memory, visual processing

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What areas does the superior longitudinal fasciculus connect?

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All four lobes

49
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What is the function of the superior longitudinal fasciculus?

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Regulate motor movement, spatial orientation, spatial perception, working memory, language

50
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What areas does the inferior occipitofrontal fasciculus connect?

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Occipital, temporal and frontal lobes

51
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What is the function of the inferior occipitofrontal fasciculus?

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Visual processing, semantic memory? And language processing?

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How many bones is the skull comprised of?

53
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How many cranial bones are there?

54
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What supports the occipital lobes horizontally and separates them from the cerebellum?

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Tentorium cerebelli

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What cranial nerve nuclei are contained within the medulla?

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What is the main function of the medulla?

A

Houses decussation of afferent and efferent pathways leaving the brain

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What cranial nerve nuclei are contained within the pons?

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What are the main functions of the pons?

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Respiration
Arousal
Attention

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What is a large part of the pons made up of?

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Axons entering the cerebellum

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What are axons entering the cerebellum referred to as?

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Cerebellar peduncles

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What is the function of the cerebellum?

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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?

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Cerebral peduncle

63
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What is the midbrain composed of?

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Tectum
Cerebral peduncles
Tegmentum
Pretectum
Aqueduct of sylvias
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What form the walls of the fourth ventricle?

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Cerebral peduncles of midbrain

65
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What cranial nerve nuclei are contained within the midbrain tegmentum?

A

III and IV

66
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What area has a concentration of DA neurons?

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Ventral tegmental area (VTA)

67
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What connects the third and fourth ventricles?

A

Aqueduct of sylvias

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