LBB - Chapter 3 Flashcards
What sensory info is relayed by the dorsal column-medial lemniscus pathway?
Proprioception
Vibration
Light touch
Fig 3.26
What are the two major afferent pathways?
Dorsal column-medial lemmiscus
Spinothalamic
What sensory info is relayed by the anterolateral spinothalamic pathway?
Pain
Temperature
Crude touch
Fig 3.27
What is the function of the medulla?
Life support functions
Decides action of afferent and efferent pathways
What are functions of the pons?
Sleep Heart-rate Breathing Arousal Crossing of afferent and efferent pathways
What are functions of the cerebellum?
Motor control Coordination Balance Posture/equilibrium Implicit learning and memory
What are the afferents to the AN thalamic nuclei?
Hippocampus/fornix, mammillary bodies
What is the efferent to the AN nuclei?
Cingulate gyrus?
What is the function of the AN nuclei?
Explicit memory
Where is the major projection area for ACh?
Nucleus basalis of meynert
What is another name for the neocortical cell Layer I?
Molecular
What is another name for the neocortical cell Layer II?
Small pyramidal
What is another name for the neocortical cell Layer III?
Medium pyramidal
What is another name for the neocortical cell Layer IV?
Granular
What is another name for the neocortical cell Layer V?
Large pyramidal
What is another name for the neocortical cell Layer VI?
Polymorphic
What is the neocortical cell Layer I comprised of?
Dendrites and axons from other layers
What two neocortical layers contain cortical-cortical connections?
II and III
What neocortical layer receives inputs from the thalamus?
IV
What neocortical layer sends outputs to subcortical structutes
V
What neocortical layer sends outputs to the thalamus?
VI
What are the major efferent pathways?
Corticospinal
Rubrospinal
Reticulospinal
Vestibulospinal
What efferent pathway provides motor output to limb muscles?
Corticospinal
What efferent pathway provides motor output to upper extremities?
Rubrospinal
What efferent pathway provides motor output for extensor and flexor muscles?
Reticulospinal
What efferent pathway is divided into 4 subdivisions for vestibular function?
Vestibulospinal
What is the Brodman’s area for primary somatosensory cortex of postcentral gyrus?
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