Mid to Rostral Pons Flashcards
1
Q
Superior cerebellar peduncles
A
Connects cerebellum to the midbrain
2
Q
Motor nucleus of CN V
A
Jaw muscles
3
Q
Chief Sensory Nucleus of CN V
A
Touch and pressure
4
Q
CN V nerve
A
Passes through midcerebellar peduncle in mid pons
5
Q
Anterolateral system
A
- Pain, tempreture & crude touch
- Three ascending pathways
- Spinothalamic tracts
- Spinoreticulotract
- Spinotectal tracts
6
Q
Medial lemniscus
A
- Well localized touch vibration & joint sensation
- Connection between dorsal column nuclei (cuneate & fasiculus) and the thalamus
- Run through the arcuate fibers
7
Q
Corticofugal fibers
A
Conect cortex to the pons
8
Q
Pontine nucleus
A
Termination of corticopontine fibers and origin of pontocerebellar projections
9
Q
Superior olive
A
Hearing & Ascending and Descending auditory pathways
10
Q
Mesenphalic tract of CN V
A
proprioception of the face
11
Q
MLF
A
- Horizontal eye movements
- In the midline, ventral to the ventricle sysytem
12
Q
4th Ventricle
A
- Ventricular system
- Dorsal to the brain stem from mid-medulla through pons
