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Mod 3 Brain White Matter Pathways Flashcards

1
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What are the white matter pathways?

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  1. Projection
  2. Association
  3. Commissural
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2
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The projection pathways are ____ pathways that run between ___ and ___

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Vertical
Cortex
Lower levels

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3
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___ connect areas within hemispheres

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Association

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___ connect areas between hemisphere

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Commissural

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pathways connection and interconnection functions include

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  1. Keep the brain informed of what’s going on within and outside the CNS
  2. Mediate info transfer between modalities
  3. Coordinate activities between hemispheres
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6
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Characteristics of projection pathways

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  1. Connect the cortex with lower levels
  2. Travel vertically to connect cortex with brain structures and spinal cord
  3. Include both efferent (outgoing/motor) and afferent (incoming/sensory) pathways
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7
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What is the most prominent and important motor projection system

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Pyramidal tract

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8
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True or false: the pyramidal tract is comprised of the corticospinal pathway

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False: both corticospinal and corticobulbar pathway

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9
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What is the pyramidal tract responsible for

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Initiation and control of skilled voluntary movements

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10
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Where do the fibers in the pyramidal tract originate from?

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Areas 4, 6 in the frontal lobe

Area 3-1-2 in the parietal lobe

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11
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True or false:

The motor neurons that make up the pyramidal tract (both corticospinal and corticobulbar) are lower motor neurons

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False: upper motor neurons

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12
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_____ are peripheral nerves

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Lower motor neurons

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13
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Lower motor neurons innervate the ______ muscles

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Voluntary/skeletal muscles

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14
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LMN is also known as

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Final common path

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15
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Upper motor neurons are _____ motor neurons with the _____ that exert influences either directly or indirectly on the LMNs

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Descending

CNS

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16
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Sensory data is relayed to the thalamus then to the cortex via the ____ pathways

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Thalamocortical pathway

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17
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The motor projects extend from the ____ to the ____ and ____

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Cortex

Brainstem and spinal cord

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18
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Motor projects descend downward to the brainstem via the _____, ______ and _____

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Corona radiata
Internal capsule
Cerebral peducles (crus cerebri)

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19
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___ is a fan shaped radiating projection system located between the cerebral cortex above and the internal capsule below

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Corona radiata

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20
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The motor pathways extend downward from the ____ areas through the _____ and converge before enter the the ____

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Cortical
Corona radiata
Internal capsule

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21
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True or false

The corona radiata is comprised of only motor pathways

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False
Comprised of both motor and sensory pathways
- incoming sensory pathways extend upward from the internal capsule to the cortex.

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22
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What is the internal capsule

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A massive bundle of nerve fibers found between the thalamus, caudate nucleus and lenticular nucleus

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23
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Most signal, both efferent and afferent, between the cerebral cortex and the lower brainstem, and spinal cord are transmitted between ___

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Internal capsule

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24
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The internal capsule is divided into what parts

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Anterior limb (between the caudate and lenticular nucleus)
Posterior limb (between the lenticular nucleus and thalamus)
Genu (between the anterior and posterior limb)
25
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What does the anterior limb carry

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Motor data

Affective and emotional data

26
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The anterior limb carries motor data via the

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Frontopontine pathway (frontal lobe/cortex to the pons)
Corticostriate pathway (cortex to BG/striatum)
27
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The anterior limb carries affective and emotional data via

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Reciprocal connection pathways 
Includes:
Between the prefrontal cortex and thalamus
Between the cingulate gyrus and thalamus
Between the septal area and hypothalamus
28
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What passes through the Genu of the internal capsule

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The corticobulbar pathway = motor commands for speech

The corticoreticular pathway = arousal and alertness

29
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The posterior limb contain both ___ and ___ pathways

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Moto and sensory

30
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Posterior limb: motor has what kind of pathway

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Corticospinal

31
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What does the motor posterior limb innervate

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Limb and trunk muscles

32
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The posterior limb sensory carry general and sensory data to

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  1. General to Somatosensory cortex (3-1-2)
  2. Auditory to Heschl’s gyrus (41 and 42)
  3. Visual to striate cortex (17)
33
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The association pathways provide ____ communication between cortical areas

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Bidirectional

34
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In the association pathways, there are ___ and ____ groups

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Long and short

35
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What areas do not communicate directly with each other?

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Primary areas

36
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How do primary areas communicate with each other

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Via the association areas

37
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Arucate fasciculus is also called

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Superior longitudinal (located lateral to insula)

38
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What does the arcuate fasciculus connect?

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Interconnects the frontal, parietal, occipital and temporal cortices
Connects Wernicke’s and Broca’s areas

39
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What is conduction aphasia

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A disconnection syndrome between Wernicke’s and Broca’s aphasia

40
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Where is the lesion that would cause conduction aphasia

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Arcuate fasciculus lesion

41
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What is the result of conduction aphasia

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Good comprehension, reduced and impaired speech output

42
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Where is the inferior occipital fasciculus located

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Crosses beneath the Sylvia’s fissure and insula

43
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What does the inferior occipital fasciculus connect?

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The frontal lobe to occipital lobe and the inferior temporal lobes she

44
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Where is the uncinate fasciculus located

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Parallel to the inferior longitudinal fasciculus

45
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The uncinate fasciculus connects

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Orbital frontal with anterior temporal lobe cortex

46
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The cingulum connects

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The frontal, parietal, temporal area medially

Interconnects these areas with the limbic area

47
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If there is a lesion on the cingulum what is impaired?

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emotion and affective behavior

48
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Commissural pathways

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Run horizontally to connect hemispheres

Connect similar structures on each side

49
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What are the main commissures

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Corpus callosum
Anterior commissure
Posterior commissure

50
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What is the largest commissural bundle

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The corpus callosum

Contain 300-400 million fibers

51
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What are the parts of the corpus callosum

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Rostrum (interconnects the frontal areas)
Genu 
Body (interconnects parietal areas)
Splenium (interconnects occipital areas)
52
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The anterior commissure interconnects the ___ lobe

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Temporal lobe

53
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The posterior commissure interconnects _____ _____ _____

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Midbrain reflex centers

54
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Lesions to association and commissural fibers lead to

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Disconnections between cortical areas = disconnection syndrome

55
Q

What is apraxia

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Motor programming disorders that affect limb movement (limb apraxia), speech movements (apraxia of speech) and oral non speech movements (oral apraxia/swallowing apraxia)

56
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What is Alexias

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Acquired reading disorder

57
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What is anomia

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Unable to recall the names of everyday objects

58
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Disconnection syndromes caused by lesions of association and commissural fibers can cause:

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Apraxias
Anomia
Alexias

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