Muji Book Flashcards

1
Q

3 functions of Reticular formation:

A
  • alertness via ARAS
  • control of movement
  • visceral and involuntary actions e.g cardiac resp centres
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2
Q

Internal arcuate fibres to medial lemniscus contain fibres from the..

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Gracile and cuneate nucleus

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3
Q

Spinal lemniscus has fibres from the

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Spinothalamic and spinomesencephalic tracts

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4
Q

Medial lemniscus terminates at

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VP nucleus then to S1

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5
Q

3 things about dorsal spinocerebellar tract

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  • uncrossed
  • from Clarke’s column to ICP
  • lower limb proprioception
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6
Q

Ventral spinocerebellar tract, 3 things:

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  • crossed
  • originates in lumbrosacral enlargement
  • fibres ascend in pons to SCP
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7
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What does accessory cuneate nucleus do?

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  • cuneocerebellar fibres
  • neck and upper limb proprioception
  • enter cerebellum via ICP
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8
Q

Inferior olivary complex has mainly..

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Input from contra dorsal horn of all spinal cord levels

Input from ipsi red nucleus
And cortex

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9
Q

Nuclei Raphe Magnus

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Inhibits pain (5HT)

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10
Q

6

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SMA

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11
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13,16

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Insular cx

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12
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20-21-22

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Inf-midd-sup temporal gurus

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13
Q

27

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Piriform cx

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14
Q

28

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Entorhinal cx

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15
Q

30-33

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Cingulate cx

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16
Q

37

A

Fusiform gyrus

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17
Q

39

40

A

Angualar

Supra marginal

18
Q

41,42

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A1

19
Q

43

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Gustatory cx in solitary nucleus

20
Q

44

45

A

Opercularis

Triangularis

21
Q

Lesions that cause apraxia

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  • left parietal posterior cx
  • SLF
  • left frontal
  • genu of corpus callousness
22
Q

purkinje output uses NT……. to project to the……

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GABA to the dentate and cerebellar nuclei

23
Q

upper sulcus limitans neuromelanin discouloration gives the name

A

substantia fenuginea

24
Q

What 2 hypothalamic nuclei are important for REM sleep?

A

VLPO and VMPO

25
Q

Which tract goes from ION to opposite cerebellum via ICP?

A

Spino-olivary tract

26
Q

If only muscles of the facial nerve are affected, where must the lesion be? (2 possible)

A

in stylomastoid foramen

in parotid gland

27
Q

For idiopathic intercranial HT, where can you put the shunt? NB: common in overweight females

A

-lumboperitoneal

28
Q

Shunt for hydrocephalus?

A

-Kochers point in frontal horn of lateral ventricle

29
Q

What do you see on an MRI of Huntingtons?

A

Marked atrophy of caudate nucleus

30
Q

In which tract is Prolactin released?

A

Tuberoinfundibular tract

31
Q

What kind of disease is CJD ( Creutzefeldt-Jacob Disease) and what does it cause?

A
  • a prion disease

- causes spongiform encephalopathy

32
Q

Where do sensory afferents to the hippocampus come from primarily?

A

The entorhinal cortex (28)

33
Q

Lacrimal salivation is from which pontine nucleus?

A

-superior salivatory nucleus

34
Q

Wallerian Degeneration is

A

neuronal degeneration after neuronal damage

35
Q

3 nuclei of the amygdala:

A
  • central nucleus
  • corticomedial nucleus
  • basolateral nuclei
36
Q

What 6 things enter ICP?

A
  • olivocerebellar fibres
  • dorsal spinocerebellar fibres
  • vestibulocerebellar fibres
  • arcuate nucleus
  • trigem. sensory nuclei (pontine and spinal)
  • precerebellar reticular nuclei
37
Q

What 2 things exit ICP?

A
  • cerebellovestibular fibres

- cerebelloreticular fibres

38
Q

What enters the MCP?

A

pontocerebellar fibres

39
Q

What 4 things enter the SCP?

A
  • ventral spinocerebellar tract
  • trigeminothalamic fibres from mesencephalic nucleus
  • tectocerebellar fibres from colliculi
  • NAergic fibres from locus coeruleus
40
Q

What 2 things leave the SCP?

A
  • cerebellothalamic fibres to VL nucleus of contra thalamus

- cerebellorubral fibres from interposed nuclei (globose+emboliform) -> red nucleus