Muji Book

Question 1

3 functions of Reticular formation:

Answer 1

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

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Gracile and cuneate nucleus

Question 3

Spinal lemniscus has fibres from the

Answer 3

Spinothalamic and spinomesencephalic tracts

Question 4

Medial lemniscus terminates at

Answer 4

VP nucleus then to S1

Question 5

3 things about dorsal spinocerebellar tract

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Ventral spinocerebellar tract, 3 things:

Answer 6

• crossed
• originates in lumbrosacral enlargement
• fibres ascend in pons to SCP

Question 7

What does accessory cuneate nucleus do?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Inferior olivary complex has mainly..

Answer 8

Input from contra dorsal horn of all spinal cord levels

Input from ipsi red nucleus
And cortex

Question 9

Nuclei Raphe Magnus

Answer 9

Inhibits pain (5HT)

Question 10

6

Answer 10

SMA

Question 11

13,16

Answer 11

Insular cx

Question 12

20-21-22

Answer 12

Inf-midd-sup temporal gurus

Question 13

27

Answer 13

Piriform cx

Question 14

28

Answer 14

Entorhinal cx

Question 15

30-33

Answer 15

Cingulate cx

Question 16

37

Answer 16

Fusiform gyrus

Question 17

39

40

Answer 17

Angualar

Supra marginal

Question 18

41,42

Answer 18

A1

Question 19

43

Answer 19

Gustatory cx in solitary nucleus

Question 20

44

45

Answer 20

Opercularis

Triangularis

Question 21

Lesions that cause apraxia

Answer 21

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

Question 22

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

Answer 22

GABA to the dentate and cerebellar nuclei

Question 23

upper sulcus limitans neuromelanin discouloration gives the name

Answer 23

substantia fenuginea

Question 24

What 2 hypothalamic nuclei are important for REM sleep?

Answer 24

VLPO and VMPO

Question 25

Which tract goes from ION to opposite cerebellum via ICP?

Answer 25

Spino-olivary tract

Question 26

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

Answer 26

in stylomastoid foramen | in parotid gland

Question 27

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

Answer 27

-lumboperitoneal

Question 28

Shunt for hydrocephalus?

Answer 28

-Kochers point in frontal horn of lateral ventricle

Question 29

What do you see on an MRI of Huntingtons?

Answer 29

Marked atrophy of caudate nucleus

Question 30

In which tract is Prolactin released?

Answer 30

Tuberoinfundibular tract

Question 31

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

Answer 31

- a prion disease | - causes spongiform encephalopathy

Question 32

Where do sensory afferents to the hippocampus come from primarily?

Answer 32

The entorhinal cortex (28)

Question 33

Lacrimal salivation is from which pontine nucleus?

Answer 33

-superior salivatory nucleus

Question 34

Wallerian Degeneration is

Answer 34

neuronal degeneration after neuronal damage

Question 35

3 nuclei of the amygdala:

Answer 35

- central nucleus - corticomedial nucleus - basolateral nuclei

Question 36

What 6 things enter ICP?

Answer 36

- olivocerebellar fibres - dorsal spinocerebellar fibres - vestibulocerebellar fibres - arcuate nucleus - trigem. sensory nuclei (pontine and spinal) - precerebellar reticular nuclei

Question 37

What 2 things exit ICP?

Answer 37

- cerebellovestibular fibres | - cerebelloreticular fibres

Question 38

What enters the MCP?

Answer 38

pontocerebellar fibres

Question 39

What 4 things enter the SCP?

Answer 39

- ventral spinocerebellar tract - trigeminothalamic fibres from mesencephalic nucleus - tectocerebellar fibres from colliculi - NAergic fibres from locus coeruleus

Question 40

What 2 things leave the SCP?

Answer 40

- cerebellothalamic fibres to VL nucleus of contra thalamus | - cerebellorubral fibres from interposed nuclei (globose+emboliform) -> red nucleus