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PBL Spring 2015 - Block 2 > NEURO 17 > Flashcards

NEURO 17 Flashcards

1
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Medial Preoptic Hypothalamic Nuclei

A

GnRH (preoptic)

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2
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Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nuclei

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oxytocin (anterior)

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3
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Supraoptic Hypothalamic Nuclei

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ADH (anterior)

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Anterior Hypothalamic Nuclei

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Cools, parasympathetic, lesions cause insomnia (anterior)

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Suprachiasmatic Hypothalamic Nuclei

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Masterclock (anterior)

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Dorsomedial Hypothalamic Nuclei

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GI tract, savage and obesity w/ stimulation (middle)

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Ventromedial Hypothalamic Nuclei

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Satiety, savage and obesity w/ destruction (middle)

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8
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Arcuate Hypothalamic Nuclei

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Releasing hormones for anterior pituitary (middle)

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Posterior Hypothalamic Nuclei

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Heats, sympathetics, lesions cause hypersomnia (posterior)

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Lateral Hypothalamic Nuclei

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Hungry destruction results in starvation, causes decrease in weight and food and water intake (posterior)

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Mammillary Hypothalamic Nuclei

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Lesions cause Wernike’s (posterior)

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12
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Poikilothermia

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Temperature varies w/ environment, caused w/ bilateral lesions to Posterior Hypothalamic Nuclei

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13
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Posterior portion of hypothalamus

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Mammillary bodies

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14
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Bulge between optic chiasm and mammilary bodies

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Tuber cinereum (gray protuberance)

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15
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Pituitary fossa bounded by ___ which form ____

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Anterior and posterior clinoid processes = sella turcica

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16
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4 major regions of hypothalamic nuclei

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Preoptic
Anterior (supraoptic)
Middle (tuberal)
Posterior (mammillary)

17
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Hippocampal formation projects to mammillary bodies via the

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fornix

18
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Mammillary bodies project via the ___ tract to _____

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mammillothalamic tract

anterior thalamic nucleus

19
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Anterior thalamic nucleus projects to limbic cortex in _____

A

cingulate gyrus

20
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Amygdala has reciprocal connections w/ hypothalamus via ____ and ____

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stria terminalis

ventral amydalofugal pathway

21
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Hypothalamic releasing factors for ACTH

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CRH, vasopressin

22
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Hypothalamic releasing factors for TSH

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TRH

23
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Hypothalamic inhibitory factors for TSH

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GIH, somatostatin

24
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Hypothalamic Releasing factors for GH

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GHRH, ghrelin

25
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Hypothalamic Inhibitory factors for GH

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GIH, somatostaatin

26
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Hypothalmic releasing factors for Prolactin

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TRH, PRF

27
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Hypothalamic inhibitory factor for Prolactin

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dopamine, PIF

28
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very low ACTH levels suggest

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adrenal source of corticol secretion

29
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Test used for ACTH secreting adenomas

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Dexamethasone suppression test

30
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Cushings syndrome vs. disease

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glucocorticoid excess v. ACTH secreting adenoma

31
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Diabetes vs. SIADH symptoms

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polyuria, polydipsia

lethargy, coma, seizures

32
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Hormone probz diabetes vs. SIADH

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deficiency of ADH (neurogenic) or insensitivity of kidneys to ADH (nephrogenic)

excess ADH

33
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Diagnostic test diabetes vs. SIADH

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low urine osmolality, increased plasma osmolality dose of subcuatenous vasopressine, positive if rise in urine osmolality
low sodium w/ elevated urine osmolality

PBL Spring 2015 - Block 2 (11 decks)

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