Neuro Lab 8 Flashcards
Precentral Gyrus
Primary motor area
Premotor cortex
Motor neurons related to indirect (extrapyramidal) motor pathways
Superior frontal gyrus
Supplementary motor area
Middle frontal gyrus (caudal area)
Frontal eye fields
Paracentral lobule
Medial continuation of primary motor and sensory areas
Internal capsule (posterior limb)
Contains axons of corticobulbar, corticospinal, and corticopontine neurons and the thalamocortical neurons. Separates the thalamus from lentiform nucleus. Part of major pathway for sensory and motor neurons.
Caudate nucleus (head, body, tail)
Part of striatum, extends from floor of anterior horn to the roof of the temporal horn of the lateral ventricle
Putamen
Part of the striatum, most lateral portion of the lentiform nucleus (lateral to globus pallidus)
Globus pallidus
Part of striatum, most medial portion of the lentiform nucleus, immediately lateral to the internal capsule
Internal capsule (anterior limb)
Separates caudate nucleus from the lentiform nucleus. Part of major pathway for sensory and motor neurons
Internal capsule (genu)
Adjacent to the interventricular foramen. Part of major pathway for sensory and motor neurons.
Thalamus
Contains major motor and sensory relay nuclei in diencephalon. Located medial to posterior limb of the internal capsule.
Lenticular fasciculus
Nerve fiber bundle (pallidothalamic neurons) running from globus pallidus to ventral anterior and lateral thalamic nuclei
Ventral lateral thalamic nucleus
Motor nucleus of the thalamus. Input of the cerebellum via cerebello-rubro-thalamic tract (superior cerebellar peduncle) and from globus pallidus internum
Subthalamic nucleus
Medial to internal capsule. Involved in indirect basal ganglia pathway, lesions of subthalamic region lead to hemiballismus
Oculomotor nucleus
Contains motor neurons to 5 extraocular eye muscles
Cerebral crus
Major motor pathway from cerebrum, includes corticospinal, corticobulbar, and corticopontine neurons
Corticobulbar tract
Cell bodies in precentral gyrus, axons through internal capsule and cerebral crus to reach motor neurons in the bulb
Corticospinal tract
Cell bodies in cerebral cortex. Axons pass through internal capsule, cerebral crus, basilar pons, pyramids to form ventral and lateral corticospinal tract in spinal cord.
Corticopontine tract
Cell bodies in the cerebral cortex. Axons pass through internal capsule and cerebral crus to terminate on pontine nuclei.
Substantia nigra
Black substance (neuromelanin) located dorsal to cerebral crus, contrains the cell bodies of nigrostriatoal neurons
Red nucleus
Located in tegmentum of pons, input from cerebellum and cerebral cortex, gives rise to rubrospinal tract
Trochlear nucleus
Cell bodies of trochlear nerve that innervate SO muscle. Located below inferior colliculus
Decussation of superior cerebellar peduncle
Cerebello-rubro-thalamic fibers of superior colliculus cross in rostral midbrain and terminate in red nucleus and the ventral lateral thalamic nuclei
Middle cerebellar peduncle
Connects pons with cerebellum, contains pontocerebellar fibers whose cell bodies are in the contralateral basilar pons
Superior cerebellar peduncle
Found in roof of 4th ventricle, continues through midbrain, decussates, cerebello-rubro-thalamic fibers terminate in contralateral red nucleus in the ventral lateral thalamic nucleus, contains ventral spinocerebellar fibers