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Pavlick- Somatosensory Pathways Flashcards

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Afferent information transmitted by peripheral receptors

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somatosensation

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where is somatosensory cortex

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post-central gyrus

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1st order neuron cell body is where

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dorsal root ganglion

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2nd order neurons found where

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dorsal horn of spinal cord

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what neurons will decussate

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2nd order

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3rd order neurons found where

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thalamus (and travel to sensory cortex)

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______ order neuron that conveys environmental stimulus
Cell body lies in dorsal root ganglion

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first order

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peripheral sensory receptor that senses vibration

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pacinian corpuscle (looks like cut onion on histology)

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peripheral sensory receptor that senses skin stretch

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Ruffini ending

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peripheral sensory receptor that senses nociception

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free nerve ending

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peripheral sensory receptor that senses movement across skin (slippage)

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Meissner’s corpuscle

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peripheral sensory receptor that senses light pressure, edges (reading brail)

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Merkel disc

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peripheral sensory receptor that senses tension

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golgi tendon organ

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peripheral sensory receptor that senses changes in muscle length and rate of length change

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muscle spindle

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this somatosensory pathway focuses on proprioception, vibration, and 2-point discrimination

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Dorsal Column Medial Lemniscus

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this somatosensory pathway focuses on, temperature, nociception, crude touch

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Anterolateral system (spinothalamic)

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this somatosensory pathway focuses on unconscious proprioception and balance

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spinocerebellar

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stimulus from tissue damage that the brain may interpret as pain

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nociception

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first order neuron in DCML pathway that senses discriminative touch, vibration, and proprioception

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dorsal column

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second motor neuron in DCML that ascend and synapse in thalamus (VPL)

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medial lemniscus

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3rd order neurons synapse where

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synapse in primary sensory cortex (parietal lobe) and project to 4th order neurons

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2nd order neurons ascend to thalamus how

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ipsilaterally

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above T6, first order neurons ascend and synapse where

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at cuneate fasciculus of dorsal horn

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below T6, first order neurons ascend and synapse where

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gracile fasciculus in dorsal horn

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below T6, DCML sensory info for a lot of the _______extremities
lower
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_____ fasciculus deals with upper extremity sensations
cuneate
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1st order neurons synapse on 2nd order neurons in
dorsal horn
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decussate and ascend contralaterally as medial lemniscus and synapse on 3rd order neurons in VPL of thalamus
2nd order neurons
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incomplete spinal cord injury affecting the dorsal columns
posterior cord syndrome
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main causes of this include: B12 deficiency and neurosyphilis (tabes dorsalis)
posterior cord syndrome
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sensory ataxia due to decreased proprioceptive input Decreased sensation of vibration and fine touch
posterior cord syndrome
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Posterior cord syndrome as a result of neurosyphilis
tabes dorsalis
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Responsible for transmitting proprioceptive information (unconscious)
Spinocerebellar pathway
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1st order neuron in DRG enter dorsal horn of spinal cord and synapse onto 2nd order neurons in _________ (spinocerebellar tract)
nucleus dorsalis
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2nd order neurons ascend to enter cerebellum through ______ (spinocerebellar tract)
cerebellar peduncles
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Responsible for transmitting nociception, temperature, and crude touch, pressure
spinothalamic tracts
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1st order neurons in DRG enter dorsal horn of spinal cord, synapses with 2nd order neuron in ______ (spinothalamic tract)
substantia gelatinosa
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Decussates within 1-2 levels through _______ to ascend contralaterally (spinothalamic tracts)
anterior white commissure
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2nd order neurons synapse on 3rd order neurons in __________ of thalamus (spinothalamic)
VPL
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3rd order neurons projects to 4th order neurons in ________ (spinothalamic)
primary sensory cortex
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Fluid-filled cyst forms within central canal and compromises anterior white commissure
Syringomyelia (central cord syndrome)
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“cape_” distribution of sensory loss
central cord syndrome
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What is in anterior white commissure?
axons of spinothalamic tract
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Lesion above motor decussation will present with motor deficits _______ to lesion
contralateral
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lesion below decussation will present with deficits _________________ to lesion
ipsilateral
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lesion above sensory decussation will result in deficit________ to lesion
contralateral
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lesion below sensory decussation will result in deficit________ to lesion
ipsilateral
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blue red and what location is this
DCML--blue anterolateral system--red spinal cord
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where
caudal medulla decussation of DCML tract
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what is in the blue "man standing on the pyramid"
medial lemniscus (2nd order neuron of DCML)
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location
medulla
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"walrus" blue
pons medial lemniscus
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where "sitting frog with mustache"
caudal midbrain
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"upsidedown girl with a fro"
rostral midbrain (front of midbrain)
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when 2nd order neurons (medial lemniscus) synapse where, they become 3rd order
VPL of thalamus
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Midbrain structure which sends descending projections important for pain modulation
Periaqueductal Gray
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Surrounding the cerebral aqueduct important for pain modulation
Periaqueductal Gray
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As afferent pain signals ascend, collateral axons synapse with PAG to activate release of pain modulating products _________
serotonin NE endogenous opiate peptides (internal pain killers)
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where can pain be interrupted (gate theory of pain)
substantia gelatinosa of anterior white commissure
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______can stimulate an interneuron to actually block pain signal from spinothalamic fibers (b/c faster signals than spinothalamic-----due to A-delta and C fibers)
DCML fibers
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pressure from "Livia" attempts to do what for menstrual cramps w/ a different, faster stimulus from separate pathway (DCML)
override pain signals (block them)
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f
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hemisection of spinal cord
Brown-Sequard Syndrome
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loss of contralateral pain/temperature loss of ipsilateral vibration and/or proprioception below level of lesion loss of ipsilateral motor function below level of lesion
Brown-Sequard Syndrome

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