Questions from CurrentPapers (2015, 1st department)

Question 1

Which spinal cord segments contain the Clark-Stilling nucleus?

Answer 1

Thoracic 8 - Lumbar 3

Question 2

Which tracts terminate in Pontine nuclei?

Answer 2

Türck tract & Arnold tract (both are Corticopontine tracts)

Question 3

Which extrapyramidal efferent pathways are crossed

Answer 3

Tectospinal and Rubrospinal (Those from the Midbrain)

Question 4

Which Thalamic nuclei have motor functions?

Answer 4

VA/VL

Question 5

In which Thalamic nucleus does the TrigeminoThalamic fibers terminate?

Answer 5

VPM

Question 6

Where is the cell body of those neurons which send their axons up to the Gracile nucleus?

Answer 6

DRG (Lumbar and Sacral)

Question 7

In which spinal funiculus is the Rubrospinal tract found?

Answer 7

Lateral funiculus

Question 8

Which tracts pass through Forel’s H1-field?

Answer 8

PallidoThalamic (Lenticular ansa and Lenticular Fascicule)

CerebelloThalamic

RubroThalamic

Question 9

What is the main neurotransmitter of the StriatoNigral fibers?

Answer 9

GABA

Question 10

Which Proprioceptor is linked in series to the skeletal muscle fibers?

Answer 10

Golgi Tendon Organ

Question 11

Which fibers convey heat-related information?

Answer 11

III & IV aka Adelta & C

Question 12

Where do the climbing fibers of the Cerebellum come from?

Answer 12

Inferior Olivary nucleus (OlivoCerebellar fibers)

Question 13

Where do the axons of Purkinje-cells terminate?

Answer 13

Deep Cerebellar nuclei

Question 14

Which Cerebellar Peduncle contains the ventral SpinoCerebellar tract?

Answer 14

Superior Cerebellar Peduncle

Question 15

Which Hypothalamic nuclei produce Vasopressin?

Answer 15

Supraoptic and paraventricular

Question 16

What type of nucleus is 16?

Answer 16

GSM

Question 17

Where is the cell body of the axons that terminate in 17?

Answer 17

DRG of Thoracic and Lumbar

Question 18

Where does the nucleus of 18 project?

Answer 18

Thalamus, VPM

Question 19

Which pathway is 19?

Answer 19

Medial Lemniscus / Internal Arcuate fibers

Question 20

What type of information is conveyed by 20?

Answer 20

Protopathic (Spinothalamic tract)

Question 21

Which crainal nerves share the nucleus in 21?

Answer 21

9, 10, 11 (Nucleus Ambiguus)

Question 22

Where and how do the fibers arising from the nucleus in 22 terminate?

Answer 22

Cerebellum, as climbing fibers

Question 23

Give the names of the tracts running in 23

Answer 23

(Superior Cerebellar Peduncle)

CerebelloRubral

CerebelloThalamic

Ventral SpinoCerebellar

Question 24

What is the neurotransmitter in 24?

Answer 24

Norepinephrine (NE)

Question 25

What is the type of information conveyed in 26?

Answer 25

Protopathic (SpinoThalamic tract)

Question 26

Where does the tract in 27 terminate?

Answer 26

VPL (Medial Lemniscus)

Question 27

Which tracts terminate in the nuclei in 28?

Answer 27

CorticoPontine tracts (Türck & Arnold)

Question 28

Where is the termination of the prothopathic tracts from the head region in the Thalamus?

Answer 28

VPM

Question 29

Projection from the MD nucleus of thalamus?

Answer 29

Frontal lobe

Question 30

In which Thalamic nuclei is the termination of the cerebellothalamic tract?

Answer 30

VA/VL

Question 31

The striatonigral pathway is\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ to the substantial nigra.

Answer 31

Inhibitory

Question 32

Where can you find an agranular cortex?

Answer 32

In motor cortex (In an agranular cortex layer 3 and 5 are prominent)

Question 33

Basket cells are ______ interneurons in the cerebellar cortex.

Answer 33

Inhibitory

Question 34

Alpha-motorneurons are\_\_\_\_\_\_.

Answer 34

Excitatory

Question 35

Which neuron is the only excitatory cell in the cerebellar cortex?

Answer 35

Granular cells

Question 36

How do you call the axons of the cerebellar granular cells?

Answer 36

Parallell fibers

Question 37

Where are the perikarya of the optic radiation?

Answer 37

LGB

Question 38

The basal nucleus of Meynert produce _____ (NT)?

Answer 38

Acetylcholine

Question 39

What is the NT in the nigrostriatal tract?

Answer 39

Dopamine

Question 40

What is the type of nucleus in 1?

Answer 40

GVM | (Erdinger-Westphal)

Question 41

Which neurotransmitter is produced in 2?

Answer 41

Dopamine

Question 42

Which funiculus of the Spinal Cord contains the pathway in 3?

Answer 42

Lateral Funiculus | (Rubrospinal tract)

Question 43

To which cranial nerve does the nucleus in 4 belong?

Answer 43

Vagus | (lateral ala cinerea)

Question 44

With what type of fibers does the pathway originating from 5 end in the cerebellar cortex?

Answer 44

Climbing fibers | (OlivoCerebellar tract)

Question 45

What is the type of nucleus in 6?

Answer 45

GSS | (Spinotrigeminal)

Question 46

What is the type of the nucleus in 7?

Answer 46

SVS (taste) | (Solitary nucleus)

Question 47

What is the name of the structure in 8?

Answer 47

Int. Arcuate fibers

Question 48

What is the type of information carried by the pathway in 9?

Answer 48

Protopathic | (SpinoThalamic tract)

Question 49

Where does the pathway in 10 end?

Answer 49

Thalamus - VPL | (SpinoThalamic tract)

Question 50

Input and output of LGB?

Answer 50

optic tract ---\> LGB --\> optic radiation

Question 51

Input and output of MGB?

Answer 51

brachium of inf. coll --\> MGB --\> auditory radiation

Question 52

What are the thalamic pain nuclei?

Answer 52

DM and CM