Quiz 3 Flashcards
Somatosensory pathways process information about what?
somatic sensations - pain, temperature, touch, proprioception & vibration
dorsal column/medial lemniscus pathway
light touch & conscious proprioception
anterolateral column/spinothalamic tract
discrimintive (fast) nocioception & temperature & crude touch
what is light touch?
the localization of touch & vibration & the ability to discriminate between two closely space points touching the skin
light touch is sensed by what? and what are they called?
mechanoreceptors
merkel disks & meisner corpuscles in the upper dermis
what is conscious proprioception?
the awareness of the movements & relative position of body parts
conscious proprioception is sensed by what? and where are they?
mechanoreceptors
muscles (muscle spindles), tendon/muscle junctions (golgi tendons), & deep dermis (ruffini endings)
pathway for light touch & conscious proprioception – upper limb
1st order: travels in fasciculus cuneatus & synapses in nucleus cuneatus in medulla
2nd order: axons travel in medial lemniscus to thalamus
3rd order: neuron conveys information from the thalamus to the primary somatosensory cortex
pathway for light touch & conscious proprioception – lower limb and trunk
1st order: travels in fasciculus gracilis & synapses in nucleus gracilis in medulla
2nd order: axons travel in medial lemniscus to thalamus
3rd order: neuron conveys information from the thalamus to the primary somatosensory cortex
primary somatosensory cortex receives what?
somatotopically organized information & discriminates the size, texture, & shape of objects
secondary somatosensory cortex analyzes what? and provides what?
analyzes information from the primary sensory area & the thalamus
provides stereognosis & memory of the tactile & spatial environment
what is homunculus?
a map developed by recording the responses of awake individuals during surgery
lesions BELOW decussation in medulla results in what?
ipsilateral loss of sensation
lesions ABOVE decussation in medulla results in what?
contralateral loss of sensation
fast nociception / temperature / crude touch pathway – from the body
1st order: dorsal root ganglion
2nd order: dorsal horn of spinal cord
3rd order: VPL nucleus of thalamus
fast nociception / temperature / crude touch pathway – from the face
1st order: trigeminal ganglion
2nd order: spinal nucleus of trigeminal nerve
3rd order: VPM nucleus of thalamus
what does the cerebellum do?
adjusts posture and coordinates movement
cerebellum & spinocerebellar pathways integrate intended movement information from the frontal lobe with sensory information from:
vestibular receptors
proprioceptors
motor areas in brainstem & ventral horn of spinal cord
the cerebellum can be divided vertically into 3 functional regions:
vermis
paravermis
lateral hemispheres
what is the functional name of the vermis & paravermal region of the cerebellum?
spinocerebellum
spinocerebellum receives sensory information to do what?
make anticipatory & corrective & responsive adjustments to movement
what are the 2 general types of spinocerebellar pathways?
- high-fidelity pathways
- internal feedback tracts
what do the high-fidelity pathways do?
deliver information from peripheral receptors in muscles, tendons, & joints to cerebellum
what do the internal feedback tracts do?
provide information about spinal interneurons & descending motor tracts to cerebellum
what are the two high-fidelity pathways?
- posterior spinocerebellar pathways
- cuneocerebellar pathway