Quiz 4 Review Flashcards
Tuberal nuclei are located in:
Hypothalamus
This area (nuclear group) projects to the medullary RF to promote analgesia
Periaquaductal gray (PAG)
For thermoregulation, which nucleus senses the body is cooling?
Posterior
You’re doing axonal tracing studies of thalamic nuclei. You inject an anterograde (forward) tracer into the VL (ventral lateral). Where will the tracer be transported to?
Motor cortex
The medial raphe nuclei, are neurons of which class?
Serotonergic
Which area of the RF causes a coma when damaged?
Midbrain RF
The pulvinar nuclei are part of which nuclear division?
Lateral
The hormones synthesized by the hypothalamus but secreted by the neurohypophysis are ____________ and ____________
ADH, oxytocin
The zona incerta is part of the?
Subthalamus
Which of the following nuclei would receive tactile information from your cheek?
A) medial geniculate (MGN)
B) ventral posterior medial (VPM)
C) lateral geniculate (LGN)
D) ventral posterior lateral (VPL)
E) all of the above
B) ventral posterior medial (VPM)
Efferent axons from the MGN terminate in the
Temporal lobe
The mediodorsal (dorsomedial) nucleus projects to the ___________ lobe
Frontal
Which region of the hypothalamus contains most projection fibers?
Lateral
Which nucleus is involved in feeding and satiety?
Arcuate
The internal medullary lamina of the thalamus contains a band of small nuclei called the ______________
Centromedian nuclei
