Sensory

Question 1

Relay station for pain, nucleus concerned with it

Answer 1

Thalamus;

VPL (ventroposteriolateral) nucleus (for general senses only)

Question 2

Visceral organ representation in PENFIELD Homonculus

Answer 2

No representation for visceral organs, the pain associated with it are referral pains.

Question 3

Sensory pathways

Answer 3

1. Dorsal (posterior) column

2. Spinothalamic (anterolateral) tract

Question 4

Relay station for vision, nucleus concerned

Answer 4

Thalamus; LGB (lateral geniculate bodies)

Question 5

STRIAE OF GENNARI

Answer 5

aka Striate Cortex aka VISUAL CORTEX, d/t presence of myelinated neurons in CALCARINE sulcus arranged like striae

Question 6

Face identificaton/recognition area in brain

Answer 6

Inferior temporal cortex

Question 7

Prosopagnosia

Answer 7

Difficulty in face recognition

Question 8

Heschl’s Gyrus

Answer 8

Auditory cortex area 41, in superior temporal gyrus

Question 9

Olfactory nucleus in thalamus

Answer 9

Dorso Median nucleus (DM)

Question 10

Smell Brain

Answer 10

Limbic cortex aka Rhinencephalon.
Smell & memories - Etorhinal Cortex (alzheimer’s - earliest degeneration)
Smell & emotions - Amygdala

Question 11

Different types of taste sensations

Answer 11

1. Sweet
2. Salt
3. Sour
4. Bitter
5. UMAMI

Question 12

Most addictive taste sensation

Answer 12

UMAMI [d/t Ajinomoto(monosodium glutamate)].

Question 13

Relay station for taste sensation & nuclei

Answer 13

MEDULLA; Nucleus Tractus Solitarius.

Later reach VPM (Ventro postro medial) nucleus of Thalamus

Question 14

Taste cortex

Answer 14

Insula