SSA & Cerebellum Flashcards
What are neurons that transmit the sensation of smell and taste and are designated as special visceral afferent (SVA)?
“Special” Neurons
Which cranial nerves are responsible for transmitting taste impulses?
CN VII - Facial
CN IX - Glossopharyngeal
CN X - Vagus
Which cranial nerve transmits olfactory impulses?
CN I- Olfactory nerve
Which cranial nerves contain SVE fibers?
CN V- Trigeminal CN VII- Facial CN IX- Glossopharyngeal CN X- Vagus CN XI- Accessory
What are nerves that transmit special senses of vision, hearing, and balance designated as?
Special Somatic Afferent (SSA)
What kind of impulses does cranial nerve II transmit?
Visual
Which cranial nerve transmits hearing and vestibular impulses?
CN VIII- Vestibulocochlear
What is the retinogeniculate pathway?
The thalamic pathway for conscious perception, primary visual pathway
What is the function of the retnotectal pathway
Somatic reflex pathways
___ retinae receives light from binocular visual field and axons do not cross at the optic chiasm while ___ reinae recieves light form peripheral visual friends and axons do cross over the optic chiasm.
Temporal
Nasal
Which animals have laterally placed eyes so the amount of visual field overlap is decreased?
Prey animals (rabbit, horse)
Tectobulbar axons influence the nuclei of which cranial nerves?
III- Oculomotor
IV- Trochlear
VI- Abducens
What kind of binocular vision results in a blind spot in the visual field? (Increased/ Decreased)
Decreased
Which of the following is true regarding the midbrain/tectal pathways?
a. Unconscious reflex pathways
b. Ganglion cell axons project to the midbrain
c. Retinopretectal pathway is part of it
d. All the above are true
d. All the above are true
The ___ pathway is from rostral colliculus to the neck muscle for head movement and the ____ pathway is from rostral colliculus to the extrinsic eye muscles.
Tectospinal pathway
Tectobulbar pathway
The ___ pathway is from rostral colliculus to the neck muscle for head movement and the ____ pathway is from rostral colliculus to the extrinsic eye muscles.
Tectospinal pathway
Tectobulbar pathway
What pathway do the responses for the meance response take to get to the visual cortex?
Primary visual pathway
Where is the synapse for the PRL pathway when the pupils constrict and there is visual accommodation?
Pretectal nuclei
Where are the pretectal nuclei located?
Junction of the thalamus and midbrain
Somatic motor responses (eye tracking, head movement) means that there was a synapse in ____.
Rostral colliculi
Pupillary constriction that occurs under bright light conditions is a ____ response.
Parasympathetic
When light is shone into the pupil of one eye and the pupil of that eye constricts is this considered a direct or indirect pupillary response?
Direct pupillary response
What is a response called when both eyes constrict after shinning the light into one eye?
Consensual pupillary response
What is a response called when both eyes constrict after shinning the light into one eye?
Consensual pupillary response
What is a sympathetic response that occurs under low light conditions?
Pupillary dilation
Tectospinal axons influence the motor nucleus of which cranial nerve?
XI- Accessory
Which pathway is responsible for the light input for circadian rhythms?
Retinohypothalamic Pathway
What is the general auditory pathway for conscious perception of sound?
Spiral ganglion –> Cochlear nuclei (medulla) –> Caudal colliculus –> Medial geniculate nucleus –> Internal capsule –> Auditory cortex (temporal lobe)