Test 3 Flashcards
alpha motor neuron
Spinal chord
Descending tract
Corticospinal tract, reticulospinal tract, tectospinal tract, vestibulospinal tract, raphespinal tract
Functional component are parasympathetic nerves
GVE
V3 of trigeminal
mostly motor
has nothing to to do with taste only motor
hypoglossal
taste component in the back of the throat, epiglottis region
vagus
Glossopharyngeal nerve
motor nucleus/ nucleus ambiguous
Innervates muscles of mastication
GSA
Corneal blink reflex involves
trgeminal(afferent) and facial (efferent)
otolithic membrane
Gelatinous membrane sitting on top. Weighted down by crystals on to sterocilia
spiral organ
receptor organ-organ of corti
scala media contains
filled with endolymph
scala vestibuli and tympani
filled with perilymph
fovea contains what type of cells
cones
Which is not a direct target of cell axons
visual cortex
hypoglossal nucleus
motor
normally when eyes look at something on the left side what is activated?
right occulomotor and left abducens
which funcitonal component is assocated with vestibulocochlear nearve
specific somatic efferents
Nerve fibers of the solitary tract
serve as afferent limb of reflexes and modulate cardiac and respiratory functions
Cerebral peduncles does not contain
Superior colliculus
which nucleus receives afferent fibers from the ventral hearing in the left ear
superior olivary nucleus
which uncles of nerve fibers contains central branches of the primary sensory neurons tat provide for general sensations from posterior 1/3 of the tongue
spinal trigeminal tract
72 year old with history of cardiovascular disease has sudden onset of confusion during which her left arm and leg became weak. Weakness was most likely due to damage of which of the following?
right internal capsule
how many functional components are in the brainstem?
seven
which branch of the trigeminal nerve carries motor fibers
mandibular
Olfactory tract contains what type of cells
Mitral cell axons
Which functional component do CN3, 6 and 12 share?
GSE
shine a light in the right eye but the left pupil does not respond, which nerve is damaged?
Left oculomotor nerve
A lesion to what area will cause loss of taste?
Nucleus solitaries
Olfactory cells axons are mad of what type of cell?
mitral cell
What olfactory striae is contralateral?
medial
which olfactory striae is involved in conscious perception of smell?
intermediate olfactory striae
Most important crossover in auditory pathways is
trapezoid body