Thalamus

Question 1

Thalamus function

Answer 1

Integration of sensory information in brain

Regulation of motor activity and consciousness

Question 2

Division of gray matter nuclei in thalamus

Answer 2

Anterior group
Medial group
Lateral group

Question 3

What is the name of Y shaped white matter that divides the gray matter nuclei

Answer 3

Medial medullary lamina

Or internal medullary lamina

Question 4

Pulvinar of thalamus functions

Answer 4

Vision
Language
Sensation
Pain

Question 5

Medial geniculate nucleus functions

Answer 5

Relay station from auditory pathways which receives information from inferior colliculi

Question 6

Lateral geniculate nucleus function

Answer 6

Primary visual relay center which receives axons from retina through optic nerves and tracts and from superior colliculi

Question 7

What constitutes the metathalamus

Answer 7

Both Geniculate nuclei

Question 8

What is Stria medullaris

Answer 8

Thin tract of white matter that extends from septal nuclei, hypothalamus and anterior nucli of thalamus

Question 9

Epithalamus conpoisiton

Answer 9

Habenular trigone
Habenular commissure
Pineal gland

Question 10

Pineal gland function

Answer 10

Release various hormones like melatonine

Question 11

Branches of which artery supply thalamus

Answer 11

Posterior cerebral artery

Question 12

3 types of nuclei

Answer 12

Relay
Association
Non specific

Question 13

Relay nuclei function

Answer 13

Modulate and relay sensory inputs

Question 14

Association nuclei function

Answer 14

Receive input form cerebral cortex, limbic sustem , basal ganglia , non specific thalamic nuclei

And send signal back to cortex

Question 15

Non specific nuclei

Answer 15

Receive input from reticular formation, cortex and other nuclei in thalamus
Inhibit specific pathways to allow attention and arousal

Question 16

Thalamic nuclei

Answer 16

Anterior nuclei
Medial nuclei
Lateral nuclei 
Medial medullary lamina
Intralaminar nuclei 
Thalamic reticular nucleus

Question 17

Anterior nuclei of thalamus composition

Answer 17

Antero ventral
Anteromedial
Anterodorsal

Question 18

Anterior nuclei function

Answer 18

Emotional states
Attention
Alterness
Memory acquisition

Question 19

medial nuclei function

Answer 19

Integraton of olfactory motor visceral sensory information

Relate information to emotional states