Thalamus

Question 1

Anterior Nuclei

Answer 1

Receives input from the mamillary body (hypothalamus) and relays it to the cingulate gyrus. Just 1 step in the Papez Circuit for emotional, episodic memory

Question 2

Medial(Dorsal-medial) Nuclei

Answer 2

Receives input from olfactory areas, hypothalamus, and amygdala, telling the thalamus about smell, emotion, and memory. Relays this info onto the cerebral cortex to figure out how you feel, and what you remember, about specific smells.

Question 3

Intralaminar Nuclei

Answer 3

receives input about slow pain from the ALS (spinothalamic tract), and associates emotion with slow pain sensations, before sending it all up to the cerebral cortex

Question 4

Ventroposterior Medial Nuclei

Answer 4

Receives happy and crappy sensory input from the face, nasal and oral cavities, and teeth via the trigeminothalmic pathway. Relays it all on to the primary somatosensory cortex

Question 5

Ventroanterior Nuclei

Answer 5

Receives an “edited” motor plan from the motor cortex (via the basal nuclei) and relays the new motor plan up to the motor cortex

Question 6

Ventrolateral Nuclei

Answer 6

Receives an “edited” motor plan from the motor cortex (via the cerebellum and the dentorubrothalamic tract) and relays the new motor plan up to the motor cortex

Question 7

Ventroposteior lateral nuclei

Answer 7

receives all the happy and crappy sensory input from the limbs, trunk, and posterior head, via the DCML and ALS. Relay it all up to the primary somatosensory cortex

Question 8

Medial geniculate nuclei

Answer 8

receiving and relaying primary auditory sensory information

Question 9

Lateral geniculate nuclei

Answer 9

collect primary visual sensory information