Thalamus rely FA 456

Question 1

VPL

input
Info
Destination

Answer 1

Spinothalamic tract and dorsal columns/medial lemniscus

Pain, temperature, pressure, touch, vibration, proprioception (somatosensory from body)

Primary somatosensory cortex

Question 2

VPM

Answer 2

Trigeminal and gustatory pathway

Face sensation, tase

Primary somatosenosry cortex

Question 3

LGN

Answer 3

CN 2 (retina to occipital lobe)

Vision

Calcarine sulcus

Question 4

MGN

Answer 4

Superior olive and inferior colliculus of tectum

hearing

Auditory cortex of temporal lobe

Question 5

VL

Answer 5

Basal ganglia, cerebellum (dentate nucleus)

Motor

Motor cortex

Question 6

VA

Answer 6

Basal ganglia

Prefrontal, premotor, and orbital cortices

Question 7

somatosensory from body (via medial lemniscus and spinothelamic tract

Answer 7

VPL

Question 8

Communications with prefrontal cortex, memory loss results if destroyed

Answer 8

MD nucleus

Question 9

Cerebellum (dentate nucleus) and basal ganglia to motor cortex

Answer 9

VL

Question 10

Trigeminothalamic and taste pathways to somatosensory cortex

Answer 10

VPM

Question 11

Retina – occipital lobe

Answer 11

LGN

Question 12

Basal ganglia –> prefrontal, premotor, and orbital cortices

Answer 12

VA

Question 13

Mammillothalamic tract –> cingulate gyrus (part of Papez circuit)

Answer 13

Anterior nucleus

Question 14

Integration of visual, auditory, and somesthetic input

Answer 14

Pulvinar nucleus

Question 15

Dentate nucleus and basal ganglia –> supplementary motor cortex

Answer 15

VL

Question 16

Brachium of inferior colliculus (auditory information) to primary auditory cortex

Answer 16

MGN