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Visual Pathways/Oculomotor Flashcards

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Cone or rod?

Function optimally in light adaptations

A

Cone

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Cone or rod?

Mediate central and color vision

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Cone

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Cone or rod?

Greatest density in fovea

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Cone

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3
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Greatest density of rods?

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20 degrees from fovea

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Cone or rods?

More abundant in peripheral retina

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Rods

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Cone or rods?

Function optimally in dark adaptation

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Rods

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Axons from ganglion cells of nasal retina of each eye (cross/do not cross) in the ____

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Cross

optic chiasm

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Nasal retina receives visual information from ____

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temporal visual field

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Temporal retina receive visual information from ___

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nasal visual field

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superior retina receives information from ____

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inferior visual field

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Visual information pass through ____ from retinal ganglion cells to primary visual cortex

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Lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) of the thalamus

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Axons of ipsilateral retinal ganglion cells synapse in ___

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layers 2, 3, 5 of lateral geniculate nucleus

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Axons of contralateral retinal ganglion cells synapse in ___

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Layers 1, 4, 6 of lateral geniculate nucleus

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Magnocellular pathway are composed of layer ____ of LGN

Concerned with:

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1 and 2

movement detection, detection of low contrast, dynamic form perception

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Parvocellular pathway composed of ___ layers of LGN

Concerned with:

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3 and 6

Color selective and responsive to high contrast

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Most peripheral temporal visual field arises from (paired/unpaired) (crossed/uncrossed) axons from the (nasal/temporal) retina that projects to ____

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Unpaired
Crossed
Nasal
Most anteromedial portion of visual cortex

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16
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Macular disease produces ____

A

hemeralopia (day blindness)

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17
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Peripheral retinal disease produces ____

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Nyctalopia (night blindness)

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18
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Diseases of optic nerve produces (3):

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Central vision loss: decreased visual acuity w/ central scotoma
Impaired color vision
Impaired contrast vision

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Cardinal sign of optic nerve disease

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Relative afferent pupillary defect: affected pupil will dilate when illuminated in swinging flashlight test

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Disease of optic chiasm produce:

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Bitemporal hemianopia = temporal visual field defect

b/c only crossing fibers from nasal retina affected

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Disease affecting retrochiasmal visual pathway produces:

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Homonymous hemianopia = visual field defect of same half of the visual field in bowth eyes

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Diseases affecting superior fibers produce:

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homonymous inferior quadrantanopia = visual field defect of same inferior quarter of visual field in both eyes

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23
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Ventral pathway of primary visual cortex is involved in:

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Object identification and recognition

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dorsal pathway of primary visual cortex is involved in:

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Visual information to aid in object localization in space

25
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Prosopagnosia

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Inability to recognize faces

26
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Action of superior rectus

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Elevation and intorsion

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Action of inferior rectus

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Depression and extorsion

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Action of superior oblique

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Depression and intorsion

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Action of inferior oblique

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Elevation and extorsion

30
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CN3 nucleus located:

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midbrain, ventral to cerebral aqueduct

31
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Motor neurons for levator palpebrae superioris m. arise from:

A

central caudal nucleus (midline)

32
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Motor neurons for superior rectus m. arise from:

A

CONTRALATERAL superior rectus subnucleus

33
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Motor neurons for remaining extraocular m of CN3 arise from:

A

Ipsilateral subnuclei

34
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CN4 nucleus located:

Motor neurons destined for superior oblique m. arise from:

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dorsal-caudal midbrain

CONTRALATERAL CN4 nucleus

35
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CN6 nucleus located in:

Contain motor neurons destined for (ipsi/contralateral) lateral rectus m.

A

Pontine tegmentum

Ipsilateral

36
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3rd Nerve Palsy results in:

A

Impaired elevation, depression, adduction
Inability to open eyes
Dilated pupils

37
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When looking straight ahead, pt with 3rd nerve palsy will have:

A

eye that deviates away from nose and downward (down and out)

38
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Common causes of 3rd nerve palsy (2)

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Microvascular ischemia

Compression by posterior communicating artery aneurysm

39
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Compression by posterior communicating artery aneurysm will cause:

Rule of pupil:

A

dilation of pupil b/c parasymp. fibers to sphincter m. are located peripherally and dorsally in nerve.

Rule of the pupil: When CN3 is compressed by aneurysm, pupil wil dialate and/or sluggishly reactive.

40
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Microvascular ischemia causing 3rd nerve palsy will affect:

A

Center of nerve, sparing pupil constriction

41
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4th Nerve Palsy results in:

A

Impaired depression and intorsion of eye, especially when eye is adducted

42
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Pt with 4th nerve palsy will tilt head to (ipsi/contralateral) side to compensate for impaired intorsion.

A

Contralateral

43
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6th Nerve Palsy will result in:

A

impaired abduction of eye

44
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Common cause of 6th nerve palsy

A

Alterations in intracranial pressure

Head trauma

45
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Frontal eye fields located at:

Signals:

A

caudal end of middle frontal gyrus

Contralateral voluntary saccades
Contralateral smooth pursuts and vergence eye movements

46
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Unilateral lesion of frontal eye fields will result in:

A

Ipsilateral gaze deviation

Loss of ability to produce contralateral voluntary saccades

47
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Bilateral lesions of frontal eye fields will result in:

A

Ocular motor apraxia = Inability to produce voluntary saccades appropriately

48
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Parietal eye fields located in:

Signals:

A

Lateral intraparietal sulcus

Visual-evoked saccades
Smooth pursuit

49
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Omnipause neurons located in:

A

Nucleus raphe interpositus in pontine reticular formation

50
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Constant stimulation of omnipause neurons result in:

A

inability to generate saccades

51
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Neurons responsible for horizontal saccades are located in:

A

Pons in paramedian pontine reticular formation (PPRF)

52
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Neurons responsible for vertical-torsional saccades are located in:

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rostral midbrain in rostral interstitial nucleus of medial longitudinal fasciculus (riMLF)

53
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Lesion of PPRF will result in:

A

Slowing/complete inability of ipsilateral horizontal saccades
Gaze deviation to contralateral side
Ipsilateral facial palsy

Horizontal VOR remains intact

54
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Lesion of MLF will result in:

A

Slowing/complete inability to adduct ipsilateral eye during contralateral saccades

55
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Bilateral lesion of riMLF will:

A

abolish all vertical saccadic eye movements

Vertical VOR remains intact

56
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Horizontal component of step signal produced by:

A

medial vestibular nuclei

nucleus prepositus hypoglossi

57
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Vertical and torsional component of step signal produced by:

A

Interstitial nucleus of Cajal in midbrain reticular formation

58
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Lesions of neural integrator will produce:

A

Gaze-evoked nystagmus: Drift of eye back to center that’s corrected for by saccadic eye movements back to object of interest

59
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Instability of neural integrator results in:

A

Pendular nystagmus = eye oscillations

60
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Lesion in interstitial nucleus of Cajal will result in:

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Seesaw nystagmus = vertical and torsional oscillations

61
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Near response triad

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  1. Convergence of eyes
  2. Accommodation of lens
  3. Constriction of pupil (miosis)

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