Anatomy Flashcards

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Primary Sensory Cortex

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Areas 3,1,2, post central gyrus

Receives tactile, proprioceptive, pain/temp info

Distinguishes between size, shape, texture of objects

Impairments: loss of ability assess quality and discriminate intensity

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Sensory Association Cortex

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Areas 5,7, parietal lobe- post to S1

Stereogenesis, recognition of the manipulated item

Pain info processed here

Impairments;: astereogenesis, cortical neglect

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Primary Visual Cortex

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Area 17, calcerine sulcus

Distinguishes light and dark, location, movement and shapes

Impairments: blindness of opp visual field

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Visual Association Cortex

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Areas 18-21, surround V1

Analysis of motion/color, recognition of faces, visual memories, hallucinations

Control of visual fixation

Impairments: visual agnosia- inability recognize objects in contralateral field

Prosopagnosia- inability to recognize people’s faces

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Primary Auditory Cortex

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Area 41, superior temporal gyrus

Receives info from bilat cochlea

Conscious awareness of the intensity of sound

Impairments: loss of ability to localize sound

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Auditory Association Cortex

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Areas 22, 42, surrounding A1

Wernicke’s area is 22

Classification of sounds as language, music, noise

Impairments: auditory agnosia

L auditory association cortex- inability to understand speech

R side- inability to interpret noises

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Vestibular Cortex

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Area 40, post to S1

Receives info on head position from vestibulothalamocortical pathways

Impairments: interferes with conscious awareness of head position/movement

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Primary Motor Cortex

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Area 4, pre central gyrus

Controls contralateral movement

Fine movements

Bilat projections to upper face & back muscles

Motor homunculus- larger area for hands/feet (fine motor); smaller area for trunk/proximal limbs

Impairments:
Contralateral paresis and loss of fractionation of movement

Dysarthria: speech disorders resulting from paralysis, incoordination, or spasticity of the muscles used for speaking
Spastic: damage to UMN -Harsh, awkward speech

Flaccid: damage to LMN (CN IX,X,and/or XII) - Breathy, soft, and imprecise speech

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Supplementary Motor Cortex

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Area 6, ant to M1

Initiates movement, orientation of head, bimanual movement, sequential movements

Impairments: apraxia- inability to perform movement and/or sequence of movements

Agraphia

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Premotor Cortex

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Area 6, ant to M1

Controls trunk and girdle muscles

Impairments: apraxia- inability to perform movement and/or sequence of movements

Agraphia

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Broca’s Area

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Area 44, part of 45

L side: planning mouth movements and grammatical aspects of speech

R side: planning nonverbal communication. gestures, adjusts tone of voice

Impairments: inability to express self by language or symbols, speaking or writing

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Prefrontal Cortex

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Areas 9,10,12

Controls behavior, interprets sensation, processes emotions and memory

Self-awareness and executive functions- goal setting, planning, executing, monitoring

Impairments: loss of executive thinking, apathy, lack of initiation, lack of goal-directed behavior

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Parietotemporal Association Cortex

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Junction of parietal, temporal and occipital lobes

Intelligence, problem solving, comprehension of communication, spatial relationships

Impairments: Wernicke’s aphasia- inability to comprehend verbal/written language

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Limbic Cortex

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Ant and inf frontal lobes

Regulates mood, affect, processing memory

Impairments: personality and emotional changes

Damage to orbitofrontal cortex: inappropriate or risky behavior, poor judgement but intact intellect; social inappropriateness

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VA

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Ventral anterior thalamus (relay nucleus)

Motor

Project to pre central gyrus, M1

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VL

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Ventral lateral thalamus

Motor

Project to M1

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VPL

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Ventral posterior lateral thalamus

Somatosensation of body

Projects to post-central gyrus, S1

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VPM

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Ventral posterior medial thalamus

Somatosensation of face

Projects to S1

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MG

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Medial geniculate of thalamus

Hearing

Projects to A1, temporal lobe

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LG

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Lateral geniculate of thalamus

Vision

Projects to V1, occipital lobe

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Basal Ganglia

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Caudate nucleus, globus pallidus, putamen, sub thalamic nucleus, substantia niagra

Striatum: caudate + putamen
Lentiform nucleus: putamen and globus pallidus

Motor: movement sequencing, muscle tone, force regulation, & selective motor control

Cognitive: Awareness of body orientation, memory for location of objects, motivation, changing behavior

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Limbic System

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HOME- homeostatic function, olfaction, memory and emotions

Cingulate gyrus, parahippocampal gyrus, Hippocampal formation, amygdala, septal area, hypothalamus

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Corpus Callosum

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Primary commissural region of brain, consisting of white matter tracts that connect R/L sides of brain

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CN I

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Olfactory Nerve

Sensory- smell

Entry/exit: inferior frontal lobe

The only nerve that does not transmit info through thalamus- goes direct to limbic system

Testing: coffee, chocolate one nostril at a time

Anosmia/hyperanosmia

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CN II

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Optice Nerve

Sensory- vision

Retinal cells-> optic nerve, optic chiasm, optic tract–>

CNS entry/exit: LGN of thalamus (diencephalon)

TESTING: one eye at a time, pupillary reflex

Blindness, hemianopsia

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CN III

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Occulomotor Nerve

Motor- controls eye mvmts, lifts eyelids, pupil constriction, thickens the lens, EXCEPT lateral rectus and superior oblique

CNS exit/entry: ventral midbrain

TESTING: finger following test, pupil size/reflex, opening eyelid

Double vision, ptosis- eyelid dropping, dilation of pupil

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CN IV

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Trochlear

Motor- superior Oblique (SO4LR6)

Moves eyes inferiomedially- down & in when walking down stairs

CNS entry/exit: posterior midbrain

Impaired down/in gaze; diplopia, rarely have isolation lesion of CN IV

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CN V

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Trigeminal: V1 ophthalmic, maxillary, mandibular

Sensory- facial, cornea, ant 2/3 tongue, nasal sinuses, meninges

Motor- muscles of mastication, tensor tympani

CNS exit/entry: lateral pons

TESTING: touch over 3 branches, clench teeth, jaw reflex, corneal reflex

Weakness/atrophy of mastication muscles

Jaw deviates to paralyzed side
Lat meduall/pons lesion: ipsi loss of pain/temp
Supranuclear lesions- no atrophy and contralateral anesthesia

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CN VI

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Abducens

Motor- lateral rectus mm

CNS entry/ext: pons/medulla junction

Lateral gaze palsy, strabisums (medial rectus unopposed), diplopia

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CN VII

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Facial Nerve

Sensory: taste ant 2/3 tongue, outer ear

Motor: facial muscles, closes eyes, moves lips, muscles of facial expression, stapedius

Visceral: salivary and lacrimal glands

TESTING: puff cheeks, smile, frown, corneal blink reflex, taste ant 2/3 tongue

Proximal lesion- hyperacussis, absent taste, disrupted secretion of tears/saliva

LMN: total unilateral paralysis of weakness

UMN: sparing of forehead/brow- receives input from bilat cortex

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CN VIII

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Vestibulocochlear nerve

Sensory: hearing (ipsi nucleus), vestibular- position of head (ipsi nucleus)

TESTING: Rinne test (conductive loss)- 512 running fork on mastoid process; once patient hears it, move it to right near ear, pt should hear it better near ear
Weber test (sensineural loss)- tuning fork on top of skull, localizes to ears, ear with loss will not hear as well

(R/L) HIT

Loss of hearing, vertigo/dysequillibrium

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CN IX

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Glossopharyngeal Nerve

Sensory: middle ear, pharynx, touch and taste post 1/3 tongue, outer ear, carotid body sinus

Motor: stylopharyngeus mm- elevates pharynx, parotid gland

CNS exit/entry: medulla

TESTING: gag reflex (w/ CN X)

lack of gag reflex or asymmetrical elevation of soft palate

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CN X

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Vagus Nerve

Sensory: chemo/baroreceptors of aortic arch, larynx/pharynx, trachea, lungs, heart, upper GI, pancreas, gallbladder

carotid sinus reflex (CN IX)
cough reflex
gag reflex
swallowing reflex (CN IX)

Motor: pharyngeal and laryngeal muscles (swallowing and phonation), viscera of abdomen and thorax

CNS exit/entry: medulla

TESTING: Pt says “Ah” normal if soft palate rises, gag reflex (CN IX)

Asymmetrical soft palate, hoarseness, uvula deviates to normal side

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CN XI

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Spinal Accessory Nerve

Motor: upper traps and sternocleidomastoid

CNS exit/entry: spinal cord and medulla

TESTING: MMT of UT’s and SCM

Weakness/paralysis

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CN XII

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Hypoglossal Nerve

Motor: ipsilateral tongue

CNS entry/exit: medulla

TESTING: stick-out tongue, supra nuclear lesion tongue deviates to opposite side of lesion, LMN tongue deviates to same side lesion