Introduction

Question 0

Motor neurones cause…

Answer 0

Movement & secretion

Question 1

Name the 3 parts of the brainstem

Answer 1

Medulla, pons, midbrain

Question 2

Sensory neurones respond to….

Answer 2

A stimulus

Question 3

Ipsilateral

Answer 3

Same side

Question 4

Contralateral

Answer 4

Opposite side

Question 5

From what block of embryonic tissue do somatic structures derive?

Answer 5

Somites

Question 6

What nerves control somatic structures?

Answer 6

Spinal & Cranial

Question 7

Name the 4 types if axons, found in spinal somatic nerves.

Answer 7

Somatic afferent & efferent

Visceral afferent & efferent

Question 8

What go GSA axons detect?

Answer 8

Discriminative touch
Proprioception
Pain
Temp
(From skin, joint, muscles)

Question 9

What does the DWCML pathway convey?

Answer 9

Discriminative touch
Conscious Proprioception
Vibration

Question 10

What does the Spinothalamic pathway convey?

Answer 10

Simple touch
Pain
Temp

Question 11

Give an example of a motor pathway, where it’s axons originate and a movement it produces.

Answer 11

Corticospinal tract. Motor cortex. Discrete voluntary skilled movements, eg precise movements of fingers & toes

Question 12

What is the cortex & what’s cool about its blood supply?

Answer 12

The outer layer of hemisphere made of grey matter. It is supplied from the outside. So loss of function linked to specific blood vessel.

Question 13

What’s a gyrus & a sulcus?

Answer 13

Gyrus= an individual fold
Sulcus= dip

Question 14

Put simply, what are basal ganglia?

Answer 14

Nuclei