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1b Motor Cortical Control Flashcards

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What is meant by the hierarchical organisation?

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high order areas of hierarchy are involved in more complex tasks, and lower level areas of hierarchy perform lower level tasks

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What do the cerebellum and the basal ganglia do in the motor system of heirarchy?

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adjust the commands received from the other parts of the motor system

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What are the two pyramidal descending tracts?

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corticospinal
corticobulbar

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Why are the pyramidal tracts called pyramidal?

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because they pass through the pyramids of the medulla

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What do the pyramidal descending tracts do?

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voluntary movement of the body and face muscles

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What are the extrapyramidal tracts?

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descending tracts which do not pass through the pyramids of the medulla

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Which descending tracts are responsible for the involuntary movements of balance, posture and locomotion?

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Extrapyramidal

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Where is the primary motor cortex located?

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Anterior to the central sulcus

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What does the primary motor cortex do?

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Controls fine, discrete and precise voluntary movements

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What does the premotor area do?

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Involved in planning movements, by regulating externally cued movements

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what does the supplementary motor area do?

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Planning complex movements and becomes active prior to voluntary movements

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Where does the lateral corticospinal tract decussate?

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In the medulla - innervates the limb muscles

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Where does the anterior corticospinal tract decussate?

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Spinal cord - innervates the trunk muscles

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What is the principal motor tract for voluntary movement of the face and the neck?

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Corticobulbar

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What is the function of the vestibulospinal tract?

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Stabilise head during body movements, or as head moves
Coordinate head movements with eye movements
Mediate postural adjustments

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What is the function of the reticulospinal tract?

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Most primitive descending tract - from medulla and pons
Changes in muscles tone associated with voluntary movement
Postural stability

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What is the function of the tectospinal?

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Orientation of the head and neck during eye movements

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What is the function of the rubrospinal tract?

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Innervate lower motor neurons of flexors of the upper limb

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What is paresis?

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graded weakness of movement

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What are the three negative signs of an upper motor neuron lesion?

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Loss of voluntary movement
Paresis
Paralysis = complete loss of voluntary muscle activity

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What is spasticity?

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Increased muscle tone

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What is hyper-reflexia?

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Exaggerated reflexes

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what is clonus?

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Abnormal oscillatory muscle contraction

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What are the positive signs of an upper motor neurone lesion?

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Increased abnormal motor function due to loss of inhibitory descending inputs
Spasticity: increased muscle tone
Hyper-reflexia: exaggerated reflexes
Clonus: abnormal oscillatory muscle contraction
Babinski’s sign

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what is Apraxia?

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disorder of skilled movement - patients lose information about how to perform skilled movements

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Lesions to which areas can cause apraxia?

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Frontal lobe and the inferior parietal lobe - premotor cortex, and supplementary motor area

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What two diseases are the most common causes of apraxia?

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Stroke and dementia

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What is seen in patients with a lower motor neuron lesion?

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Weakness
Hypotonia
Fibrillations
Fasciculations
Hyporeflexia
Muscle atrophy

29
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What is Fasciculations?

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damaged motor units produce spontaneous action potentials, resulting in a visible twitch

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What is the difference between fasciculations and fibrillations?

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Fasciculations = damaged motor units producing twitching,
Fibrillations = individual muscle fibres producing twitching

31
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What is motor neurone disease also known as?

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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

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What are the upper motor neuron signs of motor neuron disease?

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Spasticity (increased tone of limbs and tongue)
Brisk limbs and jaw reflexes
Babinski’s sign
Loss of dexterity
Dysarthria (difficulty speaking)
Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)

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What are the lower motor neuron signs of motor neuron disease?

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Weakness
Muscle wasting
Tongue fasciculations and wasting
Nasal speech
Dysphagia

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What are the two nucleuses which make up the basal ganglia called?

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Lentiform nucelus and caudate nucleus

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What makes up the lentiform nucleus?

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The putamen and external globus pallidus

36
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What is the function of the basal ganglia?

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Making the decision to move
Elaborating associated movements
Moderating and coordinating movements
Performing movements in order

37
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What is parkinsons disease?

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Degeneration of the dopaminergic neurons that originate in the substantia nigra and project to the striatum

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What are the five associated symptoms of Parkinsons?

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Bradykinesia
Hypomimic face
Akinesia
Rigidity
Tremor at rest

39
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What is bradykinesia?

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slowness of (small) movements (doing up buttons, handling a knife)

40
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What is hypomimic face?

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face - expressionless, mask-like (absence of movements that normally animate the face)

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What is Akinesia?

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difficulty in the initiation of movements because cannot initiate movements internally

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What is rigidity?

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muscle tone increase, causing resistance to externally imposed joint movements

43
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What is a pill rolling tremor?

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When the patients hands tremor as if they were polling a pill between two fingers, which with time can spread to other parts of the body

44
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What is Huntington’s disease?

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Degeneration of GABAergic neurons in the striatum, caudate and then putamen

45
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What causes Huntingtons disease?

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CAG repeat on chromosome 4

46
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What are some symptoms of Huntington’s disease?

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Choreic movements
Rapid jerky movements - hands and face affect
Speech impairement
Difficulty swallowing
Unsteady gait
Cognitive decline and dementia

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What is the most common cause of Ballism?

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Stroke which affects the subthalamic nucleus

48
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What is Ballism?

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Contralateral, uncontrolled flinging of the extremities

49
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What separates the cerebellum from the cerebrum?

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The tentorium cerebelli

50
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What is the function of the vestibulocerebellum?

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Regulation of gait, posture and equilibrium
Coordination of head movements with eye movements

51
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What does damage to the vestibulocerebellum cause?

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gait ataxia and tendency to fall (even when patient sitting and eyes open)

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What is the function of the spinocerebellum?

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Coordination of speech
Adjustment of muscle tone
Coordination of limb movements

53
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What can cause degeneration and atrophy of the spinocerebellum?

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chronic alcoholism

54
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What does damage to the spinocerebellum cause?

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Abnormal gait and stance (wide based)

55
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What is the function of the cerebrocerebellum?

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Coordination of skilled movements, cognitive function, attention and processing of language

56
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What does damage to the cerebrocerebellum result in?

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Affects arms (coordinated movments) and speech

57
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What is Ataxia?

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General impairments in movement coordination and accuracy. Disturbances of posture or gait: wide-based, staggering (“drunken”) gait

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What is dysmetria?

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Inappropriate force and distance for target-directed movements (knocking over a cup rather than grabbing it)

59
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What is Dysdiadochokinesia?

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Inability to perform rapidly alternating movements (rapidly pronating and supinating hands and forearms)

60
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What is scanning speech?

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Staccato speech, due to impaired coordination of speech muscles

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What are the main signs of cerebellar dysfunction?

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Ataxia
Dysmetria
Intention tremor
Scanning Speech
Dysdiadochokinesia

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What causes a fasciculation?

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When the muscle fibres of a motor unit lose their nerve supply - they become denervated

Axons of the remaining motor unit grow and reach out to the denervated muscle fibres - reinnervation takes place

Therefore the resulting motor unit is larger and prone to ectopic generation of electrical stimuli in the distal axons which cause muscle contraction = fasciculation

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What is the striatum?

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Caudate + putamen

64
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What is the result of a stroke affecting the subthalamic nucleus?

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Ballism

65
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What is meant by functional segregation?

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Motor system organised in a number of different areas that control different aspects of movement

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