Basal Ganglia Flashcards
(14 cards)
FUNCTION
• Coordination of motor movements
• Mental and emotional functions
Cerebellum controls via….
Basal ganglia controls via —
Spinal cord
Cortex
Basal Nuclei
❑Putamen
❑Globus pallidus
❑Caudate nucleus
❑Substantia nigra
❑Subthalamic nucleus
Lentiform nucleus
Putamen + globus pallidus
Neostriatum
Putamen + caudate nucleus
Afferent center
Corpus striatum
Putamen + globus pallidus +caudate nucleus
Efferent center
Globus pallidus
Head of caudate nucleus is anterior to …..
Interventriculae foramen
Caudate nucleus head is continuous with
Putamen
Tail of caudate nucleus ends in
Amygdala
In body ofcaudate nucleus
Sulcus terminalin and thalamostriate vein
2 parts of substantial nigra
Pars compacts
Pars reticulata
Efferent( globus pallidus)
Thalamus
Tegmentum
Habenula
Afferent center
Neostriatum