High yield test 2 Flashcards
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In shaken baby syndrome what vein is torn that causes hemorrhaging?
bridging vein which creates a subdural space in between the arachnoid and the dural mater and can enter subarachnoid space
If there is a blockage of the internal jugular vein at the base of the school how does blood of the skull drain?
Blood would then drain through superficial veins of the school such as the opthalmic vein to the facial vein to common facial then back into internal jug, or through the vertebral venous plexus
what cranial nerves are associated with the cavernous sinus?
CN’s III, IV, V1, V2, sit on the edge of the sinus but CN VI sits inside the sinus directly behind the internal carotid artery
A patient presents with an infection or thrombis of the internal carotid artery inside the cavernous sinus. Which CN will be the first to be effected and the most effected? what muscle will be affected?
CN VI sits directly posterior to the internal carotid artery inside the sinus
LR which causes abduction of eyeball
where is the skull the thinnest and is most prone to injury?
Pterion which blunt injury can cause an epidural hemotoma.
what is the supratentorial fossa innervated by and primary blood supply?
V1 V2 V3 middle meningeal artery form maxillary artery
what innervates the underside of the tentorium in the posterior cranial fossa? (Dura of the posterior cranial fossa)
X, and C1 C2 via XII
where will large diameter neurons ascend the spinal column?
Within the posterior funiculus in the fasiculus cuneatus or fasiculus gracilis aka dorsal column
where will small diametre neurons ascend the spinal column?
within the spinothalamic tract
what type of neuron is the first neuron in any ascending pathway?
psuedounipolar
merkles discs respond to?
pressure pcml pathaway
ruffuni corpuscles respond to?
skin stretch pcml pathway
meissner’s corpuslce respond to?
fine touch pcml pathway
pacinian corpuscle respond to?
vibration pcml pathway
free nerve endings respond to what?
pain temperature and itch participate in spinothalamic pathway
what receptors respond to muscle stretch vs muscle tension?
golgi tendon organs respond to tension, muscle spindle respond to length
what kinds of somatic sensation does the PCML pathway include?
- discriminative touch (two point discrimination)
- vibration
- 3D form
- proprioception, conscious limb and joint position
What kinds of somatic sensation does the spinothalamic tract include (ALS)?
- non-discriminative touch (crude touch)
- thermal sensation
- nociception
- itch
- unconscious proprioception
where are the primary cell bodies, 1st synapse, location it enters spinal cord, decussates, 2nd synapse, and final destination for PCML pathway?
primary cell bodies are in the dorsal root ganglion then 1st synapse is in nucleus gracilis or nucleus cuneatus in the caudal medula, then enters spinal cord medial aspect of dorsal root in FC and FG, decussates internal arcuate fibers ventral to cuneatus and gracilis (becomes medial lemniscus), 2nd synapse on VPL of thalamus, final destination in primary somatosensory cortex via internal capsule and corona radiata
what receives information from lower body?
nucleus gracilis
what receives information from upper body?
nucleus cuneatus
Loss of the posterior spinal artery would result in disruption of the PCML pathway at what point?
loss of 2nd order cell bodies in the nucleus gracilis and nucleus cuneatus
Loss of the anterior spinal artery would disrupt the PCML pathway at what point?
lead to loss of internal arcuate fibers that form the medial lemniscus
what level of information does the gracile fasiculus carry?
medial below t6