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Lecture 5 & 6 - Sensory Systems Flashcards

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Cranial nerve V is______which consists of ____and _____ nerves and arises from ______.

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  • the trigeminal nerve
  • head and face sensory (larger)
  • motor; jaw movement (smaller)
  • lateral pons
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what are the 3 sensory branches of the trigeminal nerves? Where do their cell bodies lie? where do they relay before entering the cortex?

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  • ophthalmic, maxillary, mandibular
  • in Meckel’s cave (trigeminal ganglion)
  • The VPM nucleus of the thalamus
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What are the three trigeminal sensory nuclei?

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  • main (relays touch; travels via DCML) , spinal (relays pain, itch, temp.; travels with anterolateral system) and mesencephalic (relays proprioception; travels to spinal and main nuclei) trigeminal nuclei
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photoreceptor cells are located in the_____.

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Retina

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Cone cells allow for ___ visual acuity because

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  • high

- they connect to few bipolar cells

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The fovea divides the retina into

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  • nasal and temporal hemiretinae
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Retinal ganglion cell axons from the nasal hemiretina ____at the optic chiasm

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decussate

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The lateral geniculate nucleus consists of ___ layers

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six (2 magnocellular, 4 parvocellular)

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M-type RGC’s project to the_____

P-type RGC’s project to the _____

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  • magnocellular layers of the LGN

- parvocellular layers of the LGN

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Ocular dominance columns

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maintain segregation of contralateral and ipsilateral visual input from the retina to the cortex (V1)

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Orientation columns

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contain intracortical connections (rather than retinal) to do with stimulus orientation.

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Colour blobs are located

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in layers II and III of ocular dominance columns

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input from V1 to higher visual processing areas (V4, V5) project to

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  • V4 to the temporal lobe (“what” pathway - colour and form)

- V5 to the posterior parietal lobe (“where” pathway - movement and speed)

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other pathways from the retina travel to the ____ layers of the _____ for _____.

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  • dorsal
  • superior colliculi
  • orienting head and eyes towards important stimuli.
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orientation columns respond to

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  • stimulus orientation/position
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ocular dominance columns respond to

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stimulus from either one or the other eye

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what is the key difference between ocular dominance and orientation columns?

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ocular dominance columns respond to retinal input whereas orientation columns are responsive to intracortical connections

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what are colour blobs and where are they located?

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colour blobs are specialised columns in V1 that respond to stimulus colour and are located in layers II and III of ocular dominance columns.

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Due to the crossing-over of the nasal hemiretinae of both eyes, AFTER the optic chiasma, the entire ____(LEFT/RIGHT) _____(VISUAL FIELD/EYE) is processed on the ______(LEFT/RIGHT) visual cortex and vice versa.

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  • LEFT
  • VISUAL FIELD
  • RIGHT
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The lateral Geniculate Nucleus has ___ layers

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Which layers of the LGN are parvocellular and magnocellular? (dorsal or ventral?)

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layers 1, 2 = magnocellular (ventral)

layers 3, 4, 5, 6 = parvocellular (dorsal)

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Which layers of the LGN receive visual information from the contraleral and ipsilateral eye?

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contralateral = 1, 4, 6
ipsilateral = 2, 3, 5

C I I C I C
1 2 3 4 5 6

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The ventral layers of the superior colliculi process information from/form the (x3)

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  • anterolateral system
  • auditory pathways
  • tectospinal pathway
24
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hair cells are contained in the ____which is housed by the _____.

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  • Organ of Corti

- Cochlea

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the cochlea is divided into (x3)
- scala vestibuli (top) - scala media or cochlear duct (middle) - scala timpani (bottom)
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the Organ of corti can be found in which cochlear chamber?
scala media
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what forms the roof and floor of the organ of corti?
- tectorial membrane (roof) | - basilar membrane (floor)
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sound waves enter through the ____and sounds which are above or below the hearing range travel out the _____.
- oval window | - round window
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where is the cochlear nucleus?
on the medulla
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what are the major nuclei of the auditory pathway?
- cochlear nucleus (medulla) - superior olivary complex (pons) - inferior colliculus (midbrain) - medial geniculate nucleus (interbrain/thalamus) - primary auditory cortex (cortex/superior post. temporal lobe)
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what are the three subdivisions of the cochlear nucleus?
- dorsal - anteroventral - posteroventral
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the dorsal portion of the cochlear nucleus processes ______ and connects ____ to the _____.
- sound from the vertical axis - directly - inf. colliculus
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the anteroventral part of the cochlear nucleus processes ______ and projects ____ to the _____.
- sound from the horizontal plane - bilaterally - superior olivary complex
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the superior olivary complex helps to _____ sound coming from the _____ plane by comparing _____ for low frequencies and ____ for high frequencies between the left and right ear.
- localise - horizontal - time differences - intensity
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what is the name of the fibre pathway of the auditory system which travels to the inferior colliculus?
lateral lemniscus
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the _____ receives both complex and pure sounds
- primary auditory cortex
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the primary auditory cortex has a ______ organisation, where high tones are processed _____and low tones are processed _____.
- tonotopic - medially - laterally
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the secondary auditory cortex facilitates ______
interpretation of auditory input
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the posterior parietal cortex contains _______, and projections to the post. parietal cortex from auditory cortex allows for interpetation of _______.
- a map of our world | - where the sound came from in space
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connections from POSTERIOR PARIETAL cortex to PREFRONTAL and PREMOTOR regions allows for _____
- planning of movement towards sound source
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Wernicke's area is located on the _____
posterior, superior temporal gyrus
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Broca's area is located on the ______
posterior, inferior frontal gyrus
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Olfactory nerve fibres originate from the ____
Nasal olfacotry epithelium
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olfactory nerve fibres project through the ______ and synapse onto the ______
- cribiform plate | - olfactory bulb
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second order neurons of the olfactory pathway are located in the _______, which project to the _____via the ______ as the _____.
- olfactory bulb - uncus (primary olfactory cortex) - olfactory tract - lateral stria
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the sense of olfaction is an ancient system hence the pathway does not have a ______.
- thalamic relay
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the two olfactory bulbs are connected via the _____ as the ______.
- anterior commissure | - medial stria

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