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The function of the brainstem is

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  • postural control & locomotion
  • a large number of facial connections
  • Arousal and awareness
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The brainstem is composed by

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  • hindbrain
  • midbrain
  • medulla
  • pons
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The cerebellum receives inputs from:

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  • receives input from spinal cord (feedback about movements)

- receives input from cerebral cortex (planning of movements)

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The main purpose of the cerebellum

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adjust the motor responses based on comparison of sensory feedback and planned movement

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Diencephalon is composed by

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  • Thalamus

- Hypothalamus

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Thalamus role

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receives almost all information going to the cortex

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Cerebral hemispheres composed by

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  • cerebral cortex

- basal ganglia

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Basal ganglia function

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planning of motor strategies

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Areas of the basal ganglia

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  • Caudate nucleus
  • Putamen
  • Globus Pallidus
  • Substantia Nigra
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Cerebral cortex function

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programming events

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What is action potential?

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Neurons that are excited have positive nerve impulses, or spikes

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3 types of synaptic transmission

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  • summation (spatial vs temporal
  • synaptic facilitation (releasing more transmitter)
  • defacilitation (habitutation)
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Spatial summation

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larger presynaptic neurotransmitters are released until AP

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temporal summation

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a single presynaptic neuron is activated at a high enough frequency to elicit AP

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Pheripheral Receptors

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  • Muscle spindle
  • Golgi tendon organs
  • Cutaneous receptors
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Muscle spindle is concerned with

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length or stretch

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Where in the body do we find the highest percentage of spindles?

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  • eyes
  • neck
  • hands
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What is the spindle made up of?

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  • Intrafusal fibers (nuclear bag, nuclear chain)
  • Afferent neurons (Ia & II)
  • Gamma motor neurons (gamma dynamic, gamma static)
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Alpha motor neurons excite?

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Extrafusal fibers

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Gamma motor neurons excite

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Intrafusal fibers

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Gamma motor neurons are important for?

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muscle tone

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Dynamic stretch

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connects to bag fiber

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Static stretch

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connects to bag and chain fiber

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Ia

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connects to bag and chain fiber

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II
connects to chain
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Ascending pathways
Dorsal column-medial leminiscal (DC-ML)
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dorsal column- medial leminiscal is involved with
- fine touch - vibration - 2 point discrimination - propioception
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The Dorsal column- medial leminiscal decussation point occurs?
-lower medulla
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Pathways for descriminative touch and conscious propioception how many neurons relay?
three-neuron
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1st order neuron
from receptors to to the medulla
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2nd order neuron
from medulla to thalamus
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3rd order neuron
from thalamus to the cerebral cortex
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secondary neurons include
- cell bodies located in the nucleus gracilis or cuneatus | - axons that cross the midline as the internal arcuate fibers, then ascend to the thalamus
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Spinal nerves
- Dorsal funiculus/ dorsal column - Lateral funiculus - Ventral funiculus
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Dorsal column divides into?
- fasciculus gracilis | - fasciculus cuneatus
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Fasciculus gracilis
transmit information to the cerebrum coming from areas inferior to T6
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Fasciculus cuneatus
transmits information to the cerebrum coming from areas superior to T6
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first to second order neuron decussation occurs at?
medial leminiscus
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Anterolateral system tracts
- spinothalamic tract - spinoreticular tract - spinomesencephalic tract
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Anterolateral system role
- minor role in crude touch and pressure - thermal - nociception
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Somatosensory is?
where we start to see cross-modality processing
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association cortices is found in?
- parietal - temporal - frontal - occipital lobes
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exteroceptive sense
vision allows us to identify objects in space and determine their movements
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visual proprioception
where our bodies are in space
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vertical cells
rods and cones
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horizontal cells connect to the vertical cells laterally, these are
rods and cones --> bipolar cells --> ganglion cells
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horizontal cells are critical in?
regulating contrast sensitivity
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Superior colliculus has a direct line of communication with?
auditory and somatosensory information
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ventral stream
"what" stream (color, texture, shape, size)
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dorsal stream
"where" stream (location, movement, spatial transformation)
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the membranous labyrinth is filled with?
endolymph
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Pyramidal tracts
from the cerebral cortex to the spinal cord and brain
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the pyramidal tracts are responsible for?
the voluntary control of the musculature of the body and face
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2 pyramidal tracts are
- corticospinal tract | - corticobulbar tract (facial nerves)
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extrapyramidal tracts
originate in the brain stem to the spinal cord
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the extrapyramidal tracts are responsible for?
the involuntary and automatic control of all musculature (muscle tone, balance, posture, and locomotion)
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the 3 extrapyramidal tracts are?
- vestibulospinal tract (balance and posture) - rubrospinal tract (upper extremity/ hand) - tectospinal tracts (head/eye coordination)
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What is the main function of the primary motor cortex?
to control absolute force and speed of movement
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90% of the decussation occurs at?
lateral corticospinal tract (neck, shoulder, and upper extremity muscles)
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the 10% of the decussation occurs at?
the anterior corticospinal tract (trunk and lower limbs)
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All upper motor neurons terminate at?
the ventral horn of the spinal cord
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what are the functions of the supplementary motor and premotor areas?
-areas send projection to primary motor cortex and spinal cord
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Supplementary motor areas are activated when?
movements are planned (internal)
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Premotor areas are activated when?
the presentation of a stimulus normally elicits a response (external)
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the main function of the cerebellum is to?
adjust motor responses based on the comparison of sensory feedback and planned movement
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the parts of the cerebellum are?
- Flocculonodular lobe (vestibular system) - Vermis (execution of movement, muscle tone (gamma MN's, feedforward command) - Lateral hemispheres (planning, preparation and evaluation of movement)
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Motor responses require cerebellar input from?
cerebral cortex and spinal cord
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feeback from the cerebellum to the spinal cord through?
brainstem and cerebral cortex
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the cerebellum is attached to the brainstem by?
- inferior cerebellar peduncle (afferents) - middle cerebellar peduncle (afferents) - superior cerebellar peduncle (efferent fibers)
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the 3 lobes of the cerebellar cortex are?
- anterior - posterior - flocculonodular
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the status and position of the individual and groups of muscle is sent to the?
cerbellum (anterior lobe)
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The posterior spinocerebellar tract
nonconscious proprioception from ispsilateral lower limb and trunk
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The anterior spinocerebellar
nonconscious proprioception from ipsilateral lower limb and trunk; conveying information regarding movement of muscle groups.
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the cuneocerebellar tract
noncoscious proprioception form ispsilateral upper limb; equivalent of posterior spinocerebellar tract
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Afferent tracts from the brainstem
information on coordination of movements and movements that govern equilibrium and maintenance of an erect posture
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whta are the 3 afferent tracts from the brainstem
-olivocerebellar tract -vestibulocerebellar fiber reticulocerebellar fibers

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