Test 2: Encompassing Terms Flashcards
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Parts/functions of the motor system
Corticospinal tract: info from brain to body
Basal ganglia: motor subroutines
Cerebellum: modulates motor plans
Motor vs. sensory tracts
Motor: LMN to UMN. Corticospinal & corticobulbar.
Sensory: Afferent neuron, ascending tract, SS cortex. Spinothalamic & DCML.
Endogenous vs. Exogenous pain control
Endogenous: spinal cord gate, RFA (endorphins)
Exogenous: NSAIDs & Opiates
White matter vs. Grey matter
White: transmisssion, peripheral info.
Grey: central “H.” Neuron cell bodies, glial cell bodies.
Dorsal root ganglion
Cluster of neurons found only on dorsal roots.
Spinal rami
Dorsal: deep back muscles, z-joints
Ventral: everything else
Defn. of plexus, types in body
Anterior rami merge together to form a network called a “plexus.” Cervical (C1-C4), brachial (C5-T1), lumbosacral (L2-S4)
Lateral horn
Carries ONLY sympathetic info, only found in thoracic region
Draw a full brachial plexus.
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Memory structures in the limbic system
Hippocampal formation (A = dentate gyrus, E = subiculum), anterior thalamus, hypothalamus (mamillary bodies)
Emotional/behavioral structures in the limbic system
Amygdala, dorsomedial thalamus, hypothalamus (ANS nuclei)
Cingulate lobe
Cingulate gyrus + parahippocampal gyrus. Responsible for both memory and emotion/behavior, connections, reality check.
Amygdala
Analyses anger and fear expressions, provides output for the thalamus –> SNS
Mammillary bodies
Thalamic relay, recollective memory, behavioral reactions.
Hippocampus
Who, what, where, when. Long-term memory, output to cortex via fornix.
Episodic memory
Medial temporal lobe. (thalamus, amygdala, hippocampus = papez circuit)
Semantic memory
Neocortex (auditory, somatosensory, visual cortex)
Procedural memory
Muscle memory: cerebellum & basal nuclei.
Feeding, Sexual, Motivation
Feeding: activate hypothalamic nuclei
Sexual: increase oxytocin from post. pituitary gland
Motivation: increase dopamine
Somatic motor system
Voluntary controlm one neuron from CNS to effort. Ach is the only neurotransmitter, only innervates skeletal muscle.
Autonomic motor system
Two neurons between CNS and effector. Ach only at first neuron, Ach/E/NE at second, innervates cardiac, smooth, glandular tissue.
Only sympathetic/sympathetic innervation…
Sympathetic: sweat glands, visceral arterioles, radial muscle.
Parasympathetic: Iris sphincter
Sympathetic output systems
Short preganglionic neuron, Ach used in ganglia, called nicotinic receptors. NE is used on effector (adrenergic receptors)
Parasympathetic output systems
Long preganglionic neuron, Ach used in ganglia, called nicotinic receptors, Ach used on effector (muscarinic receptor)