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1
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alpha motor neuron

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Spinal chord

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2
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Descending tract

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Corticospinal tract, reticulospinal tract, tectospinal tract, vestibulospinal tract, raphespinal tract

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3
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Functional component are parasympathetic nerves

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GVE

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4
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V3 of trigeminal

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mostly motor

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5
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has nothing to to do with taste only motor

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hypoglossal

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6
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taste component in the back of the throat, epiglottis region

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vagus

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7
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Glossopharyngeal nerve

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motor nucleus/ nucleus ambiguous

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8
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Innervates muscles of mastication

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GSA

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9
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Corneal blink reflex involves

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trgeminal(afferent) and facial (efferent)

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10
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otolithic membrane

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Gelatinous membrane sitting on top. Weighted down by crystals on to sterocilia

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11
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spiral organ

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receptor organ-organ of corti

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12
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scala media contains

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filled with endolymph

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13
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scala vestibuli and tympani

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filled with perilymph

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14
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fovea contains what type of cells

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cones

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15
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Which is not a direct target of cell axons

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visual cortex

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16
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hypoglossal nucleus

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motor

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17
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normally when eyes look at something on the left side what is activated?

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right occulomotor and left abducens

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18
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which funcitonal component is assocated with vestibulocochlear nearve

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specific somatic efferents

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19
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Nerve fibers of the solitary tract

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serve as afferent limb of reflexes and modulate cardiac and respiratory functions

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20
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Cerebral peduncles does not contain

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Superior colliculus

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21
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which nucleus receives afferent fibers from the ventral hearing in the left ear

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superior olivary nucleus

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22
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which uncles of nerve fibers contains central branches of the primary sensory neurons tat provide for general sensations from posterior 1/3 of the tongue

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spinal trigeminal tract

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23
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72 year old with history of cardiovascular disease has sudden onset of confusion during which her left arm and leg became weak. Weakness was most likely due to damage of which of the following?

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right internal capsule

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24
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how many functional components are in the brainstem?

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seven

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25
which branch of the trigeminal nerve carries motor fibers
mandibular
26
Olfactory tract contains what type of cells
Mitral cell axons
27
Which functional component do CN3, 6 and 12 share?
GSE
28
shine a light in the right eye but the left pupil does not respond, which nerve is damaged?
Left oculomotor nerve
29
A lesion to what area will cause loss of taste?
Nucleus solitaries
30
Olfactory cells axons are mad of what type of cell?
mitral cell
31
What olfactory striae is contralateral?
medial
32
which olfactory striae is involved in conscious perception of smell?
intermediate olfactory striae
33
Most important crossover in auditory pathways is
trapezoid body
34
what is not part of the auditory pathway
inferior olivary nucleus
35
what is the primary auditory cortex?
transverse temporal gyrus
36
Organ of court is where?
cochlear duct
37
Lateral rectus is innervated by
abducens nerve
38
when looking to the right you activate
right abducens and left occulomotor nerves
39
where do olfactory cells cross?
anterior commisure
40
what innervates muscles of mastication?
Trigeminal
41
concentration in the fovea?
Cones
42
CN VI controls
lateral rectus
43
Which nerve has a parasympathetic component?
CN III
44
shine light in the right no contraction.... left eye contracts
right occulomotor
45
Leison cause left pupil to respond when light is shone onto right retina but no response of right right pupil?
transection of right oculomotor
46
where ganglia cells not terminate
visual cortex
47
when looking at something on the right which nerves?
right abducens, left oculomotor
48
not made in ant pituitary
oxytocin
49
major decussation of auditory
oxytocin
50
which of the olfactory crosses over?
medial striae
51
Organ of corti
cochlear duct/spiral organ
52
medial and lateral Hypothalamus is separated by
fornix
53
olfactory nerve body in the
bulb
54
olfacoty axons synapses in
glomeruli of olfactory bulb
55
temporal lobe includes
auditory cortex
56
olfacotry glomeruli contain fibers from all except
granule cells
57
these neurons are replaced about every 2 months
olfactory
58
olfactory striae response for odor perception
medial
59
hypothalamus associated with
endocrine, limbic, ANS
60
hallucination
parahippocampal gyrus?
61
circuit for explained emotion is _____ and involved with limbic system?
papez circuit
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Fornix goes from _____ to _____
hippocampus, mammillary bodies
63
some mitral cell axons cross at the
anterior commissure
64
Vasopressin released in capillaries with in neurohypophysis is produced by?
Neurons projecting to the posterior pituitary gland
65
what is involved in the pupillary light reflex?
ciliary
66
nerves involved in the SVA
I,VII, X
67
2 nerves involved in corneal reflex
trigeminal and facial
68
concentration in the fovea
cones
69
photoreceptor
rods
70
not true of the nerves of the solitary tract?
go to anterior 1/3 of tongue for taste
71
what does CN VI control
lateral rectus
72
sensory organ in dynamic equilibrium?
cristae
73
run into a tree -> what?
utricle, saccule, both
74
what nerve has a parasympathetic component?
CNIII oculomotor
75
shine light=>right eye no contraction left eye contraction what nerve?
Right oculomotor
76
What functional component is parasympathetic
GVE
77
What nerve innervates the muscles of mastication
trigeminal
78
Where do ganglia cells not terminate?
Visual cortex
79
when looking to the right
right abducens, left oculomotor
80
ascending LLF ends in
oculomotor nucleus
81
pharyngeal and laryngeal muscles innervated by muscle fibers from
nucleus ambiguus
82
what the solitary conveys
afferent limb of reflexes and modulates cardiac and respiratory function
83
if there a lesion and can't taste
solitary tract/nucleus
84
what innerates the sensory tympani and stapes
trigeminal and facial nerves

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