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Where are the origins of autonomic parasympathetic nerves?

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Craniosacral

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Name the barriers of the CNS

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-bony structures (vertebrae protection)
-meninges (dura, arachnoid, pia)
Barriers via external and internal chemical (CSF, blood-brain barrier)

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Between which two meningeal layers does blood gill in a hemorrhagic stroke?

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Arachnoid and pia

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List the vasculature of the spinal cord

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  • 1 anterior spinal
  • 2 posterior spinal
  • radicular arteries
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How is the spinal cord secured in the middle of the bony vertebrae?

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Via arachnoid trabeculae and denticulate ligaments

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Describe the organisation of spinal nerves

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8 cervical
12 thoracic
5 lumbar
5 sacral
1 coccygeal

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At what level of vertebrates does the spinal cord end?

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L1/L2

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Do spinal cord segments and corresponding vertebrae align?

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NO

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Describe the end of the spinal cord with their specific terms

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Conus medullaris (termination of spinal cord L1/L2) -> cauda equina -> filum terminale -> subarachnoid space

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Brachial movement is innervated by motor neuron tracts extending form which region of the spinal cord?

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Cervical

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Describe the internal organisation of the spinal cord

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White matter tracts surround inner H-shaped grey matter

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What does grey matter contain?

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Areas containing neuronal cell bodies, dendrites, connecting axons and synapses, supporting glia

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What does white matter contain ?

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Bundles of axons

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14
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Out of how many zones does the rexed laminae consist of?

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10

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What is the function of laminae 1-6?

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Dorsal horn - receives sensory information and is involved in its processing

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What is the function of lamina 7?

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Intermediate zone - contains cell groups for sensory-motor integration, visceral sensory anf autonomic preganglionic motor nuclei at thoracic and sacral levels

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What is the function of lamina 8 and 9?

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Ventral horn - containing motor and interneurons and lower motor neurons

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What is the function of lamina 10?

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Central zone - interneurons, somatosensory and visceral processing

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what kind of processing happens in the dorsal horn?

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Somatosensory

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Describe where the inputs into the dorsal horn go to

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C, A-delta -> 1,2
A-beta afferents -> 3,4
Mixed inputs -> 5
Proprioceptive -> 6

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Are a-delta fibres afferent or efferent and what type are they?

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Afferent, sensory

22
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Are C fibres afferent r efferent and what type are they ?

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Afferent, motor+ sensory

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Are a-beta fibres afferent or efferent and what type are they ?

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Both, sensory and motor

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Describe the relation of the dorsal horn to pain

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  • nociceptive afferents (C+A) input to laminae 1,2,5
  • interneuron processing in lamina 2 (substantia gelatinosa) modulates sensitivity to nociceptive stimuli
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What neurons are in the lateral horn of the thoracolumbar spinal cord?
Pregagnglionic sympathetic neurons (motor)
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What is contained in the ventral horn?
- somatic motor neurons in ventral horn somatotopically arranged
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What is innervated by medially located neurons in the ventral horn?
Axial musculature
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What is innervated by laterally located neurons in the ventral horn?
Limbs
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grey matter summary
Lateral horn - contains preganglionic sympathetic neurons: efferent output to sympathetic ganglia which innervate muscle and glands Dorsal horn - afferent input from skin and muscle Ventral horn - contains motor neurons - efferent output to skeletal muscle
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Which type of neural fiber receive afferent autonomic input at the dorsal horn
B
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Describe the organisation of white matter
- dorsal column - lateral column - ventral column
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What two tracts are there aiding communication between the spinal cord and the brain?
- ascending - descending
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Where are the ascending tracts in the white matter?
Dorsal columns
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What two ascending tracts are there?
- spinocerebellar tracts - spinothalamic tracts
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What kind of info is carried in afferents ascending dorsal columns?
Proprioceptive (limb position, movement and force), discriminative touch
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How is proprioceptive and discriminative touch information carried in afferents ascending in the dorsal column brought to the cerebral cortex and conscious perception ?
- mechanoreceptor afferents - dorsal column nucleus - ventral posterior nucleus of the thalamus
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Whats the pathway called going through the dorsal column?
Medial lemniscus pathway
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Describe the spinothalamic tract
- carries information about pain, innocuous temperature - three neurons bring information to conscious perception 1. Primary afferent synapses in lamina 1,5 of dorsal horn 2. 2nd order spinal projection neuron 3. 3rd order ventral posterior nucleus
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Where do descending tracts arise?
Cerebral cortex and brainstem
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What do descending tracts do ?
Control movement, muscle tone, spinal refelxes, autonomic functions, sensory transmission
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What does the corticospinal tract do?
Movement - prinicpal motor control pathway
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What does the rubrospinal tract do?
Upper limb flexor muscles
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What does the vestibulospinal tracts do?
Msucle tone
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What does the reticulospinal tracts do ?
Voluntary movement, reflexes
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Where does the corticospinal tract originate?
- motor cortex - precentral gyrus - and related cortices
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Describe the course of motor neurons in the corticospinal tract
- cortical axons travel via posterior limb of internal capsule through ventral part of brainstem - axons directly synapse on motor neurons and also with interneurons within the ventral horn
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Describe the fasciculus gracilis
- from ipsilateral dorsal root ganglia - large-diameter afferents - below T6 to ipsilateral nucleus gracilis - touch and position info from ipsilateral leg
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Describe the fasciculus cuneatus
- from ipsilateral dorsal root ganglia - large diameter afferents - above T6 - to ipsilateral nuclues cuneatus - touch and position information from ipsilateral arm
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Describe the lateral corticospinal tract
- from contralateral motor cortex to motor neurons and interneurons - voluntary movement
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Describe the spinothalamic tract
- from contralateral posterior horn to thalamus - pain and temp and some touch info from contralateral half of the body
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Columns of white matter recap
ventral column - contains spinothalamic tract Lateral horn - contains cerebrospinal tract Dorsal column - contains medial lemniscus (DCML) tract from fasciculus gracilis (arm) and fasciculus cuneatus (leg)
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Which ascending tract delivers unconscious proprioception information
Spinocerebellar

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