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Neuroanatomy
Question | Answer |
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Enters brain stem where | Pontomedullary junction |
Fibers crossed at the trapezoid body and terminate in | Superior olivary nucleus |
Some of the fibers cross at the dorsal and intermediate acoustic tria and end where? | Lateral lemniscus |
Uncrossed fibers travel to | ipsilateral lateral lemniscus or superior olivary nucleus |
from the lateral leminiscus | pons to inferior colliculus in midbrain |
Acends to thalamus through | Internal Capsule to Heschl's Gyrus |
Sense receptor | Cochlea/ cilia |
PNS | CN VIII: Vestibocochlear |
Enters CNS | Pontomedullary junction |
Primary cortical area | Heschl's gyrus |
Association cortical area | superior/medial temporal gyri, Wernicke's area |
static | maintaining balance at rest |
dynamic | maintaining balance at acceleration and deceleration of movement |