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Spinal Anatomy
Irene Gold: Part 1 Boards - Spinal Anatomy (NWHSU)
Question | Answer |
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The organs, gut & respiratory tract come from what germinal layer? | Endoderm |
Muscles, ligaments & tendons come from what germinal layer? | Somatic, Paraxial Mesoderm |
The urogenital system comes from what germinal layer? | Intermediate Mesoderm |
What layer of mesoderm does the adrenal cortex, cardiovascular system & lymph comes from? | Lateral plate of the Mesoderm |
What does surface ectoderm give rise to? | Hair, skin, eyes, anterior pituitary gland ( * note * where the posterior pituitary gland comes from the epithalamus of the diencephalon) |
In what pathology would you see a 'fawns beard' | Spina bifida occulta |
What gives rise to the sympathetic chain ganglion, dorsal root gal, ANS/PNS | Neuroectoderm, Neural Crest |
The adrenal medulla vs. the adrenal cortex come from what different Germinal layers | Medulla: Neural Crest neuroectoderm Cortex: Lateral plate mesoderm |
Arnold Chiari (Type 2) is a combination of what 2 issues? | Cerebellar tonsil herniation thru foramen magnum & Meningiomyelocele |
What is: failure of maxillary & palatine bones to fuse? | Cleft palate |
How many pairs of spinal nerves are there? | 31 pairs |
What do the spinal nerve pairs arise from? | Somites from paraxial mesoderm |
Epimere gives rise to | Dorsal muscles (extensors) |
Hypomere gives rise to | Ventral muscles (flexors) |
Mesenchyme > Bone (process is called) | Intramembranous ossification |
Cartilage > Bone (process is called) | Endochondral ossification |
What does the stomadium give rise to? | The mouth |
What does the optic cup give rise to? | The retina |
What is the 'foregut' | mouth to first 1/3 of the duodenum |
What is the 'midgut' | last 2/3 of the duodenum to the first 2/3 of the transverse colon |
What is the 'hindgut' | Last 1/3 of the colon to the anus |
What does the gubernaculum become in males vs. females | Males: Scrotal ligament Females: Suspensory Ligament of the ovaries |
What part of the neuroectoderm do the spinal cord & brain come from? | Neural tube |
What connects the lateral ventricles to the 3rd ventricle? | Interventricular Foramen of Munro |
What connects the third & fourth ventricles? | Aqueduct of Silvius (in midbrain) |
Where is the fourth ventricle located? | Pons & Medulla |
Where is the obex? | The floor of the 4th ventricle |
The myelencephalon becomes? | medulla & spine |
The metencephalon becomes? | Pons & cerebellum |
The telencephalon becomes? | Cortex |
Which hypothalamic nuclei has axons containing oxytocin? | Paraventricular Nucleus |
Which hypothalamic nuclei has axons containing ADH (vasopressin) | Supraoptic nucleus |
Where are releasing factors held? | The periventricular zone of the hypothalamus |
Nucleus that receives input from amygdala and hypothalamus | Dorsomedial nucleus |
Nucleus that is relay between thalamus & limbic system | Anterior nucleus |
What nucleus does non-specific cortical activation? | Reticular projection group (intralaminar nuclear group) |
Thalamic nucleus for conscious sensory info from the body | VPL |
Thalamic nucleus for conscious sensory info from the face | VPM |
Thalamic nucleus for the auditory pathway | Medial geniculate (area 41,42) |
Thalamic nucleus for visual pathway | Lateral geniculate (area 17) |
What lobe of the brain is the auditory pathway in? | Henshul lobe |
What lobe of the brain is the visual pathway in? | Occipital lobe |
What type of stimulus does the basal ganglia have on the cerebral motor cortex? | Inhibitory |
Globus Pallidus + Putamen make up what nucleus? | Lenticular nucleus |
Nucleus accumbens + caudate + putamen make up what? | The striatum |
Area 17 is? | Primary visual cortex |
Area 3,1,2 is? | Primary sensory cortex (pre-central gyrus) |
Area 4,6 | Primary Motor cortex (post-central gyrus) |
What gyrus is the pathway between the thalamus and hippocampus | Cingulate gyrus |
What nucleus receives information from the tongue (taste) | Rostral Nucleus Solitarius |
What nerve contains the SVAs from the anterior 2/3 of the tongue (inn. by the facial n.) | Chorda tympani n. |
What is the tract that carries auditory input? | Lateral lemniscus |
The raphe nuclei (periaquaductal grey) does what? | Blocks pain sensation, releases enkephalins |
Where is short term memory located? | Middle temporal lobe |
Where is long term memory located | Inferior temporal lobe |
Loss of memory is from damage to what portion of the brain? | Hippocampus |
Sensory aphasia is from damage to what area? | Wernicke's sensory language area |
What can cause Wernicke's sensory aphasia? | B1 (Thiamine) deficiency from alcoholism |
What is the function Wernicke's area (22) in language? | Interpretation, making sense of language, understanding it. |
Where does word blindness occur? | Angular gyrus |
Motor aphasia is from damage to what area? | Broca's speech area (inferior left frontal lobe) |
Corticospinal & Corticobulbar tracts are in which lobe? | Frontal lobe |
Where are corticobulbar fibres located in the internal capsule? | Genu of the internal capsule |
The lateral corticospinal tract primarily innervates what muscles? | Appendicular |
The anterior corticospinal tract primarily innervates what muscles? | Axial |
Does the Ant or Post Corticospinal tract innervate muscles bilaterally? | Anterior corticospinal tract is bilateral at the level of innervation |
In which neurodegenerative disease would you see cogwheel rigidity & paralysis agitans? | Parkisons |
What neurotransmitter does the caudate secrete? | GABA (inhibitory to the brain) |
A genetic defect in the caudate, effecting GABA release, causes what disease? | Huntington's Chorea |
The caudate and putamen are separated by what? | Internal capsule |
The primary function of the hypothalamus is? | Homeostasis |
Special cells that make blood brain barrier | Astrocytes |
Special cells that line the ventricles? | Ependymal cells |
Where are arachnoid granulations located? | Superior sagittal sinus |
What are the myelin producing cells in the CNS? | Oligodendrocytes (derived from neural tube) |
Myelin in the PNS is derived from? | Neural crest |
Loss of peristalsis in digestive system, you've probably lost function of what plexuses? | Meissner's (mucosal) & Auerbachs (muscular) - collectively the myenteric plexus |
What are the 2 diseases which occur with loss of the myenteric plexus? | Achalasia & Congential Megacolon (Hirshsbrung's) |
What are the cells that inhibit the alpha motor neuron? | Renshaw cells |
At what level do the vertebral arteries enter the spine? Skull? | C6 & Foramen magnum |
What artery is damaged in Wallenberg syndrome? | PICA (no collateral circulation) |
Damage to the PICA causes loss where? | Ipsilateral loss to the face and contralateral loss to the body |
Common Cartoid bifurcates to become internal & external carotids at what level? | C3/4 |
What is the parent artery to the middle meningeal artery (feeds dura) | Maxillary artery of the External carotid |
What is the parent artery to the ophthalmic a. to the eye? | Internal carotid |
What causes hydrocephalus (water on the brain) | Blockage of ventricles/CSF flow in the superior sagittal sinus (in the falx cerebri) |
What are the attachment sites of the falx cerebri? | Crista galli and tentorium cerebelli |
A subdural hematoma is caused by damage to what? | Damage to the sinuses causes a subdural hematoma (venous system damage) |
What is the final drainage vessel of the sinuses? | Internal jugular vein |
From the 4th ventricle, where does CSF flow? | Through foramen of Magendie & Lushka to the subarachnoid space to be resorbed by the arachnoid villi |
What does a berry aneurysm cause? | Subarachnoid hemorrhage |
What does a middle meningeal a. tear cause? | Epidural hemorrhage |
What separates the lateral ventricles in the cortex? | septum pellucidum |
Which cranial nerves exit the skull via the jugular foramen? | Glossopharyngeal (9) Vagus (10) Spinal Accessory (11) |
Which cranial nerve exits the skull via the hypoglossal foramen? | Hypoglossal (12) |
Which cranial nerve exits the skull via the stylomastoid foramen? | Facial (7) |
Which cranial nerve exits the skull via the internal acoustic meatus | Vestibulocochlear (8) (* facial also passes through here first, then the stylomastoid foramen) |
Which cranial nerves exit the skull via the Superior Orbital Fissure? | Ophthalmic (3) Trochlear (4) V1 of Trigeminal (5) Abducens (6) |
Where do V2 and V3 of Trigeminal (5) n. exit the skull? | V2 = Foramen Rotundum v3 = Foramen Ovale |
What vessel exits the foramen spinosum? | Middle meningeal artery |