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CNS - 11 parts
11 parts of the CNS to be matched with description
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sensory & motor interpretation; language. Stroke (CVA), Cerebral Palsy, Alcoholism, Alzheimer's, Tumor | Cerebrum |
| Balance, coordination, dysmetria (past pointing), dyssynergia (lack of coordination), diadochokinesia (rapidly alternating movements), tandem gait. Multiple Sclerosis, Alcoholism and a form of Cerebral Palsy | Cerebellum |
| Two point discrimination, vibration, and joint position sense (proprioception) MS, Tabes Dorsalis, Leprosy | Posterior Columns |
| Voluntary motor, flexors of the hands & feet. UMNL | Corticospinal (pyramidal) |
| Pain & temperature. Syringomyelia | Lateral Spinothalamic |
| Crude light touch | Anterior Spinothalamic |
| Balances reflexes and postural muscles. Benign positional vertigo and Labyrinthitis | Vestibulospinal |
| Muscle tone and synergy to proximal flexors of the extremities | Rubrospinal |
| Muscle tone and synergy to the voluntary extensor muscles. | Reticulospinal |
| Crosses at medullary pyramids and travels to the flexors of the extremities | Lateral Corticospinal |
| Crosses at the segmental level and then to the flexors of the trunk. UMNL | Ventral Corticospinal |