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CNS 2nd lecture exam - Cerebellum

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Cerebellum intergrate very rapidly information on what ? (3)   1. Momentary status of muscle contraction 2. Joint tension 3. Visual and auditory input on equilibrium  
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Cerebellum makes our movements ___?   Smooth and effective (influences muscle tone and posture)  
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Right cerebellar hemisphere deals with which side of the body?   Right  
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___ is one of the cerebellum's greates attributes?   Compensation  
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The cerebellum is attache to the MO via the ___. To the pons via the ___ and the midbrain via the ____   1. Inferior cerebellar peduncle - restiform body 2. Middle cerebellar peduncle 3. Superior cerebellar peduncle  
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Most common brain tumor in a child is a ___? Where does it occur?   1. Medulloblastoma 2. Superior medullary velum  
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External subdivisions of the cerbellum?   Median = vermis Lateral = Hemispheres  
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Inferior cerebellar peduncle: __ dominate and __ are present   Afferent dominate and efferent are present  
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Middle cerebellar peduncle: ___ fibers only!   Afferent  
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Superior cerebellar peduncle: __ dominate and ___ are present   Efferent fibers dominate and afferent fibers are present  
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What is the white mater of the cerebellum called?   Corpus meduallare  
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White matter of cerebellum is continuous with what?   The 6 cerebellar peduncles  
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Extension of white matter toward the periphery appear as a branching tree called the what?   Arbor Vitae  
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The anterior of Paleocerebellar lobe receives its input from which 2 tracts?   Spinocerebellar and cuneocerebellar  
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The function of the paleocerebellar lobe?   General muscle tone  
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The posterior or neocerebellar layer gets its input from where and what is its function?   1.Corticopontocerebellar 2. Coordination of skilled movement  
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The flocculonodular lobe receives input from where and its function?   1. Vestibular nucleus 2. Equilibrium  
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Isolated in the white matter are 4 pairs of nuclei called the what?   Central cerebellar nuclei  
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Types of neurons in the cerebellum?   Perkinje, golgi II, Stellate, Basket, Grannular  
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Two axons that bring input to the cerebellum?   Mossy and climbing fibers  
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How might the cerebellum deal with restoring muscle tone of the left thigh?   1. Anterior spinocerebellar tract will take input to the inferior and-or superior cerebellar peduncles. 2. From there, fibers will travel to the anterior lobe. 3. From there, fibers will go down to the globose and fastigial nucleus.  
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What fibers take messages away from the cerebellum? (efferent)   Purkinje fibers  
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Most purkinje axons terminate in the ___. But a few bypass to ___. What neurotransmitter do they release?   1. Deep central cerebellar nuclei 2. Deiter's portion of the vestibular nuclei 3. GABA  
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Grannular cells are stimulates by incomming what?   Mossy fibers  
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Grannular cells are stimulated by what?   Glutamate  
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Mossy fibers originate where?   Spinocerebellar and corticopontocerebellar tracts  
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Information leaves the cerebellar cortex via ___? Their inhibitory target is the what?   1. Perkinje cells 2. Deep cerebellar nuclei  
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Grannular cells are excitatory to what? Neurotransmitter?   1. Perkinje cells 2. Glutamate  
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Where do climbing fibers originate? Neurotransmitter?   1. Inferior olivary nucleus 2. Aspartate  
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Purkinje cell layer is composed of haw many cell bodies?   30 million  
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Are pukinje cells excititory or inhibitory?   Inhibitory  
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What is the most abundant neurotransmitter in the brain?   Glutamate!  
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How many grannular cells are there?   3-7 million per mm3  
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Mossy fibers stimulate what? Excitory or inhibitory?   1. Grannular cells 2. Excititory  
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Which are more numorus: mossy or climbing fibers?   Mossy  
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Grannular cells synapse with what? They are ___ and release what?   1. Purkinje 2. Excititory 3. Glutamate  
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Purkinje are stimulated by 2 excititory cells?   Mossy and climbing fibers  
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Input from climbing and mossy fibers is intergrates through which cells?   Perkinje, stelate, basket, golgi II, grannular  
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Mossy fibers are excitatory to what?   Grannular cells  
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Purkinje cells go where? Excitatory or inhibitory? Neurotransmitter?   1. Deep nuclei 2. Inhibitory 3. GABA  
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Climbing fibers go where? Excitatory or inhibitory? Neurotransmitter?   1. Purkinje cells 2. Extremly excitatory 3. Aspartate  
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Largest and most lateral nuclei?   Dentate  
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The anterior lobe of cerebellum synapses with which 2 deep nuclei?   Globose and fastigial  
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The posterior lobe synapses with what deep nuclei?   Eboliform and dentate  
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What does the flocculonodual lobe synapse with?   Fastigial nuclei  
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Efferent cerebella outflow: Where does the fastigial nucleus terminate? Via what?   Vestibular nuclei and CN 3, 4 and 6 via the inferiror cebrebellar peduncle  
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Cerebellar outflow: where do globose axons terminate? Via what?   Red nucleus and reticular formation via the superior cerebellar peduncle  
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Cerebellar efferent outflow: Where do the dentate and eboliform axons terminate?   Red nucleus and thalamus via the superior cerebellar peduncle  
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Is the cerebellar functionally ipsi or bilateral?   Ipsilateral  
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Equilibrium disturbances where patient fights from falling backwards AKA what? This is due to a lesion in this lobe.   Flocculonodular syndrome due to a lesion in the flocculonodular lobe  
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Ataxia is what and results from a lesion in what lobe?   Lack of order of coordination due to a lesion in the neocerebellum  
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Intension tremors are common in what lobe?   Neocerebellar  
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What is dysmetria?   When you over or undershoot your target  
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Repetative jerking movements of the eyeballs is called what? This is due to a ___ impairement.   1. Nystagmus 2. Flocculus-Fastigial impairment  
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Nystagmus is related to which cranial nerves?   3,4,6  
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