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Spinal Sensory Motor Pathways

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White matter is what?   show
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What are the bundle of nerve fibers in white matter called?   show
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show Posterior - b/w midline and dorsal horn of spinal cord Lateral - b/w dorsal and ventral horns Anterior - b/w midline and ventral horn of spinal cord  
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show Posterior - pure sensory Lateral - both sensory and motor Anterior - both sensory and motor  
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What are the tracts in the posterior column?   show
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show Corticospinal Rubcrospinal Reticulospinal Vestibulospinal  
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What are the tracts in the anterior column?   show
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show Sensory nerve fibers Take info from spinal cord to higher regions  
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show Motor nerve fibers Takes info from higher regions to spinal cord  
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In reflex arc, how many neurons need to be engaged?   show
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show Spinal cord, in grey matter, in substantia gelatinosa  
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show Relay info from somatic receptors to primary somatosensory area in the cerebral cortex  
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show 3  
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show Axon collaterals  
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show Have cell bodies in their dorsal root ganglia and central processes that enter the spinal cord via the dorsal root  
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show Either  
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Describe the path for the second order neuron in the somatic sensory pathway.   show
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Describe the path for the third order neuron in the somatic sensory pathway.   show
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Where will the second order neuron in the somatic sensory pathway cross to the opposite side?   show
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If transmitting info for touch or pain, where is the cell body for third order neurons in the somatic sensory pathway?   show
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For the pathway for pain and temperature, where will the second neuron cross over?   show
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What side of the patient loses pain and temperature if the spinal cord is cut?   show
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What pathway does the information for pain and temperature relayed on?   show
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show Connects to second neuron in dorsal horn of the spinal cord, on same side the nerve impulse comes from  
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For the spinothalamic pathway, describe the path for the second order neuron   show
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For the spinothalamic pathway, describe the path for the third order neuron   show
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What pathway does the information for touch and proprioception relayed on?   show
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The info for discriminative touch and proprioception aids in what activities?   show
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What kind of info is relayed in the posterior column-medial lemniscus pathway?   show
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show Cell body in DRG enters spinal cord and ascend in posterior column of same side without synapsing  
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Fibers from the lower part of the body ascend in what tract in the dorsal column?   show
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Fibers from the upper part of the body ascend in what tract in the dorsal column?   show
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Where do the first order neurons synapse with the second order for the posterior column-medial lemniscus pathway?   show
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What are the second order neurons referred to in the posterior column-medial lemniscus pathway?   show
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show Medial lemniscus  
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show Internal arcuate fibers cross the midline, making an arc Will be packed in small area called medial lemniscus Will travel to the VPL nucleus of thalamus  
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show Crude touch or vibration No awareness of discriminating senses  
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For the posterior column-medial lemniscus, describe the path for the third order neuron   show
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What kind of information is relayed in the anterolateral pathway?   show
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What tract does the information for crude touch and pressure relayed on?   show
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show Cell bodies in DRG enter spinal cord via dorsal root and synapse with second order neuron in dorsal horn on same side  
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show Travel up or down one or two segments in Lissauer's tract  
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show AKA dorsolateral tract Between tip of dorsal horn and surface of spinal cord  
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What is the function of Lissauer's tract?   show
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What would be an example of needing Lissauer's tract?   show
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For the anterolateral pathway, describe the path for the second order order neuron   show
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show Anterior white commissure  
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show Small white matter between anterior horns of spinal cord in front of central canal  
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What makes up the anterior white commissure?   show
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show Both sides  
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show Vague awareness and crude localization of touch and pressure  
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show Travel to cerebral cortex via internal capsule  
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At level of cerebral cortex, describe awareness of senses. (anterolateral)   show
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show Anterior and lateral spinothalamic tract  
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What kind of information is relayed in lateral spinothalamic tract?   show
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show Identical except for function and location  
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For the lateral spinothalamic pathway, describe the path for the first order neuron   show
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show From dorsal horn, axon will cross midline to opposite lateral funiculus and travel to VPL of thalamus to synapse with 3rd order neuron  
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What is the NT used at synapse of 1st and 2nd order neurons in the lateral spinothalamic tract?   show
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show Travel to cerebral cortex via internal capsule  
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show Proportional  
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show Proportional  
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show Superior colliculus of midbrain  
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show Functionally, transmits typical spinothalamic impulses into tectum of midbrain  
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show Utilizes different parts of the brain for different functions for information traveling in the brainstem Synapses with other neurons which activate reflex or inhibit pain  
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show Drives reflexes  
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In taste, what is the afferent and efferent?   show
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Hearing reflex, what is the afferent and efferent?   show
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show Spinoreticular Spinomesencephalic  
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Describe the spinoreticular tract   show
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show Bring a sense of awareness and alertness to the injury  
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Is the spinoreticular tract a collateral of the spinothalamic?   show
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show Enters dorsal horn and synapses but does NOT cross Travels up same side of SC in lateral column Terminates in periaqueductal gray region of midbrain  
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What is the periaqueductal grey region?   show
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What do the neurons in PAG contai?   show
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What region has connections to the limbic system?   show
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What is the implication of connecting to the limbic system for the spinomesencephalic tract?   show
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What is syringomyelia?   show
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show 2 From departure to destination  
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show Ventral horn - motor Lateral - visceral motor  
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In motor pathways, where could the neuron end up in the brain stem?   show
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Describe the pathway for upper motor neurons   show
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What kind of nerves is the corticobulbar tract associated with?   show
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show Brainstem CN III, IV in midbrain CN V-VIII in pons CN IX-XII in medulla  
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show Start in brainstem and end in spinal cord  
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show Spinal cord Ventral horn  
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show Begins in brainstem or spinal cord and innervates muscles  
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Where in the brainstem does the lower motor neuron arise from?   show
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show Ventral horn  
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For upper motor neuron lesions in the corticospinal tract, what side of the body would the signs be presented?   show
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show Spastic muscles (increased muscle tone, no inhibitory influences) Exaggerated or pathological reflexes (i.e. Babinski sign) Paresis (weakness) or paralysis when voluntary movement attempted  
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show Flaccid muscles and atrophy Loss of reflexes Paresis or paralysis when voluntary movement attempted  
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For lower motor neuron lesions, what side of the body would the signs be presented?   show
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show Internal capsule Crus cerebri of midbrain Basilar portion of pons Pyramid of medulla  
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What happens at the junction of the medulla and spinal cord for the corticospinal tract?   show
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Describe the path for the lateral corticospinal tract   show
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Describe the path for the anterior corticospinal tract   show
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Which fibers are responsible for coordinated, precise, and voluntary skeletal muscle movements?   show
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show Sensory cortex, cerebellum, etc  
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show Because core receives input from both sides of the brain, damage to one side won't cause completely paralysis  
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What is the implication of the anterior corticospinal tract movement and where it synapses for limbs?   show
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What tract is older than corticospinal?   show
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show Crawling before walking Damage to CPT can be overcome with time by RS  
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show Rubrospinal  
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What is the rubrospinal tract called a crossed pathway?   show
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show Red nucleus of midbrain  
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Describe the path for the rubrospinal tract   show
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What muscles are inhibited for the rubrospinal tract?   show
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What muscles are excited for the rubrospinal tract?   show
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show Starts at spinal cord then goes all the way up  
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What is the implication of the direction of nervous system development?   show
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The fibers in rubrospinal tract are concerned with what?   show
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Rubrospinal tract receives input from what structures?   show
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Where does the tectospinal tract begin?   show
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show Spinotectal tract terminates there Tectospinal tract begins there  
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show From superior colliculus, fibers soon cross and descend through brainstem to anterior column of spinal cord Terminate in upper cervical segments of spinal cord  
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show CN III, IV, VI - coordinate head and eye movement  
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What is the function of tectospinal tract?   show
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Which cranial nerve descend into segments of the spinal cord   show
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show C1-C6  
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Describe the path for the lateral vestibulospinal tract?   show
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What is the function of the lateral vestibulospinal tract?   show
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What muscles are inhibited in the lateral vestibulospinal tract?   show
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show Extensor  
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