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In a pseudo-unipolar neuron, what perpetuates the action potential?
Both axons
What 'receptors' have no true pad?
Thermal receptors and pain receptors (exposed nerve_
Thermal and nociceptors are ____ and ____ fiber groups
A delta or C
Mechanoreceptors are ______ and _______ fiber groups
A alpha or A beta
Ruffani are for ______, Pacinian for ______ Merkel for _______, and Meissner for ________.
Ruffani: Touch
Pacinian: vibration
Merkel: pressure
Meissner: Touch
When are fast somatic receptors excited?
During onset and removal
When are slow somatic receptors excited?
From onset and during stimulation
What are the fast somatic receptors, from small to large?
Mesisner's Pacinian
What are the slow somatic receptors from small to large?
Merkel's, Ruffani's
______, _______, and _______ is soma
Sin, skeletal, muscle and bone
_____, ______, ______ and ______ is visceral
Smooth, cardiac, glands and organs
What is the order of skin receptor myelination?
A alpha, A beta, A delta, or C
What is the order of muscle receptor myelination?
Ia, or Ib, II, III, IV
What are the 3 systems/tracts of deep sensibility?
Dorsal columns, medial lemniscus system, spinocerebellar tracts
What are the modalities of deep sensibility?
Vibration, discriminatory touch, pressure and proprioception
What is the ability to recognize 3D objects by touch?
Stereognosis
Discriminatory touch is important for what 2 abilities?
Stereognosis and graphesthesia
________ carries proprioception from upper extremities, lower are carried by __________
Fasciculus cuneatus

Spinocerebellar tracts
Lower extremity DS goes from the _____ to _____ to _______ without ________
DR ganglion --> fasciculus gracilis --> nucleus gracilis in the medulla without crossing
The most medial fibers represent the _______ of lower extremity DS
Sacral contribution
Upper extremity DS goes from the _____ to _____ to _____ without ________
DR ganglion --> fasciculus cuneatus --> nucleus cuneatus in the medulla without crossing
Upper extremity unconscious proprioception enter the cerebellum as the _________
Unconscious, cuneocerebellar tract
What are sent for reflexes?
Fasciculus gracilis and cuneatus collaterals to various levels of both horns bilaterally
Where do the fibers of the reflexes travel?
Fasciculus proprius (thin grey matter outline)
For the DSCT, dorsal root ganglion enter the ____ and synapse with the _______
Dorsal horn, nucleus dorsalis (Clarke's column)
The nucleus dorsalis gives rise to the _______ which _________
Dorsal spinocerebellar tract, ascends to medulla without crossing
In the medulla what does the conscious proprioception fibers synapse with?
Nucleus Z
In the medulla what structure does the unconscious proprioception fibers enter?
Cerebellum, via the inferior cerebellar peduncle
Who carries conscious proprioception only? Unconscious only? Both?
Conscious: FG
Unconscious: VSCT
Both: FC and DSCT
What is the order of travel for the VSCT?
Nucleus proprius --> ventral white commissure (cross) ---> superior cerebellar peduncle (cross)
What is the order of travel for the VSCT?
Nucleus proprius --> ventral white commissure (cross) --> superior cerebellar peduncle (cross)
______, ______, & _______ combine to form the arcuate fibers that cross the _______, forming what?
Nucleus gracilis, cuneatus and Z combine to form arcuate fibers; cross the great sensory decussation to form the contralateral medial lemniscus
How is the medial lemniscus somatotopically arranged in the medulla?
Cervical (dorsal) to sacral (ventral)
How is the medial lemniscus somatotopically arranged in the midbrain?
Cervical (medial) to sacral (lateral)
Nociceptors respond to what?
Noxious stimuli resulting from skin or soft tissue injury
Nociceptor pain results from nociceptor activation due to ________
Tissue injury and resultant inflammation
Neuropathic pain is pain resulting from _________
Direct insult to the nerve
Pain is ________ of an unpleasant stimulus not necessarily a product of __________
Subjective, nociceptor excitation
_________ is transmitted to the spinal cord by myelinated A delta fibers
Fast sharp prickling pain
________ is transmitted to spinal cord by unmyelinated C fibers
Slow dull pain
What type of stimulus is carried by myelinated A delta fibers?
Thermal and mechanical noxious stimuli
What type of stimuli is carried by unmyelinated C fibers?
High intensity thermal, chemical and mechanical noxious stimuli
What may explain referred visceral pain?
Pain from the viscera enters the spinal cord the same way somatic pain does
What is primary hyperalgesia?
Sensitization of surrounding nociceptors after injury by inflammation
Primary hyperalgesia results from the release of what 6 things?
Bradykinin, prostaglandins, histamine, acetylcholine, substance P, CGRP, etc
The local substances that were released in primary hyperalgesia do what?
Lower the nociceptor's activation threshold (easier to activate_
What is central hyperalgesia?
Sensitization of dorsal horn cells after injury
What is central hyperalgesia due to?
Persistent activation of NMDA receptors by the glutamate releasing C fibers
What may central hyperalgesia result in?
Long term decrease of the pain threshold
In the DL fasciculus of Lissauer, where do the axons go before synapsing in the dorsal horn?
Ipsilateral, two levels up
What types of axons are found in the dorsolateral fasciculus of Lissauer?
A delta and C
Primary afferents synapses with the ____, _____, and ______ of the dorsal horn
Nucleus proprius, pericornual cells and substantia gelatinosa
The interneurons of Lissauer control _________
Pain perception
Axons of the _______ cross in the _______ to from the lateral spinothalamic tract
Nucleus proprius, ventral white commissure
Secondary afferents ascend to the thalamus in the _______ system
Secondary pain and temperature, anterolateral spinothalamic system
The LSTT sends collaterals to the ______, _______. ________ and ________
Reticular formation, periaqueductal grey, nucleus gracilis and cuneatus, and hypothalamus
What is the gate control theory of pain based on?
Proprioceptive and mechanical stimulation diminishes the perception of pain
____ mechanoreceptors send collaterals to the _____ which in turn inhibit _______.
A beta; nucleus substantia; nucleus proprius
_____ and ______ nociceptors send excitatory signals to the ______, inhibiting the _________
A delta and C; nucleus proprius; nucleus gelatinosa
Mechanoreceptors _______ pain, while nociceptors ______ pain, thus ________ occurs
Mechanoreceptors turn off pain while nociceptors turn on pain; thus pain modulation occurs
What are TENS units and what are they based on?
Transcutaneus Electron Nerve Stimulation, pain modulation
Stimulation of what results in specific analgesia?
Periaqueductal gray
What is analgesia? What is anesthetic?
Analgesia: feel no pain
Anesthetic: feel nothing
Stimulation of the periaqueductal gray also results in what?
Blocking of withdraw reflexes in response to painful stimuli
What two structures can be the periaqueductal excite?
Serotoninergic nuclei, noradenergic locus coeruleus
What do the periaqueductal stimulated structures travel in and what do they inhibit?
Fasciculus of Lissauer, pericornual cells and nucleus proprius
The descending inhibitory pathways ultimately interfere with what?
Glutamate secretion of the primary pain afferents
What two things administered in the periaqueductal grey results in anesthesia?
Opioids and electrical stimulation
Are all opiate receptors in the body used for pain control?
No
What four areas make the diencephalon?
Thalamus, hypothalamus, subthalamus and epithalamus (all thalamus!)
What is the primary function of the thalamus?
Autonomic maintenance of consciousness
70% of the population have what structure that transverses the third ventricle?
Interthalamic adhesion
Where is the thalamus found?
Forms the floor of the lateral ventricles and the superior lateral wall of the 3rd ventricle
The thalamus is a collection of _________ and __________
Nuclei and associated laminae
What is the ependymal lining?
The roof of the third ventricle
The lateral surface of the thalamus is covered by a thin sheet of fibers called the ___________?
External medullary lamina
What is the vertical sheet of ________ dividing the thalamus?
White matter, internal medullary lamina
All sensations except ________ pass through the thalami, but are not _________ yet.
All sensations except SMELL pass through the thalami, but are not INTERPRETED yet
The thalamus mediates ___________ from the cerebellum and basal ganglia to the _____________
The thalamus mediates MOTOR INFORMATION from the cerebellum and basal ganglia to the MOTOR CORTEX
Essentially, what does "The thalamus mediates motor information from the cerebellum and basal ganglia to the motor cortex" mean?
Thalamus allows you to start and stop motion correctly
What are the 6 motor groups of the thalamus?
Anterior, medial, ventrolateral, reticular, intralaminar, and midline (6)
The anterior nucleus forms __________, which is the posterior boundary of the __________.
Anterior tubercle, interventricular foramen of Monro
The anterior nucleus receives _________ information. Where is it received from?
Limbic system information, mammillary bodies via the mammillothalamic tract
What is the function of the anterior nucleus?
Memory and emotion
WHat is Korsakoff's syndrome?
Thiamin deficiency due to alcoholism causing destruction around the 3rd ventricle
WHat specific structures are commonly destroyed in Korsakoff's syndrome?
Medial or anterior thamlamic nuclei and the mamillary bodies
What clinically results from Korsakoff's syndrome?
Short term anterograde memory loss with confabulation
The medial group of nuclei receive information from what sources?
Basal ganglia, amygdala, midbrain, and some spinothalamic fibers
The medial group of nuclei project to the ____________.
Pre-frontal lobe
The medial group of nuclei function in ____________.
Memory and behavior
Ablation of the medial group results in what?
Symptoms parallel those of pre-frontal lobotomy
Ventral anterior and ventral lateral receive information from what sources?
Basal ganglia and dentate nucleus
VA and VL project into the __________?
Motor and pre-motor cortices
VA and VL function in __________?
Motor integration and in maintenance of consciousness
Stimulation of the VA/VL causing an increase in what? Ablation does what?
Parkisonia rigidity and tremor

Ameliorate Parkisonian symptoms
All sensation but smell reach consciousness where in the thalamus?
Ventral posterior nucleus
All sensory information from head & face becomes conscious & integrated by what?
Ventral posterior medial nucleus
All sensory information from the body becomes consciousness & integrated by what?
Ventral posterior lateral nucleus
A lesion to the ventral posterior nucleus would result in ________ and __________.
Anesthesia, or thalamic syndrome
What is thalamic stroke?
Loss of all sensation except for a pain hypersensitivity
The medial geniculate body receives information from what sources?
Inferior brachium (from inferior colliculus)
The medial geniculate body projects to the ___________
Auditory cortex via the auditory radiation
Lesion to the medial geniculate body produces what?
Bilateral hearing loss with a greater loss to the contralateral side
THe lateral geniculate body receives information from what source?
Optic tract
The lateral geniculate body projects to the ___________
Visual cortex via the optic radiation
Lesion to the lateral geniculate body produces ___________
Contralateral homonymous hemianopsia visual loss
The lateral dorsal nucleus has reciprocal connections with what?
Limbic system areas
The lateral dorsal nucleus functions in _______________.
Emotional expression
The lateral posterior nucleus has reciprocal connection with what?
Sensory association cortex of the parietal lobe
The lateral posterior nucleus functions in ______________
Integration of sensory information
The pulvinar receives fibers from what sources?
Retina and superior colliculus
The pulvinar projects into the __________ and functions in ___________
Parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes, visualreflexes and eye movement
The reticular nucleus has reciprocal connection with what?
Thalamus and cortex
The reticular nucleus functions in ___________. In other words it ____________.
Modulation of thalamic activity. Tells each nuclei what the others are doing
The intralaminar nuclei function as part of the limbic system in ______________
Maintaining consciousness and alertness, integrating emotional responses to pain
What forms most of the interthalamic adhesions?
Midline nuclei
The hypothalamus forms ________ of the third ventricle. It includes the _______ and _________.
Inferior part of the lateral wall and floor of third ventricle. Mammillary bodies and tuber cinereum
How is the hypothalamus divided?
Anterior, intermediate, and posterior zones
The hypothalamus is part of the _____ and ______, it controls _____________
Endocrine and limbic systems, autonomic resposnes
What are the 8 hypothalamic functions?
1. Endocrine control
2. Neurosecretion
3. General autonomic effects
4. Temperature
5. Sexual behavior/reproduction
6. Biological clock
7. Emotional expression
8. Blood pressure/osmolarity
How is blood pressure and osmolarity controlled?
Regulation of food and water intake
If the hypothalamus satiety center is lesioned what results? Hunger and thirst center?
Hyperphagia, hypophagia
The hypothalamus exerts endocrine control upon the ___________.
Anterior pituitary
What neurosecretions are controled by the hypothalamus and what secretes each?
Oxytocin (paraventricular nucleus), antidiuretic hormone (supraoptic nucleus)
For temperature regulation, the ANTERIOR zone does what?
Lowers body temperatures via cutaneous vasoDILATIONand sweating
For temperature regulation, the POSTERIOR zone does what?
Raises body temperature via cutaneous vasoCONSTRICTION and shivering
Sexual behavior and reproduction regulation is achieved by controlling ____________?
Gonadotropic production by the anterior pituitary
Sexually, what 3 things does the hypothalamus regulate?
Gametogenesis, cyclic variation, maturation and maintenance of secondary characteristics
What nucleus is involved in circadian rhythms and daily body temperatures?
Suprachiasmatic nucleus
The subthalamus serves as the transition zone between the _________ and _________
Midbrain and thalamus
The subtahalmus contains the __________, which is the functional constituent of the __________
Subthalamic nucleus
Basal ganglia
Lesion of the subthalamus causes __________. Describe it
Hemiballismus (uncontrollable violent torsional movements)
What 5 structures make up the epithalamus?
Habenula, stria medullaris thalami, pineal gland, posterior and habenular commissures
The habenula functions in __________of the limbic system
Olfactory reflexes
The posterior commissure connects the __________ and functions in __________
Two superior colliculi, visual reflexes
What 2 things does the pineal gland secrete? What does each do?
Antigonadotropin (inhibit gonadotropin), melatonin (circadian rhythms)
Pineal growth results in __________. Pineal destruction results in __________
Delayed puberty, prec-cocious puberty
How many Boradmann areas are there?
52
The pre-central gyrus, or area ___, is the primary __________ concerned with __________
4
Primary motor cortex
Motion of a joint along a vector
What is the representation of dedicated cortical areas called?
Homunculus
The __________ refers to the precentral gyrus
Motor homunculus
The pre-frontal cortex is concerned with __________, __________ and __________
Motor integration, judgement and language production
Where is Broca's area located? Lesion to Broca's area causes what?
Posterior portion of the inferior frontal gyrus, expressive aphasia
What is the primary auditory cortex?
Transverse temporal gyri of Heschl
Deep into the lateral fissure is the __________ which is concerned with __________
Insula, auditory integration and taste
The occipitotemporal gyri are the visual association areas concerned with __________
Perception of contrast color and shape
Lesion to the occipitotemporal gyri results in __________, specifically __________
Agnosia, prosopognosia
In the temporal, what is concerned with vital function such as feeding/repro and memory?
Parahippocampal gyrus, underline hippocampal formation, and amygdala
The post-central gyrus is the __________ (Areas __, ___, ___)
Primary somatosensory 3, 1, 2
The area posterior to the post-central gyrus is the __________ area
Sensory association area
What is agnosia? What is prosopognosia?
Lack of knowledge, inability to differentiate faces
The sensory homunculus refers to the __________
Post-central gyrus
What does the posterior parietal association areas receive?
Visual, auditory, and limbic inputs concerning 3D perception
Lesion of the posterior parietal association areas results in __________, __________,and __________
Astereognosis, personal neglect syndrome, and spatial neglect syndrome
Where is Wernicke's area?
Posterior portion of the superior temporal gyrus with adjoining inferior parietal lobe
What is asterognosis?
Inability to recognize 3D objects through touch
What is personal neglect syndrome?
Ignoring the left side of one's body
What is spatial neglect syndrome?
Ignoring the left visual field
Lesion to Wernicke's area results in __________
Receptive aphasia (fluent speech with impaired repetition and comprehension)
The occipital lobe contains __________ (Areas __, ___, ___)
Primary and association visual cortices
Lesion of the occipital lobe results in __________
Anopsia
The ANS is largely an __________ system
Involuntary
Which system has the secondary cell body closer to the CNS? To the tissue?
Sympathetic
Parasympathetic
There is no parasympathetic supply to what structures?
Blood vessels of the periphery
Sweat glands are __________ system innervation.
Sympathetic
What has nicotinic ACh receptors?
Somatic, sympathetic and parasympathetic pre-gnaglion
WHat receptors do the sympathetic post-ganglion's contain?
Norepinephrine
What receptors do the parasympathetic post ganglion's contain?
Muscarinic ACh
The ratio of pre-to post-ganglionic fibers is __:___ for the sympathetic system?
1:10
The ratio of pre to post-ganglionic fibers is __:__ for the parasympathetic system
1:3
Autonomic fibers are not specialized so __________
Neurotransmitter may diffuse for great distances before reaching their target
In addition to nAch, what do the ganglionic terminals release
Neuropeptides
What are the noradrenergic receptors?
Alpha 1, 2; Beta 1, 2, and 3
What are the muscarinic receptors?
M1, M2, M3
The enteric division has greater __________ and mediates __________
Autonomy, digestive reflexes
Autonomic nervous system has both ____ and ______ fibers
Motor and sensory
What two things can you find in the ventral root
LMN's and sympathetic pre-ganglionic fibers
Where are pre-ganglionic sympathetic cells are located where?
Intermediolateral gray of T1 - L2
Where is there no white rami communicantes?
Sacral and cervical spine
Grey communicantes can be found where?
Everywhere
What is the order of transmission in the sympathetic supply of body wall and limbs?
White rami --> sympathetic chain --> gray rami --> spinal nerve --> dorsal/ventral rami
What are the other names of the sympathetic chain ganglia?
Sympathetic trunk, paravertebral sympathetic ganglia
The ventral rami innervate __________
Extremities and front (peripheral blood vessels, sweat glands, and arrectores pilorum)
The dorsal rami innervation__________
Back only (peripheral blood vessels, sweat glands, and arrectores pilorum)
What is the order of transmission in the sympathetic supply to head and thoracic viscera?
White rami --> sympathetic chain --> grey rami --> spinal nerve --> plexus or cranial nerves
Lesion of the superior cervical ganglion results in what?
Horner's syndrome (ptosis, meiosis, anhydrosis, and enophthalmos)
What is enophthalmos?
Sunken in eye
What is anhydrosis?
Lack of sweating
What is meiosis?
Pin point pupil
What is the order of transmission of sympathetic supply to abdominal and pelvic viscera
White rami --> sympathetic chain (no synapse) --> splanchnic nerves --> pre-vertebral ganglia
What is the order of transmission in the sympathetic supply of body wall and limbs?
White rami --> sympathetic chain --> gray rami --> spinal nerve --> dorsal/ventral rami
What are the other names of the sympathetic chain ganglia?
Sympathetic trunk, paravertebral sympathetic ganglia
The ventral rami innervate __________
Extremities and front (peripheral blood vessels, sweat glands, and arrectores pilorum)
The dorsal rami innervation__________
Back only (peripheral blood vessels, sweat glands, and arrectores pilorum)
What is the order of transmission in the sympathetic supply to head and thoracic viscera?
White rami --> sympathetic chain --> grey rami --> spinal nerve --> plexus or cranial nerves
Lesion of the superior cervical ganglion results in what?
Horner's syndrome (ptosis, meiosis, anhydrosis, and enophthalmos)
What is enophthalmos?
Sunken in eye
What is anhydrosis?
Lack of sweating
What is meiosis?
Pin point pupil
What is the order of transmission of sympathetic supply to abdominal and pelvic viscera
White rami --> sympathetic chain (no synapse) --> splanchnic nerves --> pre-vertebral ganglia
What are innervate by the pre-vertebral ganglia?
GI tract, pancreas, liver, kidney, bladder and genitalia
hWhat are the 3 pre-vertebral ganglia?
Coeliac, superior mesenteric and inferior mesenteric
What are th3 4 splanchnic nerves?
Greater, lesser, least, and lumbar
What is in place for 'maximum' fight or flight?
Some planchnic nerves bypass pre-vertebral and directly innervate adrenal medulla
When the pre-vertebral ganglion is bypassed, what is innervated and released?
Adrenal medulla, epinephrine and norepinephrine
Where are pre-ganglionic parasympathetic cells found?
Cranial nerves III, VII, IX, X and intermediolateral gray of S2 - 4
What are the pre-ganglionic cells in the brainstem? What nerve is each associated with?
Edinger Westphal (III), Superior Salivatory (VII), Inferior Salivatory (IX), Dorsal Motor (X)
Edinger Westpal fibers synapse in the __________
Ciliary ganglion
Superior salivatory fibers synapse in the __________
Pterygopalatine and submandibular
Inferior salivatory fibers synapse in the __________
Otic ganglion
Dorsal motor nucleus fibers synapse in the __________
Diffuse thoracic and abdominal
Post-ganglionic fibers from the ciliary body innervate __________ and __________
Sphincter papillae, ciliary muscles
Post-ganglionic fibersf rom the pterygopalatine ganglion innervate what?
Lacrimal gland, serous and mucous glands of the nasopharynx
Post-ganglionic fibers from the submandibular ganglion innervate what?
Submandibular and sublingual salivary glands
Post-ganglionic fibers from the otic ganglion innervate what?
Parotid salivatory gland
Post-ganglionic fibers from the diffuse ganglion innervate what?
Heart, lungs, and digestive systems
Via the __________, S2-$ intermediolateral column fibers innervate what?
Pelvic splanchnic nerves, descending and sigmoid colon and pelvic viscera
What is the function of the enteric nervous system?
Control GI tract, pancreas and gallbladder
Enteric sensory neurons respond to __________ and __________
Gut wall tension, chemical change input
Enteric sensory neurons innervate to __________, __________, and __________
Smooth muscle, vasculature, and secretion of the gut
What plexus' are associated with the ENS, which is highly __________
Myenteric and submucosal, highly autonomous
In the ANS sensory, the facial nerve conveys __________
Visceral chemosensory info about taste
In the ANS sensory, the glossopharyngeal conveys __________
Info from head and neck viscera
In the ANS sensory, the vagus conveys __________
Info from thoracic and abdominal viscera
The sensory info of the VII, IX and X nerves converge at the __________
Solitary nucleus
The solitary nucleus projects where, thus activating the limbic system?
Hypothalamus --> thalamus, amygdala, and cingulated cortex
Solitary nucleus projections to the __________ regulate breathing, BP, HR, etc.
Reticular formation and periaqueductal gray
Solitary nucleus exerts direct control of __________ by a set of __________
Autonomic function, reflexes
What are the 3 trigeminal segments and where is each one found?
Opthalmic (superior orbital foramen), maxillary (foramen rotundum), mandibular (foramen ovale)
Lesion to the trigeminal ganglion results in what?
Ipsilateral loss of pain and temperature, and touch from the face
Lesion to the trigeminal nerve results in what?
Ipsilateral loss of pain and temperature, touch, temperature, proprioception and mastication
Lesion to the nucleus of the spinal tract of V nerve?
Ipsilateral loss of pain and temperature
Lesion to the chief sensory nucleus?
Ipsilateral loss of touch of the face
Lesion to the trigeminal meniscus below mid pons?
Contralateral loss of pain and temperature
Lesion to trigeminal lemniscus above midpons?
Contralateral loss of pain and temperature, touch and proprioception
Lesion to the motor nucleus?
Ipsilateral loss of mastication