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26 Cards in this Set
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What sensory information does the dorsal column carry?
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discriminitive touch
pressure vibration proprioceptionkinesthesia |
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What sensory information does the lateral spinothalamic carry?
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pain and temperature
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What sensory information does the anterior spinothalamic carry?
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Crude and light touch
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What sensory information does the posterior spinocerebellar carry?
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carries proprioception of individual muscles
carries sensory information from the muscle spindles, GTO and joint receptors in the PNS |
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What sensory information does the anterior spinocerebellar carry?
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carries proprioception of whole limbs carries sensory information from the muscle spindles, GTO and joint receptors to the cerebellum
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What motor information does the lateral and anterior corticospinal tracts carry?
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Carry conscious/voluntary motor information from the precentral gyrus (primary motor area
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What motor information does the vestibulospinal tracts send?
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automatic movement such as postural reactions and head righting
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What motor information does the rubrospinal tract send?
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flexor muscles of the limbs
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What is the function of the medullary reticulospinal tract send?
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inhibits antigravity muscles so it inhibits extensor tone
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What is the function of the pontine reticulospinal tract send?
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facilitates antigravity muscles-facilitates extensor tone
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decorticate rigidity results from a lesion where?
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corticospinal tracts
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decerebrate rigidity results from a lesion where?
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extrapyramidal spinal cord tracts
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Which is most common decorticate or decerberate?
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decorticate
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Describe decorticate rigidity
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UE are in flexion LE in extension
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Describe decerberate rigidity
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Both UE and LE are in extension
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What is the function of the tectospinal tract?
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reflexively turns head to visual and auditory stimulus
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Wernickes aphasia and Brocas aphasia are what hemisphere disorders?
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Left hemisphere
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Left neglect occurs due to a lesion on which hemisphere?
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Right
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What are the three types of white matter or myelinated axons?
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Commissural
Association Projection |
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What is the function of the superior and inferior colliculi?
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Connect brainstem with cerebellum.
Superior:vision Inferior:auditory |
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What is one of the most common forms of congenital hydrocephalus?
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Arnold Chairi Formation
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What are the purposes of the CSF?
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protection
nutrition transportation of hormones in the brain |
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What is expected with a anterior cerebral artery stroke?
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deficits in executive functioning, motor planning, and emotional regulation
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What is expected with a posterior cerebral artery stroke?
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visual deficits
memory loss |
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What is the most common artery to become occluded resulting in stroke?
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Middle cerebral artery
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What are the three major symptoms of cerebellar arterial occlusions?
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incoordination
ataxia intention tremors |
