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11/05/2008

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Term

The Spinal Cord goes thru what?

 

List the what's function

Definition

center of the spinal cord stacked vertebrae which function to protect the spinal cord

Term
What branches out from the spinal cord?
Definition
Nerve fibers
Term
The Spinal Cord also has the ? containing spinal fluid and its enlargement the ?.
Definition

Subarachoid space

 

lumbar cistern

Term
What is numbered and named according to their location in the spinal column
Definition

Vertebrae

Term
What is numbered and indicated by their corresponding vertebrae
Definition
Spinal nerves
Term
Describe the order starting with medulla oblongata
Definition
Medulla oblongat continues to the spinal cord, thru the cervical nerves, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral and lower ending is the coccygeal
Term
How many spinal nerves?
Definition
31
Term
What occurs just outside the vertebral column
Definition
the ganglion
Term
What are the pards of the vertebrae?
Definition
Body of the vertebrae, vertebral foreman, spinaous process
Term
Where are spinal nerves found
Definition
vertebral space in btw the vertebraes
Term

Talk about joints

Definition

join vertebrae

intervertebral disks (cartilagenous joints)

facet joints (synovial joints - zygopophyseal joints)

Term
Liagaments
Definition
Join vertebrae, longitudinal (ant. post), ligamenta flava, supraspinal
Term
Curvatures
Definition
Thoracic and sacral - primary; cerviacal and lumbar - secondary
Term
Blood Supply
Definition
segmental and vertebral vessels
Term
Spinal cord nerve supply
Definition
to meninges, vertebreae, disks, ligaments, and joints
Term
Abnormalities or defects of spinal column
Definition
scoliosis, lordosis, kyphosis, herniated disks
Term
What is a segment
Definition
section of spinal cord giving rise to a specific spinal nerve; 31 segments
Term
Enlargements
Definition
cervical and lumbosacral - cord larger where nervest to limbs arise
Term
What contains fat and vertebral plexus of veins
Definition
Epidural space
Term
The outer covering - "durable" dural sac ends at S2
Definition
Dura mater
Term
Potential space btw dura and arachnoid
Definition
Subdural Space
Term
Looks like a spider web attached to pia by trabeculae
Definition
Arachnoid mater
Term
What is btw arachnoid and pia ends at s2 - contains cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
Definition
Subarachnoid space
Term
What does the cerbrospinal fluid do?
Definition

Bathe and cushion the brain and spinal cord

Term
Outer layer of CNS, forms dentate ligaments and filum terminale
Definition
Pia Mater
Term
What are the two types of blood supply of vertebrae and spinal cord
Definition

1. Arterial - segmental arteries from which arise: branch to the vertebra, radicular which join to form anterior spinal and posterior spinal arteries

2. Venous - vertbral venous plexus - connects to segmental veing inf. vena cava.

Term
What are the functional considerations of the spinal cord
Definition

- lumbar punture (spinal tap) - to remove csf for analysis

- Anesthesia - spinal; epidural (extradural: caudal

- herniated disks - ridculopathies

- Developmental defects - spina bifida, meningocele, myelomeningocele

Term
The brainstem contains what type of neurons and for what purpose
Definition
lower moter for the muscles of the head and does the inital processing of general afferent information concerning the head
Term
The brainstem consistes of what 3 parts
Definition

midbrain

pons

medulla

Term
Thea activities of the brainstem may be divided into 3 general types
Definition

1. Conduit functions

2. Cranial Nerve Functions

3. Integrative Functions

Term
What are conduit functions
Definition

Are apparent, since the only way for ascending tract to reach the spinal cord is through the brainstem

-Many of these tracts, however, are not straight-through affairs, and relay nuclei in the brainstem are frequently involved

Term
What are Cranial Nerve Functions
Definition
The cranial nerves are the head's equivalent of spinal nerve fibers.  With the addition of special fibers involved in the special senses of olfaction, sight, hearing, equilibrium, and taste.
Term
What are integrative functions of the brainstem
Definition

-A number of integrative functions are organized at the level of the brainstem

- include complex motor patterns, aspects of respiratory and cardiovascular activity, and even some regulation of the level of consciousness

- Much of this is accomplished by the reticular formation

Term
At any given brainstem level rostral to the obex, 3 general areas can be identified in cross section
Definition

1. The area posterior to the ventricular space

2. The area anterior tothe ventricular space

3. and large structures "appended" to the anterior surface of the brainstem

Term

Posterior to the Ventricular Space

(midbrain)

Definition

-only place where this part contains a substantial amount of neural tissue

- called the tectum (roof)

-consists of superior and inferior colliculi

 

Term

Anterior to the Ventricular Space

(midbrain)

Definition

-called the tegmentum

-contains most of the structures including reticualar formation, cranial nerve nuclei and tracts, ascending pathways from the spinal cord and some descending pathways

Term
Structures appended to the anterior surface
Definition

large fiber bundles of the cerebral peduncles, the basal pons, and the pyramids of the medulla.

- these structures contain fiber descending from the cerebral cortex to the: spinal cord; certain creanial nerve nuclei; the pontine nuclei, which in trun project to the cerebellum

Term
Structures in the tectum that are for visual reflexes and relay center for auditory information
Definition
Corpora quadrigemina
Term
Impairment of this results in the loss of consciousness or coma
Definition

reticualar formation

Term
What huge bundle of axons traveleing from the cerebral cortex into/thru brainstem have fibers important for voluntary motor function
Definition
cerbral peduncle
Term

abudent blood supply

aid in the unconscious regulation and coordination of motor activities

Definition
Red Nucleus
Term

nuclear mass btw the tegmentum and cerbral pduncles; has interconnections with other basal ganglia nuclei and is involved in cordinating movement and muscle tone

- Degeneration leads to parkinsons disease

Definition
Substantia Nigra
Term
The midbrain containes which 2 carnial nerve nuclei
Definition
3 and 4 which control eye movement
Term
L bridge is dominated by the massive, transversely oriented structure on its ventral surface called the ?, it looks like a bridge interconnecting the 2 cerebellar hemispshperes.  It DOES NOT actually internconnect them.
Descending fibers in cerebral punducle synapse in ? which acts as a relay stating that connects the motor cortex with the cerebellum concerning the coordination of voluntary movements
Definition
Pons, basal pons, scattered pontine nuclei
Term

What composed the midbrain

Definition
Reticular formation, cerbral peduncle, red nucleous, substantia nigra, medial lemniscus, cranial nerve 3 &4
Term
What is in the pons
Definition
basal pons, scattered pontine nuclei, nerve 5-8 with 3 being along the groove between the basal pons and the medulla
Term
Talk about the cerebellum
Definition

aka little brain, involved in coordination of movement, partial motor learnings, such as riding a bike; IPSILaterally

 

Operates in 3's

- there are 3 highways in and out

- 3 main inputs

- 3 main outpus from deep nuclei

Term
What is in the Diencephalon and what do these structures do?
Definition

Thalamus - egg shaped relay visual, auditory, etc info

Hypothalamus - small region containing nuclei assoc. with limbic and vegtative funcutions such as thirst, temperature, regulation

3rd Ventricle - communicates the lateral ventricals

Term
What is the mesencephalon
Definition

(midbrain)

 

consistes fo tectum, mesnecephalic tegmentum, and cerebral peduncles

Term
What does the metencephalon comprised of
Definition
pons and cerebellum
Term
What is the myelencephalon
Definition
Medulla Oblongata
Term
how are cranial nerves different from spinal nerves
Definition
Cranial nerves are divided to serve on or a few specific functions in wider anatomical area
Term
Which two cranial nerves are not part of the peripheral nervous system
Definition
olfactory and optic nerves - CNS continuation
Term
What are the parts of the vestibular system
Definition

balance

ampula with the cupula

3 semicircular canals

utricle and saccule

Term
Special notes on olfactory nerve
Definition

consistes of the olfactory nerve, epithelium - activated across the criviform plante and pass to the olfactory bulb. only nerve that does not go to the thalamus.

Has only a special sensory component

Term
Special notes on optic nerve
Definition

visual infor enters the eye in photons of light which are converted to electrical signals in the retina and then carried via the optic nerves, chiasm, and to the thalamust to the primary visual cortex

Mostly contralateral

Anatomic pt of view ispilateral

Brodmans area 17

Term
Special notes on cn 3 Oculomotor
Definition

somatic motor - supplies 4 of the 6 extrocular muscles of the eye and muscle of the upper eyelid

Visceral motor - innervation of the constrictor pupillae and ciliary muscles

 

There are 6 extraocular muscles in each orbit

Term
CN 4 Troclear nerve
Definition
Superior oblique muscle - depresses, intorts (rotates inward) and abducts the eye
Term
CN V Trigeminal
Definition

Opthalmic - forehead and corneal sensation and reflex

Maxillary - intraorbital, palatal, and upper teeth

sensation

Mandibular - chin lower teeth and tougue sensation; motor controlling of the jaw

Term
Cranial Nerve 6 Abducen
Definition

Innervates the lateral rectus muscle of the ipsilateral orbit

 

Lateral rectus muscle (abducen) is one of six extraocular muscles responsible for the precise movement of the eye for visual trackong or fixation on an object. 

Term
Cranial Nerve 7 - facial nerve
Definition

Motor activity of the face with 4 components

1.Brancial motor - facial expression

2. Visceral motor - parasymptathetic innervation of the mandibular glands, nasopharynx, hard and soft palate

3. Taste Senstation

4. Sensation fromt he skin of the concha of the auricle and from a small area behind the ear

Term
Cranial Nerve 8 auditory nerve (Vestibulochochlear)
Definition

2 branches

Cochela - auditory related pathway to the brain

Vestbular - balance and postion of the head

Term
Cranial nerve 9 - Glossopharyngeal
Definition

Tounge

Brancial motor - voluntary contontrol of motor elevating pharynx during swallowing and speech

Visceral motor - carries visceral sensory information

general senstory - provides sensory infor form the skin

Special sensory

Term
CN 10 Vagus
Definition

Autonomic Function

Brancial motor - supplies voluntary muscles of the pharynx and most of the larynx

(more see notes)

Term
CN 11 Spinal Caccessory
Definition
moving the head and shoulder
Term
Cn 12 Hypoglossal Nerve
Definition

movement of the tounge

responsible for articulation difficulties, dysarthria

 

test by sticking out tounge

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