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| middle portion of brain stem |
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| the cerebellopontine angle is of clinical importance bc... |
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| acoustic neuromas (tumors/vestibular schwannomas) can grow here and affect CN 8(balance, hearing) and eventually CN 7(facial paralysis) |
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- Cluster/network of cell bodies (netting) that run down length of brainstem, runs through pontine sections
- nucleus ambiguus (cell bodies of CN 9 going to stylopharyngeus mm.)
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| superior and inferior colliculi[image] |
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| rubrospinal tract, flexors of upper extremity, found in rostral midbrain |
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| blood supply to the midbrain |
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branches of the
- posterior cerebral artery
- superior cerebellar artery
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| in the blastocyte, the ECTODERM becomes: |
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sensory organs, epidermis, nervous system |
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| neural tube deficit: cranial end of tube stays open, no forebrain, skull, or hemispheres develop. Babies live 1 week at most |
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- neural tube deficit
- inferior neuropore doesn't close
- vertebrae don't close around neural tube
- cause: less than 400mg folic acid during pregnancy
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- 1 hemisphere
- 1 eye or no eye
- usually die
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| half of those with ____________ have defects in their neuronal dendrites and spines |
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| lesion of hypoglossal nerve CN 12 - test by...... |
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Having patient stick out tongue
- UMN lesion: tongue deviates to...?
- LMN lesion: Tongue deviates and looks wavy(flaccid) on lesioned side
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| solitary nucleus (doughnut) contains which cranial nerves? |
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- CN 9 visceral sensation (including posterior tongue taste) and info from carotid sinus and carotid arch
- CN 7 taste
- CN 10
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- CN 9 parotid gland
- mostly CN 7
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| Where is the nucleus for CN 12/hypoglossal nerve? |
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| hypoglossal nucleus in medulla |
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| putamen + globus pallidus = |
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| caudate + putamen+ globus pallidus = |
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| structures that make up the basal nuclei |
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1. caudate
2. putamen
3. globus pallidus
4. subthalamic nucleus
5. substantia nigra |
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| lesion of the subthalamic nucleus causes... |
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| contralateral hemibalism (uncontrollable flinging of upper or lower extremity) |
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- genetic disease of the striatum - 90% loss of striatal neurons, loss of Ach
- causes hyperkinetic disturbances
- onset at 35-40 years or age, 10-15 years to live
- flattened, small head of caudate
- early symptoms: absentmindedness, clumsiness, irritability, depression
- later symptoms: choreiform movements, cognition and speech decline, severe dementia, psych disorders
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- autoimmune disease that affects children
- consequence of rheumatic fever caused by strep infection
- onset 6 mos. after infection, lasts 3-6 weeks
- syptoms
- chorea that is flowing and restless
- muscular weakness
- hypotonia
- behavioral: symptoms of OCD, ADHD, irritability
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