Development
I am the innermost layer of the embryo
What is the endoderm?
I am found at all levels of the brainstem. (Name 2)
What is the medial lemniscus, spinothalamic tract, corticospinal tract, reticular formation, and parts of the trigeminal complex?
This part helps you to recognize when you are moving up and down.
What is the saccule?
Function of the Rubrospinal Tract.
What is UE flexion?
What kind of impairments are associated with an emotional loop? (list at least 2)
What is Depression, emotional blunting, masked facial expression, and excessive gambling?
I form from the neural crest
What is the PNS?
My responsibility is moving the eyes down and in.
What is Cn IV?
Location of a lesion that results in complete blindness in one eye.
What is the optic nerve?
A patient suffered a head and spinal cord injury. The patient was seen with arms extended at the time of the injury. What kind of posturing is this?
What is Decerebrate posturing?
What is dysmetria?
What is inability to accurately move to intended distance?
If the neural tube does not close, you get this condition.
What is anencephaly
I provide taste to the posterior 3rd of the tongue. I also elevate your palate.
What is Cn IX?
Loss of vision to the temporal vision fields.
What is Bitemporal hemianopia
A patient has a lesion on the posterior part of their spinal cord. What impairments might you see?
What is Sensory loss (light touch, proprioception, vibration)?
You notice the patient in front of you reach for a cup of water, and their limb shows a considerable amount of shaking. What is this called?
What is an Action tremor?
I form the pons and medulla. (Secondary vessicle)
What is the metencephalon?
Brainstem level (see Tab 2)
What is the caudal pons
Turning the head to the right and nodding yes stimulates these the most.
What is the right posterior canal and left anterior canal?
This type of neuron is associated with muscle spindles. (Hint: Hyperreflexia)
What is Gamma neurons?
What might you see with a lesion to the Vestibulocerebellum?
What is Nystagmus: abnormal eye movement?
I’m known as the most serious type of AC Malformation. I lead to the most serious neurological deficits.
What is Type IV?
What is #6? (see tab 3)
What is the cerebral aqueduct?
I innervate the anterior and horizontal SCC.
What is the superior vestibular nerve?
A lesion here causes contralateral UE and LE motor and sensory loss. (Hint: Related to a type of stroke)
What is Internal capsule?
Explain the difference between the tremor you might see with a cerebellar lesion compared to parkinsons's disease.
Cerebellar - action (during voluntary movement), Parkinson's - resting tremor with PIGD, or both with TD PD.
PIGD: Postural Instability Gait Difficulty
TD PD: Tremor-Dominant Parkinson's Disease