Frontal Lobe
Primary components of the motor cortex.
What are the primary motor area, pre-motor area, and supplementary motor area.
Muscles controlled by lateral corticospinal tract.
What are distal muscles (especially flexors).
What is controlled by medial tracts.
What is control of posture and proximal (core) movements.
Five primary nuclei of basal ganglia.
What are caudate (cerebrum), globus pallidus (cerebrum), putamen (cerebrum), substantia nigra (midbrain), and subthalamic nuclei (diencephalon).
General functions of the cerebellum.
What are proprioception, timing, and spatial organization.
Type of movement controlled by primary motor cortex.
What is contralateral voluntary movement.
The percentage of corticospinal tract that desiccates in the pyramids.
What is 90% (10% becomes anterior corticospinal tract).
The four medial tracts.
What are the reticulospinal tract, medial and lateral vestibulospinal tracts, and medial corticospinal tract.
What are automated movements, motor planning connections, and inhibiting movement.
Function of the flocculondular lobe.
What are trunk control, posture, posture reflexes, balance.
Location of primary motor cortex.
What is the precentral gyrus.
Function of rubrospinal tract.
Facilitates antagonists of antigravity muscles.
Muscles controlled by medial corticospinal tract.
What are neck, shoulder, and trunk muscles.
Function of putamen and globus pallidus.
What is activating movement.
Functions of the anterior lobe.
What are postural control and adjustments.
What pre-motor cortex controls.
What is anticipatory postural adjustments.
Where rubrospinal tract originates.
What is the red nucleus (of midbrain).
Muscles controlled by medial/lateral vestibulospinal tracts.
What are neck and upper back muscles.
Function of substantia nigra.
Functions of the posterior lobe.
What are praxis, coordination, and timing and fluidity of speech.
Symptoms of lesions in pre-motor cortex.
What are apraxia, perseverating, and lack of ability to perform rhythmic movement.
Location of corticospinal and rubrospinal tracts in spinal cord.
What is the lateral group.
Vestibular functions of medial/lateral vestibulospinal tracts.
What are: receives info about head position/movement and maintains center of gravity over BOS.
Functions of subthalamic nuclei.
What is ??. Functions are not clear as of yet.
Functions of the vermis.
What are affective response, timing, and emotion.