Overview of Motor Systems
Keywords size principle, spasticity, Babinski sign, fasciculate, atrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Chapter Outline Each Lower Motor Neuron Innervates a Group of Muscle Fibers, Forming a Motor Unit, 118 Lower…
NEUROLOGY
Comprehensive Quiz
The material in this study guide, as well as the study questions that go with the material, has thus far been parceled out into (I hope) easy-to-digest chunks. This parceling…
Organization of the Brainstem
Keywords midbrain, pons, medulla, ascending reticular activating system, pyramid, cerebral peduncle, anterior inferior cerebellar artery, posterior inferior cerebellar artery, basilar, vertebral arteries Chapter Outline The Brainstem Has Conduit, Cranial…
Brainstem Summary
Keywords corticospinal tract, pyramid, medial lemniscus, spinothalamic tract, medial longitudinal fasciculus, reticular formation, periaqueductal gray, substantia nigra Chapter Outline Caudal Medulla, 97 Rostral Medulla, 98 Caudal Pons, 99 Rostral…
Hearing and Balance : The Eighth Cranial Nerve
Keywords endolymph, hair cells, vestibulocochlear nerve, ototoxicity, organ of Corti, acoustic reflex, conductive hearing loss, sensorineural hearing loss, vestibulo-ocular reflex, nystagmus, vertigo Chapter Outline Auditory and Vestibular Receptor Cells…
The Thalamus and Internal Capsule: Getting to and From the Cerebral Cortex
Keywords relay nuclei, association nuclei, anterior limb, posterior limb, sublenticular limb, retrolenticular limb Chapter Outline The Diencephalon Includes the Epithalamus, Subthalamus, Hypothalamus, and Thalamus, 103 The Thalamus Is the…
The Chemical Senses of Taste and Smell
Keywords taste buds, tongue innervation, orbital cortex, piriform cortex, solitary tract and nucleus Chapter Outline The Perception of Flavor Involves Gustatory, Olfactory, Trigeminal, and Other Inputs, 81 Taste Is…
Cranial Nerves and Their Nuclei
Keywords oculomotor, trochlear, facial, glossopharyngeal, abducens, trigeminal, vagus nerves, vestibulocochlear, hypoglossal, accessory Chapter Outline Cranial Nerve Nuclei Have a Generally Predictable Arrangement, 72 Cranial Nerves III, IV, VI, and…
Spinal Cord
Keywords spinal cord, ventral horn, dorsal horn, dermatomes, posterior columns, autonomics, spinothalamic tract, lower motor neurons, upper motor neurons, dorsal root ganglia Chapter Outline The Spinal Cord Is Segmented,…
Sensory Receptors and the Peripheral Nervous System
Keywords primary afferents, receptive field, neuronal adapting, nociceptors, proprioception, blood-nerve barrier Chapter Outline Receptors Encode the Nature, Location, Intensity, and Duration of Stimuli, 50 Each Sensory Receptor Has an…
