The Spinal Cord Level

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FIGURE 24.1 The relationship of the spinal cord segments and spinal nerves to the vertebral bodies and spinous processes. In newborns, the spinal cord may extend as far caudally as…

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The Neurologic History

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Patients are even more secretive about drug habits. Tactful opening questions might be to ask whether the patient has ever used drugs for other than medicinal purposes, ever abused prescription…

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The Glossopharyngeal and Vagus Nerves

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FIGURE 18.1 Section through the medulla at the level of the inferior olivary nucleus. CN IX exits the skull through the jugular foramen, lateral and anterior to CNs X and…

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The Exteroceptive Sensations

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FIGURE 32.1 Diagram of the spinal cord and dorsal root showing the peripheral receptors and terminations of fibers within the spinal cord. The majority of axons originating from second-order spinothalamic…

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The Corticospinal (Pyramidal) Level

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FIGURE 25.1 A lateral view of some of the clinically relevant cortical areas from the Brodmann cytoarchitectonic map. (Modified from Kiernan JA. Barr’s The Human Nervous System: An Anatomical Viewpoint….

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The Proprioceptive Sensations

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FIGURE 33.1 The pathways for position sense and fine discriminative touch through the posterior columns and medial lemniscus. Proprioceptive impulses from the head and neck enter the central nervous system…

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The Extrapyramidal Level

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FIGURE 26.1 Drawing of the superior surface of an unstained horizontal section of the adult human brain, through the internal capsule, basal ganglia (BG), and thalamus. The internal capsule thrusts…

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Postural and Righting Reflexes

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Related posts: The Interoceptive, or Visceral, Sensations The Motor Unit Level Diagnostic Reasoning and Neurologic Differential Diagnosis Cerebral Sensory Functions The Olfactory Nerve Gross and Microscopic Anatomy of the Cerebral…

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The Hypoglossal Nerve

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FIGURE 20.1 Section through the medulla at the level of the decussation of the medial lemniscus. The hypoglossal fibers gather into two bundles, which perforate the dura mater separately, pass…

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The Superficial (Cutaneous) Reflexes

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FIGURE 39.1 Sites of stimulation employed in eliciting the various superficial abdominal reflexes. The responses are typically brisk and active in young individuals with good anterior abdominal tone. They may…

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