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REVIEW SELF-QUIZ

QUESTION 1 (Slide Review 1, slide GROSS 3)

2) Name three places where the fibers in this pathway terminate. __________________________________

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What loss would result if the pathway were cut at the point where the pointer touches it? ______________

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3) Important vessels enter the brain in this region; give their name(s) and give one structure that they supply.
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11) Identify this small, dark purple structure with wiggly edges. __________________________________

Give two symptoms that result when this structure is damaged. ___________________________________

QUESTION 2 (Slide Review 1, slide GROSS 5)

4) Destruction of the gyrus lying just above this sulcus on the right side of the brain (right hemi

sphere) would result in what sensory loss? ___________________________________________________

9) Identify this cranial nerve. ______________________________________________________________

10) What (output) pathway originates in this structure,and where does this pathway terminate?

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QUESTION 3 (Slide Review 1, slide GROSS 6)

1) Name this space. _____________________________________________________________________

Describe the path of CSF as it leaves this space, and, ultimately, returns to the venous system. ______________________________________________________________________________________

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8) What sensory pathway passes through this structure? _________________________________________

What loss would result if this structure were badly damaged on the left side of the brainstem? _______________________________________________________________________________________

14) Identify this thalamic nucleus. __________________________________________________________

What would happen to the pupillary light reflex if this nucleus were damaged on the left side of the

brain? _________________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 4 (Slide Review 1, slide GROSS 8)

4) Identify this surface "bump". ___________________________________________________________

What nucleus lies just deep to this landmark? _______________________________________________

7) This cranial nerve is exiting through the middle cerebellar peduncle; what motor loss would result

if it were cut on the left side of the brainstem?_________________________________________________

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What effect would the same cut have on: a) the pupillary light reflex and b) the corneal reflex?

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9) What part of the motor cortex (from a somatotopic point of view) is normally supplied by this

blood vessel? __________________________________________________________________________

Is this vessel a part of the anterior or posterior systems? _____________________________________

QUESTION 5 (Slide Review 2, slide 2)

2) Name this nucleus. ___________________________________________________________________

Neurons here send their axons to terminate in what nucleus? (include the word ipsi/contralateral in

your answer) __________________________________________________________________________

5) Name this pathway. __________________________________________________________________

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In what structure and "zone" will these axons terminate? ____________________________________

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10) Name this structure. _________________________________________________________________

Neurons here send their axons to the cerebellum. Through which peduncle do they travel and with what cells in the cerebellar cortex do they make synaptic contact? (include the word ipsi/contralateral in your answer)
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QUESTION 6 (Slide Review 2, slide 6)

3) Identify the nucleus found in this region. Also give the letters often used (GSA, etc.) to describe its function. _____________________________________________________________________________

Describe, in words, the function of the neurons in this nucleus. _________________________________

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6) How would you test this nerve? _________________________________________________________

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Describe the nature of the corticobulbar input to this nucleus? ________________________________

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10) What motor nucleus is found in this region? _______________________________________________

Neurons here contribute axons to which cranial nerve(s)? ________________________________________

QUESTION 7 (Slide Review 2, slide 11)

1) Identify this nucleus. Also give the letters used to describe its function. ________________________

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A lesion here would also destroy the fibers of a cranial nerve (labeled #2) that loops around the nucleus. What motor loss would result because of damage to this second structure?
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3) What somatic sensory pathway ascends in this area? ______________________________________

Where do the axons in this pathway have their cell bodies? (include the word ipsi/contralateral in

your answer). __________________________________________________________________________

What loss would result if the axons marked by the yellow and green dots were cut? _______________

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QUESTION 8 (Slide Review 2, slide 13)

1) Identify this compact bundle of fibers. ___________________________________________________

Where do these axons have their cell bodies? _______________________________________________

2) What ascending somatic sensory pathway is found in this region? ____________________________

In what nucleus will the axons of this pathway terminate? _____________________________________

3) Identify this motor nucleus and give the letters used to describe its function. ___________________

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What other motor nuclei lie in the same functional cell column? ________________________________

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QUESTION 9 (Slide Review 3, slide 16)

2) Identify this pathway. _________________________________________________________________

Some of the fibers within this bundle are part of a somatic sensory pathway. Where will they termi

nate and what sorts of sensations do they convey?____________________________________________

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4) Give the input and output pathways for this structure. _____________________________________

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What word is used to describe how the neurons in this structure are organized. _____________________

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5) Describe how this cranial nerve exits from the skull. _______________________________________

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In a subject who has this cranial nerve (the left one) damaged, what movements of the head are used

to minimize the resultant diplopia? ________________________________________________________

QUESTION 10 (Slide Review 3, slide 21)

4) Where do these axons have their cell bodies? _____________________________________________

Describe what would happen to the pupillary light reflex if this pathway were cut on the right side of

the brain. Also, what would happen to the corneal reflex? ______________________________________

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5) Where will this pathway terminate? Where did it originate? ________________________________

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It's not very obvious - so what's the best way to find it? _______________________________________

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8) Identify this "C shaped" structure. _____________________________________________________

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QUESTION 11 (Slide Review 3, slide 24)

4) In what "division" of the brain is this nucleus found? What pathway provides the major input to

the nucleus? __________________________________________________________________________

What blood vessels supply the region where this nucleus is located? _____________________________

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6) What pathway descends in this region? _________________________________________________

Damage to this pathway is associated with a classical group of symptoms. Give three of them?

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9) Identify this nucleus. ________________________________________________________________

Describe the clinical picture that results when this nucleus is damaged on the left side of the

brainstem. __________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 12 (Slide Review 3, slide 30)

1) Identify this nucleus. ________________________________________________________________

This nucleus is one of many that could be considered a part of the limbic system. Why is that?

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2) Identify this nucleus. ________________________________________________________________

Of which cerebellar "loop" or circuit is this nucleus a part? ___________________________________

10) Damage to this nucleus gives rise to what movement disorder? ____________________________

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Will the abnormal movements be ipsilateral or contralateral to the damaged nucleus? ____________

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QUESTION 13 (Slide Review 4, slide 34)

6) Identify this nucleus. ___________________________________________________________

Give 3 abnormal findings (symptoms) associated with destruction of this nucleus in experimental

animals. ___________________________________________________________________________

8) Identify this general region of the brain. ________________________________________________

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Give three sorts of problems that might result following damage to this region. ___________________

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11) Identify this tract. _________________________________________________________________

It is one component of a famous neural "circuit". What is the name of the circuit? ________________

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QUESTION 14 (Slide Review 4, sagittal slide 9)

1) Identify this gyrus. _________________________________________________________________

6) Name one place where the fibers in this "peduncle" will terminate. __________________________

8) Identify this structure. ______________________________________________________________

10) Identify this pathway. _____________________________________________________________

11) What is this space, and how does CSF exit from it? _____________________________________

QUESTION 15 (Slide Review 4, frontal slide 38)

1) Identify this structure. ______________________________________________________________

Where did most of these fibers originate and where will most of them terminate?_________________

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5) Identify this structure. ______________________________________________________________

Where does the major input to this structure come from? ____________________________________

8) Identify this structure. ______________________________________________________________

9) Identify this blood vessel ____________________________________________________________

10) Identify this fissure ________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 16 (Slide Review 4, horizontal slide 16)

1) Identify this structure. _______________________________________________________________

2) Identify this structure. _______________________________________________________________

3) Identify this nucleus _________________________________________________________________

4) Identify this space. __________________________________________________________________

8) Identify this structure. ________________________________________________________________

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