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What are the hallmark signs of an upper motor neuron (UMN) lesion?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
1. Hyperreflexia 2. Spastic paralysis 3. Positive Babinski signContinue reading
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What tract carriers fibers for voluntary refined movements of the distal extremities?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Corticospinal tractContinue reading
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What is the name of the tract in which the dorsal columns from the lower extremities run?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Fasciculus gracilis (It is medial of the two tracts on a cross-section of the spinal cord; the lateral tract is the fasciculus cuneatus.) Remember: Lower extremities dancing-graceful-gracilis.Continue reading
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What is the function of the superior colliculi?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Cell bodies that are to be relayed to the thalamus for sight are found there. (Sight and superior start with S.)Continue reading
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In order for sensory information from the dorsal columns and the spinothalamic tract to get to the cerebral cortex, they must use what thalamic relay nucleus?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Ventroposterolateral (VPL)Continue reading
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In which region of the spinal cord does the spinothalamic tract cross over?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Ventral white commissure (VWC)Continue reading
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Sensory information from the spinothalamic tract sends its information to what region of the cerebral cortex?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Postcentral gyrusContinue reading
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In which region of the brain stem do the dorsal columns cross over?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Lower medulla (synapse on nucleus gracilis or cuneatus)Continue reading
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What tract carries conscious proprioception,fine touch, two-point discrimination, and vibratory sense?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Dorsal column tract (all senses except pain and temperature)Continue reading
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What tract of the spinal cord carries dorsal column information from the upper extremities?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Fasciculus cuneatusContinue reading