Lecture 21

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What type of receptors does the somatosensory system receive information through? (4)= Mechanoreceptors, thermoreceptors, nociceptors, proprioceptors

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Where is this information received?= In the primary sensory cortex

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What are the morphological differences between mechanoreceptor types? (3)= Free nerve endings, ecapsulated receptors, unencapsulated

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What are the unencapsulated mechanoreceptors? = Merkel cells

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What are the encapsulated receptors? (3)= Ruffini, pacinian, meissner's

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Where does the dorsal rammus receive sensory information from?= Receptors on the back

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Where does the ventral rammus receive sensory information from? (2)= Front of the body and limbs

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Which rammus forms the brachial plexus?= Ventral

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What do the dorsal/posterior columns carry?= Fine touch, pressure, vibration information

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What information does the anterior spinothalamic tract carry?= Crude touch, pressure

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What information does the lateral spinothalamic tract carry?= Pain, temp

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What information do the posterior and lateral spinocereballar tracts carry?= Proprioception information to the cerebellum

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How are sensory tracts of the spinal cord arranged (sensory nerves of inferior/superior parts of body)? (2)= Inferior body: medial tracts, superior body: lateral tracts (dorsal columns)

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How are sensory tracts of the spinal cord arranged (sensory nerves of proximal/distal parts of body)? (2)= Proximal: medial, distal: lateral (ventral horn of grey matter)

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Describe the first order dorsal column neuron?= Pseudounipolar, enters dorsal root, through dorsal grey horn, ascends fasciulus, synapses cuneate of gracilus nuclei

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Describe the second order neuron of the dorsal column - medial lemniscus tract?= From cuneate/gracile nuclei, decussates as internal arcuate fibres, ascend medial lemniscus tract, synapse at the VPN of the thalamus

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Describe the third order neuron of the dorsal column - medial lemniscus pathway?= From VPN of the thalamus, internal capsule, primary somatosensory cortex

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Describe the 1st order neuron of the anterior spinothalamic tract?= Pseudounipolar neuron, dorsal root, synapse on dorsal grey horn

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Describe the 2nd order neuron of the anterior spinothlamic tract?= From dorsal horn, decussates in spinal cord, through anterior spinothalamic tract, spinal lemniscus to VPN of the thalamus

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Describe the 3rd order neuron of the anteriorspinothalamic tract?= From VPN of the thalamus, internal capsule, primary somatosensory cortex

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Describe the 1st order neuron of the lateral spinothalamic tract?= Enters through dorsal root, synapses dorsal horn

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Describe the 2nd order neuron of the spinothalamic tract?= From dorsal horn, decussate at segmental level, ascent lateral spinothalamic tract, spinal lemniscus to VPN of thalamus

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What is the spinal lemniscus composed of?= Nerve fibres from anterior and lateral spinothalamic tract

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Where does the spinal lemniscus ascend?= Lateral to the medial lemniscus

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