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1
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The obex is the part of the fourth ventricle that narrows down to become the _____.

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  • Central canal
2
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Neurons on the surface of the obex are exposed to the cerebrospinal fluid in the _____.

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  • 4th ventricle
3
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Neurons on the surface of the obex respond to toxins in the _____ in the 4th ventricle.

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  • Cerebrospinal fluid
4
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The group of neurons on the _____ that responds to toxins in the cerebrospinal fluid is called the area postrema.

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  • Walls of the obex
5
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Neurons in the _____ detect toxins in the cerebrospinal fluid.

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  • Area postrema
6
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Neurons in the area postrema project to the preganglionic parasympathetic neurons in the _____ of the _____ that control the muscles of the stomach.

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  • Dorsal motor nucleus

- Vagus nerve

7
Q

When they detect toxins in the cerebrospinal fluid neurons in the area postrema initiate vomiting through their projections to the _____ of the _____.

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  • Dorsal motor nucleus

- Vagus nerve

8
Q

The _____ is sometimes called the vomiting center.

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  • Area postrema
9
Q

The lateral and anterior spinothalamic tracts carry _____ sensations through the lateral region of the medulla without synapsing.

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  • Protopathic
10
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Axons in the spinothalamic tracts synapse only in the _____.

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  • Thalamus
11
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The axons in the _____ and _____ synapse on second order neurons in the nucleus gracilis and nucleus cuneatus in the lower medulla.

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  • Fasciculus gracilis

- Fasciculus cuneatus

12
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Just as the fasciculus cuneatus is _____ to the fasciculus gracilis, the nucleus cuneatus is _____ to the nucleus gracilis.

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  • Lateral

- Lateral

13
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The axons of the _____ neurons in the nucleus gracilis run ventrad in wide arcs as internal arcuate fibers.

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  • Secondary sensory
14
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Internal arcuate fibers from each _____ cross in the midline just dorsal to the pyramids and turn rostrad to form the ventral half of the contralateral medial lemniscus.

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  • Nucleus gracilis
15
Q

The axons of the neurons in the left nucleus gracilis form the ventral half of the _____ after they cross the midline.

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  • Right medial lemniscus
16
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The axons of the neurons in the nucleus gracilis are _____ until they cross the midline.

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  • Internal arcuate fibers
17
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Internal arcuate fibers make a right angle turn rostrad toward the thalamus when they enter the _____.

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  • Medial lemniscus
18
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The ventral half of the left medial lemniscus carries _____ information from the _____ extremity to the thalamus.

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  • Epicritic

- Right lower

19
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Axons of _____ neurons in the nucleus cuneatus run ventrad in wide arcs, cross the midline, and turn rostrad to form the dorsal half of the medial lemniscus.

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  • Secondary sensory
20
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Axons in the ventral half of the medial lemniscus come from neurons in the _____ and carry epicritic information from the contralateral _____.

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  • Nucleus gracilis

- Lower extremity

21
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Axons in the dorsal half of the medial lemniscus come from neurons in the _____ and carry epicritic information from the contralateral _____.

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  • Nucleus cuneatus

- Upper extremity

22
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When axons from the nucleus cuneatus cross the midline they are _____ to axons from the nucleus gracilis.

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  • Dorsal
23
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Internal arcuate fibers from the nucleus cuneatus must _____ internal arcuate fibers from the nucleus gracilis before crossing the _____.

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  • Cross

- Midline

24
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In the medulla each medial lemniscus is a vertical ribbon of white matter on the _____ side of a pyramid.

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  • Dorsal
25
Q

Tracts are _____; nuclei are _____; but myelinated tracts usually stain black with silver, iron, or osmium, and nuclei usually do not take these metallic stains.

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  • White matter

- Gray matter

26
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A decussation is a crossing of right and left tracts en route from one level to another. Thus, the crossing of internal arcuate fibers to form the medial lemniscus is the _____ of the medial lemniscus.

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  • Decussation
27
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Fibers crossing from one side of the CNS to the other at the same level form a commissure; fibers crossing from one side to the other en route to a different level form a _____.

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  • Decussation
28
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The nucleus _____ and nucleus _____ continue to contribute to the medial lemniscus up to the level of the middle medulla, but the fasciculus gracilis disappears by that level.

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  • Gracilis

- Cuneatus

29
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The nucleus gracilis is on the dorsal surface of the _____ at the _____ level.

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  • Medulla

- Mid-medulla

30
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The nucleus cuneatus is still deep to the _____ lateral to the nucleus gracilis at the mid-medulla level.

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  • Fasciculus cuneatus
31
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The medial lemniscus contacts the posterior surface of the _____ throughout the medulla.

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  • Pyramid
32
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The posterior spinocerebellar tract drifts from its position on the _____ side of the lower medulla to a dorsolateral position at the mid-medulla level.

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  • Lateral
33
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The lateral cuneate nucleus becomes prominent dorsolateral to the nucleus _____ and deep to the posterior spinocerebellar tract at the mid-medulla level.

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  • Cuneatus
34
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The cuneocerebellar tract merges with the _____ tract to form the restiform body at the mid-medulla level.

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  • Posterior spinocerebellar
35
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The bulge on the lateral side of the middle and upper medulla is called the _____.

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  • Olive
36
Q

The inferior olivary nucleus is wavy ribbon of _____ inside the olive.

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  • Gray matter
37
Q

The inferior olivary nucleus receives tendon stretch information from the contralateral side of the body through the _____ and messages from the ipsilateral red nucleus of the midbrain through the central tegmental tract.

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  • Spino-olivary tract
38
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The central tegmental tract carries messages from the _____ of the _____ to the ipsilateral _____ of the _____.

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  • Red nucleus
  • Midbrain
  • Inferior olivary nucleus
  • Medulla
39
Q

It is a bit unfortunate that the tract that should have been called the rubro-olivary tract is called the _____.

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  • Central trigeminal tract
40
Q

The central tegmental tract enters the _____ on its dorsal (posterior) surface.

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  • Inferior olivary nucleus
41
Q

The spino-olivary tract enters the _____ on its convex lateral side.

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  • Inferior olivary nucleus
42
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The spino-olivary tract tells the _____ how an action was carried out.

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  • Inferior olivary nucleus
43
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The central tegmental tract tells the _____ what the action was intended to be.

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  • Inferior olivary nucleus
44
Q

The _____ compares intention and action and communicates that comparison to the contralateral cerebellum.

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  • Inferior olivary nucleus
45
Q

Information from the inferior olivary nucleus allows the contralateral _____ to better assist the ipsilateral cerebral cortex the next time the action is performed.

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  • Cerebellum
46
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The contralateral cerebellum will inform the ipsilateral red nucleus of its intentions and the red nucleus will inform the ipsilateral inferior olivary nucleus of those intentions through the _____.

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  • Central tegmental tract
47
Q

The cerebellum to _____ to _____ to cerebellum circuit is responsible for the simpler aspects of motor learning.

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  • Red nucleus

- Inferior olivary nucleus

48
Q

The right side of the cerebellum projects to the _____ red nucleus which projects to the _____ inferior olivary nucleus which projects to the _____ side of the cerebellum.

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  • Left
  • Left
  • Right
49
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The body part whose performance is subject to the cerebellar learning circuit is ipsilateral to the participating side of the cerebellum but contralateral the participating _____ and _____.

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  • Red nucleus

- Inferior olivary nucleus

50
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The inferior olivary nucleus projects to the contralateral side of the _____ through the restiform body.

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  • Cerebellum
51
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The olivocerebellar tract leaves the medial side of the inferior olivary nucleus and joins the contralateral _____.

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  • Restiform body
52
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The restiform body is formed by the union of the _____ tract, the posterior spinocerebellar tract, and the cuneocerebellar tract.

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  • Olivocerebellar
53
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The olivocerebellar tract curves dorsad to join the _____ and cuneocelebellar tract to form the restiform body.

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  • Posterior spinocerebellar tract
54
Q

The region ventral to the hypoglossal nucleus, dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus, and solitary nucleus and dorsal to the _____ nucleus and _____ is the reticular formation of the medulla.

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  • Inferior olivary nucleus

- Central tegmental

55
Q

The medullary reticular formation contains neurons whose axons form the _____.

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  • Lateral reticulospinal tract
56
Q

The most easily assigned function of the _____ is the stimulation of the lower motor neurons for the _____ of the _____ during absent-minded walking.

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  • Medullary reticular formation
  • Flexion
  • Lower extremity
57
Q

Most of the other _____ in the medullary reticular formation have short axons that create a neural network.

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  • Neurons
58
Q

The neural network of the _____ gets its name from the Latin word for net: reticulum.

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  • Reticular formation
59
Q

The nucleus ambiguus is embedded in the _____ ventromedial to the _____ nucleus.

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  • Reticular formation

- Spinal trigeminal

60
Q

The inferior olivary nucleus is _____ to the reticular formation.

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  • Ventral (anterior)
61
Q

The inferior olivary nucleus projects to the _____ side of the cerebellum via the _____.

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  • Restiform body
62
Q

The inferior olivary nucleus receives information from the _____ of the midbrain via the _____.

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  • Red nucleus

- Central tegmental tract

63
Q

The red nucleus receives information from the _____ side of the cerebellum via the _____.

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  • Contralateral

- Superior cerebellar peduncle

64
Q

The medial lemniscus is _____ to the inferior olivary nucleus.

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  • Medial
65
Q

Each medial lemniscus carries _____ information from the _____ side of the body to the _____.

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  • Epicritic
  • Contralateral
  • Thalamus