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Neuro 11 - Vestibular Systems Flashcards

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Where is the vestibular labyrinth located

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Petrous temporal bone —> filled with perilymph

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Describe the organelle structure of the vestibular labyrinth

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  1. Saccule - connected to utricle and cochlea
  2. Utricle
  3. 3x semicircular canals. Posterior (/inferior) semicircular canal, anterior (/superior) semicircular canal and lateral semicircular canal. All canals meet at utricle
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Vestibular hair cell cilia are embedded in?

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Gelatinous matrix containing CaCO3 crystals - otoconia

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Vestibular hair cells are mechanical transducers that detect static tilt and acceleration (i.e. if you move at constant speed, fluid doesn’t move, eyes don’t move). Describe their basic structure

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Sensory hairs have stereo cilia - arranged in rows of varying highs, with a single long kinocilium

The nerve endings are 2 types:

Type 1 - chalice like endings forming ribbon synapses

Type 2 - simple nerve terminals

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Briefly describe the transduction mechanism

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(Similar to cochlea)

Hair cell receptor potential produced –> if hair cell moves towards kinocilium, depolarisation. If away then hyper polarisation

Ganglion cell discharge also depends on direction –> if toward kinocilium, increased frequency, if away from kinocilium, decreased frequency

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What does the striola do?

and static labyrinth

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Striola - divides hair cells into distinct populations with opposing hair bundle polarities

Saccular and utricular maculae lie PERPENDICULAR to each other meaning movement in any direction will stimulate a distinct subset of cells

i.e. head tilt to one side has opposite effects on corresponding hair cells of the other side (CaCO3 crystals involved as well)

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Linear acceleration is dealt with by?

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2 otolith organs - i.e. utricle and saccule

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Angular acceleration is dealt with by?

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3 semicircular canals (horizontal, anterior, posterior)

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Describe the kinetic labyrinth

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Semi-circular canals (SCC) involved

  • In SCC, crista of ampulla (lots of hairs) detect head rotation in 3 orthogonal planes
  • Cilia of hair cells embedded in gelatinous projection - “cupula”
  • Hair cells stimulated by differential movement of endolymph and crest
  • Kinocilia all oriented in same direction on each side of the head
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Which artery supplies the inner ear

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Anterior inferior cerebellar artery - also supplies cerebellum/other parts of the brain

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Vestibular nerve primary afferents (superior and inferior) end in..?

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Vestibular nuclei of brainstem and in cerebellum

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What are the 4 vestibular nuclei, and how are they organised?

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Superior, inferior, medial and lateral

Static labyrinth (otoliths) —> lateral and inferior

Kinetic labyrinth (SCC) goes to superior and medial

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Where do vestibular nuclei project to?

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  1. Spinal cord
  2. Nuclei of extra ocular muscles
  3. Cerebellum (ventral posterior and ventral lateral nuclei of thalamus)
  4. Centres of CVS + respiratory control
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3 things which vestibulo-cerebellar pathway regulates

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  1. Movement coordination
  2. Posture regulation
  3. VOR modulation
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Vestibular system has resting discharge (nerve fibres giving info at a basal rate). What are the 3 states of the hair cells

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  1. Resting
  2. Excitation
  3. Inhibition
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Linear acceleration and tilt (and gravity) are caused by otolith movement. Explain linear acceleration

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Utricle = horizontal plane movement

Saccule = vertical plane movement

Tilting causes movement of CaCO3 crystals which applies different weight/pressure on the hair cells, so hair cells move in appropriate direction relative to kinocilium.

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Semi-circular canals are used for angular acceleration. Explain how

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Works via endolymph inertia –> cupula moves and displaces hair cells

If cupula to utricle: depolarisation, if cupula away from utricle: hyperpolarisation

Endolymph flow is different direction to head motion

SCC ONLY RESPOND TO ACCELERATION/DECELERATION, NOT CONSTANT VELOCITY

18
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In both static and kinetic movement (i.e. otolith and SCC), the same movement generates opposite …….

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Opposite effects in each ear –> but both interpreted in a complementary way by the brain

19
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Explain how the SCC work in pairs

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Both horizontal SCC work together

Lt Ant and Rt Post (LARP)

Rt Ant and Lt Post (RALP)

i.e. one ant and one posterior

20
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What are the 2 vestibular reflexes

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  1. VSR

2. VOR

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Describe the VSR

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VSR = vestibulospinal reflex

Consists of:
1. Lateral vestibulospinal tract - ipsilateral, motor neurons to limb muscles (lumbar spinal cord)

  1. Medial vestibulospinal tract - bilateral, motor neurons to neck and back muscles (doesn’t go to lumbar area - stops at cervical and upper thoracic spinal cord). Although bilateral –> has a more dense ipsilateral projection
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Describe Vestibulo-ocular pathways

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Has about 8ms latency.

Functions to keep images fixed, works on connection between vestibular nuclei and oculomotor nuclei. Maintains our gaze on focussed objects.

Eye movement in opposite direction to head movement

23
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Superior and medial vestibular neurones project to motor neurones supplying

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Extraocular muscles

Axons ascend in MLF -(–> excite ipsilateral oculomotor and contralateral abducens muscles)

24
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Explain nystagmus

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  1. One side vestibular labyrinth doesn’t work
  2. So brain only has one input (from other sides basal firing rate)
  3. Brain thinks that youre turning your head but you’re not
  4. VOR triggered and eyes drift towards side that is lesioned. Then you move your eye back to centre as you realise. Rinse repeat
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How are vestibular disorders diagnosed?

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  1. Anamnesis
  2. Balance and gait assessment
  3. Cerebellum
  4. Gaze assessment - eye movements
  5. Vestibular tests
  6. Imaging
  7. Subjective assessment
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What are symptoms of vestibular dysfunction

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  1. Vertigo - illusion of movement
  2. Dizziness, giddiness
  3. Unsteadiness
  4. Self motion perception
27
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What are the balance disorder types?

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Peripheral and central vestibular disorders

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Where are central vestibular disorders occuring

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CNS - e.g. stroke, MS, Tumours

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Where are the peripheral vestibular disorders occuring

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Labyrinth and CN8 - e.g. vestibular neuritis, BPPV, Menieres disease, BVF, UVF

30
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Vestibular disorders can be classified into 4 types (evolution)

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  1. Acute: vestibular neuritis (labyrinthitis)
  2. Intermittent - Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BBPV)
  3. Recurrent - Menieres disease - rare; or migraine (common)
  4. Progressive - Acoustic neuroma (CN8)

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