Sensory Systems (Lecture #9)

Question 1

what is the most important part of the diencephalon

Answer 1

thalamus

Question 2

internal medullary lamina

Answer 2

Y-shaped sheet of white matter within thalamus

contains nuclei

Question 3

3 functional categories of antomic groups of nuclei

Answer 3

relay nuclei
intralaminar nuclei
reticular nuclei

Question 4

how are the sensory neurons named/ordered

Answer 4

“first order,” “second order,”etc, starting with the neuron with its cell body in the dorsal root ganglion and moving up toward the cerebral cortex

Question 5

where does the first order neuron always have its cell body

Answer 5

dorsal root ganglion