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Diencephalon Flashcards

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Components of diencephalon

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  • thalamus
  • hypothalamus
  • subthalamus
  • epithalamus
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What is the thalamus?

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Collection of nuclei and associated laminae

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Location of thalamus

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Lies in the floor of central portion of lateral ventricles and forms the superior part of the lateral wall of third ventricle

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In 70% of the population, the 2 thalami are connected by ____

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Interthalamic adhesion
(Transverses third ventricle)

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What forms the roof of the third ventricle?

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Ependymal lining of 3rd ventricle reflected from one side to the other along stria medullaris thalami

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Lateral surface of the 3rd ventricle is covered by the ____

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External medullary lamina

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Internally, the thalamus is divided by a vertical sheet of white matter called ____

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Internal medullary lamina

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Functions of thalamus

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  • receives info about sensation, vision, hearing
  • mediates motor info from cerebellum and basal ganglia to the motor cortex
  • involved in autonomic maintenance of consciousness
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Name the nuclear groups of the thalamus

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  • anterior
  • medial
  • ventral anterior
  • ventral lateral
  • ventral posterior medial
  • ventral posterior lateral
  • pulvinar
  • medial geniculate body
  • lateral geniculate body
  • Lateral dorsal
  • lateral posterior
  • reticular
  • intralaminar
  • midline
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Name the ventrolateral nuclei of the thalamus

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  • lateral dorsal
  • lateral posterior
  • ventral anterior
  • ventral lateral
  • ventral posterior medial
  • ventral posterior lateral
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Anterior nucleus receives ____ information from the _____

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Limbic system information from mammillary bodies
(Via mammillothalamic tract)

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Anterior nucleus projects to the…

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Cingulate gyrus and frontal cortex

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Function of anterior nucleus of the thalamus

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Memory & emotions

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What causes Korsakoff’s psychosis/syndrome?

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  • Chronic severe alcoholism (thiamine deficiency)
    —> lesions typically around the 3rd ventricle, especially medial & anterior thalamic nuclei, mammillary bodies and/or connections between them
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What are the symptoms of Korsakoff’s psychosis/syndrome?

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  • Short term memory loss
  • patient attempts to compensate by confabulating (inserting remote past memories, blatantly untrue stories to fill in gaps)
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Medial group of nuclei of the thalamus receives information from…

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Basal ganglia
Amygdala
Midbrain
Some spinothalamic fibers

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Medial group of nuclei of the thalamus project to the ____

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Prefrontal lobe

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Function of medial group of nuclei of the thalamus

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Memory & behaviour

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Ablation of medial group of nuclei of the thalamus results in…

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Symptoms that parallel those of prefrontal lobotomy (also affected in Korsakoff’s)

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Ventral anterior & ventral lateral nuclei of the thalamus receive information from…

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Basal ganglia & dentate nucleus

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Ventral anterior & ventral lateral nuclei of the thalamus project to…

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Motor & premotor cortices

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Function of ventral anterior & ventral lateral nuclei of the thalamus

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Motor integration & maintenance of consciousness

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Stimulation of ventral anterior and ventral lateral nuclei of the thalamus causes…

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Increase in Parkinsonian rigidity and tremor

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Ablation of ventral anterior & ventral lateral nuclei of the thalamus has been shown to….

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Ameliorate Parkinsonian symptoms

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All sensation except olfaction reaches consciousness in the ____, is integrated and sent to the sensory cortex
Ventral posterior nucleus of the thalamus
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Ventral posterior medial nucleus of the thalamus
All sensory information from the head & face reaches consciousness and is integrated
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Ventral posterior lateral nucleus of the thalamus
All sensory info from the body reaches consciousness and is integrated
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Lesion of ventral posterior nucleus of the thalamus
Anesthesia (loss of sensation) or thalamic syndrome (hypersensitivity)
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medial geniculate body receives information from…
Inferior brachium and therefore from inferior colliculus
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Medial geniculate body projects to…
Auditory cortex via auditory radiation
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Medial geniculate body is part of the…
Auditory pathway
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Lesion of medial geniculate body results in…
Diminished hearing more pronounced contralaterally
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Lateral geniculate body receives information from…
Optic tract
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Lateral geniculate body projects to…
Visual cortex via optic radiation
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Lateral geniculate body is part of the ____
Visual pathway
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Lesion of lateral geniculate body results in…
Visual loss (contralateral homonymous hemianopsia)
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Lateral dorsal nucleus has reciprocal connection with…
Limbic system areas
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Function of lateral dorsal nucleus
Emotional expression
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Lateral posterior nucleus has reciprocal connections with…
Sensory association cortex of parietal lobe
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Function of lateral posterior nucleus
Integration of sensory information
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Pulvinar receives fibers from…
Retina and superior colliculus
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Pulvinar projects in the…
Parietal, occipital, & temporal lobes
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Functions of pulvinar
Visual reflexes and eye movement
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Reticular nucleus has reciprocal connections with…
Thalamus & cortex
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Function of reticular nucleus
Modulation of thalamic activity
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Intralaminar nuclei includes the ____
Centromedian nucleus
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Functions of Centromedian nucleus
Functions as part of Limbic system in maintaining consciousness & alertness and in integrating emotional responses to pain
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Midline nuclei form most of the ____
Interthalamic adhesion
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Hypothalamus forms the…
Inferior part of lateral wall, and floor of 3rd ventricle
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Mammillary bodies and tuber cinereum are part of the ____
Hypothalamus
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Hypothalamus is divided by the ____ into…
Columns of Fornix Anterior, intermediate, posterior zones
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Hypothalamus is part of the ____ system
Limbic Controls autonomic responses and is part of endocrine system
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# hypothalamic functions Endocrine control
By formation of releasing & release inhibiting factors that promote production & secretion of hormones by cells of anterior pituitary
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# hypothalamic functions Neurosecretion
- occurs via hypothalamohypophyseal tract - paraventricular nucleus secretes Oxytocin - supraoptic nucleus secretes ADH
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Lesion of supraoptic nucleus causes…
Diabetes insipidus -> polydipsia, polyuria
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# hypothalamic functions General autonomic effects
Different regions mediate sympathetic or parasympathetic activity
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# hypothalamic functions Temperature regulation
- Anterior zone responds to increases in temperature by causing cutaneous vasodilation & sweating - posterior zone responds to decreases in temperature by causing cutaneous vasoconstriction & shivering
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# hypothalamic functions Blood pressure & osmollarity control
- Regulation of food & water intake - contains a glucose sensitive satiety centre and a hunger & thirst centre
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Lesion of glucose sensitive satiety centre causes ____
Hyperphagia
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Lesion of hunger & thirst centre causes ____
Hypophagia
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hypothalamic functions
1. Endocrine control 2. Neurosecretion 3. General autonomic effects 4. Temperature regulation 5. Blood pressure & osmollarity control 6. Sexual behaviour & reproduction 7. Biological clock 8. Emotion, fear, rage, aversion, pleasure, reward
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# hypothalamic functions Sexual behaviour & reproduction
Controls gametogenesis, cyclic variations, maturation & maintenance of secondary sexual characteristics by means of controlling gonadotrophin production by anterior pituitary
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# hypothalamic functions Biological clocks
Suprachiasmatic nucleus is involved in circadian rhythms & affects fluctuation in body temperature during the 24hrs
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# hypothalamic functions emotion, fear, rage, aversion, pleasure, reward
hypothalamus, limbic system & prefrontal cortex match feelings to their appropriate emotional expression
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subthalamus location
transition zone between midbrain & thalamus
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subthalamus contains the ____
subthalamic nucleus
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subthalamic nucleus
functional constituent of basal ganglia
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lesion of subthalamus
hemiballismus: uncontrollable, violent torsonal movements
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epithalamus is composed of...
habenula stria medullaris thalami pineal gland posterior commissure habenular commissure
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habenula function
olfactory reflexes (limbic system)
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stria medullaris thalami connects...
septal area to habenula
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posterior commissure connects...
2 superior colliculi
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function of posterior commissure
visual reflexes
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pineal gland secretes ____
antigonadotropin & melatonin
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function of antigonadotropin
inhibits gonadotropic of anterior pituitary
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pineal growth results in...
delayed puberty
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pineal destruction results in...
precocious puberty
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