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What are lower motor neurons (LMNs) ?

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neurons that originate from the brain stem and spinal cord

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What are the components to the lower motor neuron (LMN)?

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  1. spinal nerve
  2. ventral root
  3. dorsal root ganglion
  4. dorsal root
  5. dorsal grey horn
  6. ventral grey horn
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What are lower motor neuron lesions due to?

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  1. peripheral nerve injury - crush or poliomyelitis

2. poliomyelitis

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What do lower motor neuron lesions lead to?

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  1. muscle wasting
  2. muscle weakness/ reduced power
  3. hypotonia
  4. absent tendon reflexes
  5. fasciculations/ fibrillation
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What are fasiculations?

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small uncontrollable localised contractions

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What is an example of a descending mortor pathway?

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upper motor neurons (UMNs)

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What 2 types of descending motor pathways are there?

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  1. corticospinal - cortex to spine - spinal nerves

2. corticobulbar - cortex to brainstem - cranial nerves

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What does the descending motor pathways/ upper motor neurons do?

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  1. influence LMN activity
  2. modify local reflex activity
  3. superimpose more complex patterns of movement
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How many important descending pathways are there and what are they named after?

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4

named after origin

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What is the typical route for descending patwhays/ upper motor neurons?

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  1. cerebral cortex
  2. precentral gyrus
  3. internal capsule
  4. brainstem/spinal cord
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Do all descending pathways work separately or together?

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together

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What are the descending pathways often referred to as?

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pyramidal system

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What happens initially if there is damage to the corticospinal tract only?

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  1. flaccid paralysis of opposite limbs

2. loss of tendon reflexes

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What happens after several days to a week if there is damage in the corticospinal tract only?

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  1. motor function recovers

2. but there is hypertonia

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What happens in the long term if there is damage to the corticospinal tract?

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  1. spasticity
  2. hyperreflexia - increased reflexes
  3. left with pernamanet inability to carry out fine movements of hands and feet
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What do other pathways seem to do if there is damage to the corticospinal tract only?

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appear to take over most corticospinal functions

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What type of homunculus do you have?

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  1. somatosensory

2. motor homunculus

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Where is the somatosensory homunculus?

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in the post-central gyrus

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Where is the motor homunculus?

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in the pre-central gyrus

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What is the order of the motor homunculus in the pre-cnetral gyrus medial to lateral?

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  1. knee
  2. hip
  3. trunk
  4. shoulder
  5. arm
  6. elbow
  7. wrist
  8. hand
  9. fingers
  10. thumb
  11. neck
  12. brow
  13. eye
  14. face
  15. jaw
  16. tongue
  17. pharynx
  18. larynx
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What is the order of the somatosensory homunculus in the post-central gyrus medial to lateral?

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  1. leg
  2. hip
  3. trunk
  4. arm
  5. elbow
  6. forearm
  7. hand
  8. fingers
  9. thumb
  10. eye
  11. nose
  12. face
  13. lips
  14. teeth
  15. gums
  16. jaw
  17. tongue
  18. pharynx
  19. abdomen
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Where does the descending pathway (descending corticospinal/bulbar fibres) or upper motor neuron travel?

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  1. from pre central gyrus to internal capsule
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What is the internal capsule?

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deep bundle of white matter between the deep nuclei

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What is the structure of the internal capsule?

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  1. anterior limb of internal capsule
  2. lower limb of internal capsule
  3. genu
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Where do descending fibres for the body go?
posterior limb of the internal capsule
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Where do descending fibres fro the face and muscles of the head go?
genu
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What is the structure of the brainstem?
1. cerebral peduncle 2. basal pons 3. pyramids 4. olives midbrain pons medulla
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How does the descending pathway travel from internal capsule to spinal cord?
in the brainstem from cerebral peducnle to basal pons to pyramids and to contralateral spinal cord
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How does the corticospinal pathway travel from cortex to spinal cord?
1. pre-central gyrus in cortex 2. inetrnal capsule 3. basis peduncles 4. pyramid 5. pyramidal decusstaion 6. lateral corticospinal tract
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In terms of the decussation of pyramids what percentage of fibres cross and enter the lateral corticospinal tract?
85% fibres cross
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In terms of the corticospinal tract what percentage of UMNs descend the cord contra laterally?
85%
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In terms of the corticospinal tract what percentage of UMNs descend the cord ipsilaterally?
15% remain ipsilateral in anterior/ventral CST then cross at appropriate spinal cord level
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Where do the UMNs contact cell bodies of LMNs?
in contralateral ventral grey horn
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What do second order neurons of LMNs do in the corticospinal tract?
leave spinal cord as ventral rootlets to form spinal nerve
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What is retained throughout the cord?
somatotopic representation
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Where does the corticospinal tract leave and descend to?
leave pre-central gyrus descend - posterior limb of internal capsule then goes to cerebral peduncle of midbrain, ventral ons and pyramids of the medulla
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How does the corticospinal tract extend to skeletal/straiated muscle?
via segemental spinal nerve
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Where does the corticobulbar pathway influence the LMNs?
in cranial nerve motor nuclei
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Where do the fibres of the corticobulbar pathway originate from?
laterally within the pre-central gyrus
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Is the innervation of LMNs bilateral or unilateral?
bilateral - corticospinal tract on left supplies muscles on the left and right and vice versa
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Where does the facial nerve nuclei receive UMNs from?
from a specific motor area of the pre-central gyrus
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Wheer does the LMNs leave and pass through and exit?
leave from the facial nerve nuclei pas through substance of the pons exit brainstem at the cerebellopontine angle
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Where does the facial nucleus originate from?
floor of the 4th ventricle
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What are the 5 divisions of the facial nerve?
To Zanzibar By Motor Car
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NOTE
LEARN THE CORTICOBULBAR INPUT TO CRANILA NERVE MOTOR NUCLEI
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NOTE
LEARN TEH CORTICOBULBAR INPUT TO FACIAL MOTOR NUCELI
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If there is right corticobulbar damage what is affected?
upper motor neuron type facial weakness left facial weakness from below the eye to the chin
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If there is left facial nerve damage what is affected?
lower motor neuron type facial weakness whole left side of the face
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What is another word fro unilateral damage to corticobulbar fibres?
supranuclear lesion
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What happens in unilateral damage to corticobulbar fibres/ supra nuclear lesion?
it deprives the lower half of the opposite facla motor nucleus of corticobulbar input results in paralysis of the whole half of the face on the opposite side to the lesion
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What does paralysis of the whole of one side of the face indicate?
damage to the facial nerve itself
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How do you differentiate between a supra nuclear and facial nerve lesion?
look up
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What are features of upper motor nerve lesions?
contralateral lower quadrant weakness angle of mouth opposite side
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What are features of the lower motor nerve lesion?
ipsilateral orbicularis oculi muscles and facila muscles involved half of face - unable to close eyes weakness of angle of the mouth cannot elevate eyebrows same side
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