Sensory Pathways Flashcards - Anatomy & Physiology
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| What types of general somatic sensory information are there? | Pain; touch; temperature; kinaesthesia
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| Where is sensory information processed if it isn't percieved consciously? | Cerebellum
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| True or false: "Dorsal columns reach the cerebellum on the contralateral side of the body?" | False - they reach the thalamus and are percieved consciously
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| What types of information do the dorsal columns transmit? | Touch and kinaesthesia
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| Which sensory pathway is absent in man? | Spinocervicothalamic
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| What type of information does the spinothalamic tract transmit? | Temperature and "pin prick" pain
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| What type of information does the spinocerebellar tract transmit? | Kinaesthesia
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| What type of information does the ascending reticular formation transmit? | True pain sensation - long lasting pain
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| What is different about this pathway? | It consists of several short neurones
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| Is it unilateral or bilateral? | Bilateral
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| What is the prognosis for an animal that has lost deep pain sensation? | Poor
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| What is referred pain? | When pain is felt in a part of the body that is undamaged but served by the same section of the spinal cord
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