Cerebellum — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: The _____ of the cerebellum is involved in control of balance and eye movements

Answer: flocculonodular lobe

Flashcard 2: The _____-cerebellar tract carries unconscious proprioceptive input from the lower extremities/trunk

Answer: dorsal spino

Flashcard 3: Which thalamic nuclei (2) receive motor input from the basal ganglia and cerebellum? _____

Answer: Ventral anterior (VA) / Ventral lateral (VL)

Flashcard 4: What is the target of Purkinje cells (cerebellar cortex)?_____

Answer: Deep cerebellar nuclei

Flashcard 5: The _____-cerebellar tract carries unconscious proprioceptive input from the upper extremities/trunk

Answer: cuneo

Flashcard 6: Lesions of the _____ cerebellum (medial or lateral) may result in nystagmus and head tilting

Answer: medial

Flashcard 7: What is an Argyll-Robertson pupil?

Answer: pupil that is unreactive to light but constricts with accomodation

Flashcard 8: Embryological origin of the neurohypophysis

Answer: Neuroectoderm (Diencephalon)

Extra: The neurohypophysis (posterior pituitary) develops from a downward extension of the neuroectoderm from the floor of the diencephalon (the infundibulum). In contrast, the adenohypophysis (anterior pituitary) develops from Rathke's pouch (oral ectoderm).

Flashcard 9: pineal gland

Answer: neuroectoderm

Flashcard 10: retina

Answer: neuroectoderm