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Ch 14 - Brainstem 3 - Slides
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- 1WHAT IS THE GROSS FUNCTION OF THE *ROSTRAL* RETICULAR FORMATION?Maintains alert, conscious state
- 2WHAT IS THE GROSS FUNCTION OF THE *CAUDAL* RETICULAR FORMATION?Motor, reflex and autonomic functions
- 3WHAT STRUCTURES ARE INVOLVED WITH THE CONSCIOUSNESS SYSTEM?i. Upper brainstem
ii. Diencephalon
iii. Basal forebrain
iv. Medial & lateral frontoparietal association cortex
v. Cingulate gyrus - 4WHERE IN THE BRAIN CAN A LESION CAUSE A COMA?a. Upper brainstem reticular formation and related structures
b. Bilateral regions of cerebral cortex (extensive damage)
c. Bilateral lesions of the thalamus - 5WHAT REGIONS GOVERN THE STAGES OF SLEEP?Non-REM Sleep: Caudal Medulla
REM Sleep: Pons - 6What are the gross symptoms of Narcolepsy?Excessive Daytime Sleepiness
Cataplexy
Dream-Like Hallucinations
Sleep Paralysis - 7What are the gross symptoms of Coma?Unarousable/Unresponsive
Brainstem Reflexes Present
Cortical Responses Absent
EEG Abnormal - 8What are the gross symptoms of Brain Death?Brainstem Reflexes Absent
Cortical Responses Absent
EEG Flat - 9What are the gross symptoms of Vegetative State?Sleep-Wake Cycles Present
Brainstem Reflexes Present
Cortical Responses Absent
*Follows Coma - 10What are the gross symptoms of Minimally Conscious State?Visual Tracking Present
Minimal/Variable Degree of Responsiveness - 11Where are the Structures that Regulate Respiration?Medulla
- 12What Structures Regulate HR and BP?Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla
Nucleus Soliatrius (CN IX & X)
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