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| Optic chiasma: what it looks like if you're a genetics star |
The optic chiasma looks the same as a chiasma in meiosis, making it easy to spot on the dissected brain. Show Details / Rate It ---Anonymous Contributor |
| Cerebellar damage symptoms |
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VANISHED: Vertigo Ataxia Nystagmus Intention tremor Slurred (or Staccato) speech Exagerrated broad based gait Hypotonic reflexes Dysdiadochokinesia. Show Details / Rate It ---Nawal Bahal King's College, London |
| Hypothalamus: feeding vs.satiety center |
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"Late night snack": LATEral is snacking [feeding] center. Therefore, ventromedial is satiety center. Show Details / Rate It ---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin |
| Geniculate bodies: medial vs. lateral system |
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MALE: Medial=Auditory. Lateral=Eye. Medial geniculate body is for auditory system, lateral geniculate body is for visual system. Can expand to MALES to remember Lateral=Eye=Superior colliculus (thus medial is inferior colliculus by default). Show Details / Rate It ---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin |
| Purkinje cells in cerebellum are inhibitory to deep nuclei |
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Shape of a purkinje cell in 3 dimensions is same as a policeman's hand saying "Stop". Therefore, purkinje cells are inhibitory. · See diagram. Show Details / Rate It ---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin |
| Hypothalamus: feeding vs. satiety center |
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"Stim the lat, get fat": · Stimulating lateral increases hunger. "Stim the ven, get thin": · Stimulating ventromedial increases satiety. Show Details / Rate It ---Ryan Hendren University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| Argyll-Robertson Pupil features |
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Argyll Robertson Pupil (ARP) Read it from front to back: it is ARP, standing for Accomodation Reflex Present. Read it from back to front: it is PRA, standing for Pupillary Reflex Absent. Show Details / Rate It ---Anonymous Contributor |
| Cerebellar deep nuclei |
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"Ladies Demand Exceptional Generosity From Men": · The 4 nuclei, from lateral to medial: [Lateral] Dentate Emboliform Globose Fastigial [Medial] Show Details / Rate It ---Nick Loman St. Bart's/Royal London |
| Cranial nerves [for those under stress] |
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"Oh Once One Takes The Anatomy Final A Good Vacation Seems Heavenly": Olfactory Optic Occulomotor Trochlear Trigeminal Abducens Facial Auditory Glossopharyngeal Vagus Spinal root of the accessory Hypoglossal Show Details / Rate It ---Anonymous Contributor |
| Cerebellar damage signs |
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DASHING: Dysdiadochokinesia Ataxia Speech Hypotonia Intention tremor Nystagmus Gait Show Details / Rate It ---Anonymous Contributor |
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