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15CHAPTER 14: BRAIN AND CRANIAL NERVES Flashcards

1
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What is rostral?

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toward the nose (forehead)

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2
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What is caudal?

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toward the tail (spinal cord)

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3
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What are gyri?

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folds

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What are sulci?

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grooves

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5
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What does that longitudinal fissure do?

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divides r/l hemispheres

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What does the corpus callosum do?

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connects hemispheres

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7
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What is grey matter composed of?

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cell bodies, dendrites, proximal axons

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What does grey matter form?

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  • Forms cortex over cerebrum and cerebellum

- Forms nuclei deep within brain (within white matter)

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What is white matter composed of?

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Composed of tracts (bundles of axons) that connect parts of brain

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10
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What are the different kinds of meninges?

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Dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater

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What are the two layers of dura mater and where are they?

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Periosteal layer- outer, against skull, no epidural space

Meningeal layer- inner, extends to form dura mater around spinal cord

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Where can you find dural sinuses and what do they collect?

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  • occur between the two dura layers
  • collect blood that has circulated through the brain
  • drain blood into internal jugular veins of the neck
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What are the 2 types of dural sinuses?

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Superior sagittal sinus & transverse sinus

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What separates meningeal dura from arachnoid?

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Subdural space

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What separates arachnoid from pia mater?

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Subarachnoid space

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What is the subarachnoid space filled with?

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CSF

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17
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What are the ventricles lined with?

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Ependymal cells (glial cells)

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18
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What do ependymal cells (glial cells) produce?

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CSF

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19
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Each ventricle contains a ______________.

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Choroid plexus

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What is a choroid plexus and what does it produce?

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Network of capillaries, produces CSF

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What is the choroid plexuses covered with?

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Ependymal cells

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22
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What is CSF’s functions?

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  • Floats brain so it is neutrally buoyant -Buoyancy
  • Cushions brain from hitting inside of skull -protection
  • Chemical stability – rinses away wastes –chemical stability
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23
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How much CSF does the body produce and absorb in a day?

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What are the 7 locations of circulation of CSF?

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  1. 2 lateral ventricles (chamber within all 4 lobes of cerebrum
  2. Interventricular foramen
  3. 3rd ventricle (midsagittal, between thalami)
  4. Cerebral aqueduct (midsagittal)
  5. 4th ventricle (midsagittal between cerebellum and pons
  6. Out to subarachnoid space via 2 lateral and 1 medial aperturesbathes external brain and spinal cord
  7. Reabsorbed by arachnoid ville and released into superior sagittal sinus  transverse sinus mixes with blood –> internal jugular vein
25
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When does brain damage occur?

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4 minutes without blood

26
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What does the brain barrier system regulate?

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Passage of solutes from blood into tissue fluid of the brain

27
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What are the points of entry of the brain barrier system?

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  1. Blood capillaries throughout brain tissue (Blood-brain barrier)
  2. Capillaries of choroid plexuses in the ventricles (Blood-CSF barrier)
28
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What is the brain barrier system highly permeable to?

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Highly permeable to: H2O, O2, glucose, small lipids, caffeine, alcohol, nicotine, anesthetics, CO2

29
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Where is the blood-CSF barrier?

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At the choroid plexus lining ventricles

30
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What do the ependymal cells join in blood-CSF barriers?

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Tight junctions

31
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What do astrocytes do in the blood-brain barrier?

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Astrocytes reach out with perivascular feet and contact capillaries à stimulate endothelial cells to form tight junctions à seal capillaries so substances leaving blood pass through cells and do not escape between them

32
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What does the medulla conduct?

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Signals up and down brainstem and between brainstem and cerebellum

33
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What are the 2 types of signals the medulla conducts?

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  • Ascending tracts carry sensory information; found on the dorsal surface
  • Descending tracts carry motor information; found on the ventral surface
34
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What does the medulla contain and what crainal nerve arise from it?

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Contains nuclei involved in vasomotin, respiration, swallowing, vomiting, head movements.
Nerve IX and XII

35
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What do pons conduct?

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Conduct signals up and down brainstem

36
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What do pons contain and what nerves arise from it?

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Contains nuclei involved in sleep, hearing, equilibrium, taste, eye movements, respiration, swallowing, Cranial nerve V

37
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Where does the cerebellum get input?

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From cortex (what do you want me to do?)
From vestibular system (where am I?)
And proprioception (what are my muscles doing right now?)
38
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Where does the cerebellum get output?

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Up to control centres in motor cortex via thalamus for fine adjustment

39
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What is the function of the cerebellum?

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Motor coordination, posture, balance, motor learning, some emotion

40
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What does the midbrain do?

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Connects hindbrain and forebrain

41
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What does the midbrain conduct?

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Signals up and down to brainstem

42
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What does the midbrain contain and what nerves arise from it?

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Contains nuclei involved in motor control, pain, visual attention, auditory reflexes
Gives rise to cranial nerves III and IV

43
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What is the reticular formation?

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Web of gray matter (nuclei) running vertically thru all levels of the brainstem

44
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What are the functions of the reticular formation?

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  • Somatic motor control (reticulospinal tract regulates balance and posture)
  • Cardiovascular control
  • Pain modulation
  • Sleep and consciousness
  • Habituation
45
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What is cranial nerve I? Is it sensory, motor or mixed functions and what is its function?

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Olfactory – S – Smell

46
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What is cranial nerve II? Is it sensory, motor or mixed functions and what is its function?

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Optic – S – Vision

47
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What is cranial nerve III? Is it sensory, motor or mixed functions and what is its function?

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Oculomotor – M – Muscles of eye and Pupil constriction

48
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What is cranial nerve IV? Is it sensory, motor or mixed functions and what is its function?

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Trochlear – M – muscles of the eye

49
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What is cranial nerve V? Is it sensory, motor or mixed functions and what is its function?

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Trigeminal – M –chewing/ S – Facial sensation

50
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What is cranial nerve VI? Is it sensory, motor or mixed functions and what is its function?

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Abducens – M – Muscles in eye

51
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What is cranial nerve VII? Is it sensory, motor or mixed functions and what is its function?

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Facial – S –taste/ M –Muscles of facial expression

52
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What is cranial nerve VIII? Is it sensory, motor or mixed functions and what is its function?

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Vestibulo-cochlear – S – equilibrium

53
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What is cranial nerve IX? Is it sensory, motor or mixed functions and what is its function?

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Glosso- Pharyngeal – S –taste/ M –swallowing

54
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What is cranial nerve X? Is it sensory, motor or mixed functions and what is its function?

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Vagus – S – Cardiovascular regulation/ M –GI regulation and swallowing

55
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What is cranial nerve XI? Is it sensory, motor or mixed functions and what is its function?

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Accessory – M – Muscles of head, neck

56
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What is cranial nerve XII? Is it sensory, motor or mixed functions and what is its function?

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Hypoglossal – M – Tongue

57
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What makes up the hindbrain?

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Medulla, pons and cerebellum

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