A&P Flashcards
Axons bound together by connective tissue
Nerves
Individual cells in the brain
Neurons
group of fibers outside the CNS
Nerves
group of fibers inside the CNS
Tracts
Efferent
Motor
Afferent
Sensory
Pyramidal also called
Direct Activation Pathway
Pyramidal tracts (originate in _______) carry fibers to ______
cerebral cortex
spinal cord/brainstem
Pyramidal responsible for
Voluntary control (body and face muscles)
Pyramidal breaks into
corticospinal and corticobulbar tracts
Extrapyramidal also called
Indirect Activation Pathway
Extrapyramidal tracts (originate in _____)carry fibers to _______
brainstem
spinal cord
Upper Motor Neurons: found in
cerebral cortex/brainstem
Lower Motor Neurons: found in
brainstem/spinal cord
Transmit nerve impulses from brain to lower motor neurons
UMNs
Transmit nerve impulses from UMNs to muscles
LMNs
Corticospinal: synapse/terminate in the
Spinal Cord
Corticobulbar: synapse/terminate in the
Brainstem
Controls movement in limbs & trunk
Corticospinal
Controls muscles of face, head, neck
Corticobulbar
The CNS is made of the
Brain and spinal cord
The PNS is made of the
cranial and spinal nerves
Afferent division
All impulses go up to the CNS
Efferent division
Impulses go down from the CNS to the muscles
Visceral afferent controles
unconscious perception from organs, glands, blood vessels
Somatic afferent controls
conscious perception of touch, pain, temperature
Visceral efferent controls
cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, glands
Somatic efferent controls
skeletal muscle
Visceral efferent breaks into
sympathetic (fight or flight), parasympathetic (rest and digest)
3 main parts of the human brain
Forebrain
Midbrain
Hindbrain
Functions of the Forebrain
processes sensory info, reasoning/problem solving, automatic, motor functions
2 subgroups of the Forebrain
Telencephalon
Diencephalon
Telencephalon is the
frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital lobes
Diencephalon is the
Thalamus, hypothalamus, pineal gland
Midbrain functions
regulates movement, processes auditory and visual info