Ameripress 2 Flashcards
spinoreticular tract?
-ascending
reticulospinal tract?
-descending
ascending tract involves=>
-some sensory
descending tract involves=>
-more motor type
motor control:
- basal ganglia
- cerebellum
- vestibular system
special senses:
- vision
- hearing
- chemical senses= taste & smell
homeostasis:
maintains?
fxn of?
controlled by?
- environment
- ANS
- hypothalamus (endocrine control, slower process)
autonomic nervous system (ANS):
sympathetic nerves, where?
activated when?
“__ or __”
- thoracolumbar
- during emergencies
- fight or flight
autonomic nervous system (ANS):
parasympathetic nerves, where?
conserves & restores __
“__ or __”
- craniosacral
- energy
- feed or bread
(fluid)
blood for?
-oxygen
(fluid)
CSP for?
-insulation
peripheral nervous system (PNS)
how many cranial nerves?
how many spinal nerves?
- 12 pairs
- 31 pairs
Cerebrum resembles a __ __, and the __ points anterior.
- boxing glove
- anterior
sulcus=
-groove
fissure=
-deep groove
gyrus=
-ridge
lobes of the cerebrum:
- frontal
- parietal
- occipital
- temporal
- limbic (internal/5th lobe)
- insula (internal/6th lobe, aka->pearl)
pars opercularis covers:
-operculum
broca’s area responsible for:
- speech
- dominant on one side
postcentral gyrus=
-sensory
parts of corpus callosum:
- rostrum (looks like a beak)
- genu (means “knee”)
- body
- splenium
paracentral gyrus contains:
(internal)
- precentral gyrus
- & postcentral gyrus
edge of calcarine sulcus=
-visual cortex (seeing)
infundibulum aka?
-pituitary stalk
