Anatomy Flashcards
The 3 structures making up the brainstem are
midbrain, pons, medulla
The 2 structures that make up the forebrain are
diencephalon and cerebral hemispheres
What does the brainstem do?
relays information between the forebrain and spinal cord
What structures make up the hindbrain?
the brainstem and cerebllum
What does the cerebellum do?
Fine motor control, motor learning, balance, eye movements, coordinates motion
What does the cerebrum do?
Integrates sensory information and controls motor behavior
What does the diencephalon do?
Coordinates sensory information to different brain regions, manages emotion, memory, autonomic and endocrine regulation
What does the midbrain do?
Coordinates sensory systems, regulates motor control, sleep/wake cycles, arousal, and temperature
What does the Medulla do?
Major station for spinal nerve nuclei, autonomic (heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, emesis)
From superior to inferior what are the 4 regions of the spinal cord and how many sections are in each?
8 Cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, (and 1 coccygeal)
What does the Frontal Lobe do?
Affect, decision making, reward & value, problem solving, planning, eye movements, speech production
What does the Parietal Lobe do?
Multisensory integration, sensory experience, visuo-spatial processing, motion perception
What does the Occipital Lobe do?
Visual perception, visual processing, color recognition
What does the Temporal Lobe do?
Auditory processing, speech
recognition, visual object recognition, memory
What divides the Frontal and Parietal Lobes?
Central Sulcus
What separates the Temporal lobe from the frontal and parietal lobes?
lateral (Sylvian) fissure
What divides the parietal lobe from the occipital lobe?
parieto-occipital sulcus
What is the Optic Chiasm?
Crossing of visual tracks
What does the Mammilary Body do?
Recognition of Memory
What does the Parahippocampal gyrus do?
Navigation
What does the Inferior olive do?
Coordinated movement
What does the Cerebral peduncles do?
Cortico-brainstem tracks movement
What does the Pons do?
- Cortico-brainstem tracks main
- Fiber structures that connect from cerebellum to spinal cord and cerebellum to cortex.
What does the Medullary Pyramids do?
Cortico-spinal motor tracks
What does the corpus callosum do?
Crossing cortical fibers between hemispheres
What does the Cingulate gyrus do?
Sensory emotions, emotional pain, regulates aggression