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How many hemispheres is the cerebrum made up of?

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How many lobes does the cerebral cortex have ?

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What are the 4 lobes in the cerebral cortex?

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Parietal lobe, occipital lobe, temporal lobe and the frontal lobe

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What is the role of the frontal lobe?

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Area of the brain that controls speech and language, and plays a huge role in prospective memory, it is responsible for our personality traits too.

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What is the role of the parietal lobe?

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Contains the primary sensory cortex, allows us to have our senses and process the sensory information

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What is the role of the temporal lobe?

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Mainly associated with memory, hearing, emotions and this part of the brain converts sound into brain images

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What is the role of the occipital lobe?

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This is the sensory centre of the brain, and sends information from the brain to the eyes. It is responsible for object and face recognition

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What makes up the midbrain?

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Tectum and tegmentum

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Where does the midbrain sit in the brain?

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the very centre of the brain, and lies above the pons

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If you were to simply describe the midbrain how would you describe it?

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A relay system for information

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Is the midbrain part of the CNS or PNS?

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CNS

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What is the most superior part of the brain stem?

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Midbrain

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What makes up the brain stem?

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Midbrain, pons and medulla

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What makes up the hind brain?

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Pons, medulla, cerebellum and spinal cord

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What is the role of the brainstem?

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To connect the brain to the spinal cord

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Where are most of the 12 cranial nerves found?

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In the hind brain

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What is the role of the meninges?

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To act as a shock absorber for the brain if there is an injury

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What are the 3 main layers of the meninges?

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Dura matter, Arachnoid matter and the pia matter

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Name some pathologies that can effect the meninges

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Meningitis and subdural haematomas

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What is the ventricular system?

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Set of communication cavities in the brain

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What is the role of the ventricular system?

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Production, transport and removal of cerebral spinal fluid that bathes the nervous system

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Name the 3 main ventricles

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Lateral ventricle, 3rd ventricle and 4th ventricle

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Where does the 4th ventricle receive its CSF from?

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the 3rd ventricle, and then it drains into the central spinal canal

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What are the two paired arteries that supply the brain with blood?

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Vertebral arteries and internal carotid arteries

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What arises from the internal carotid artery to supply the brain?
Anterior and middle cerebral arteries
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What arises from the basilar artery to supply the brain?
Posterior cerebral artery
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What creates the Circle of Willis?
The internal carotid artery and the vertebral artery anastomose
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What is the Circle of Willis?
Circular blood vessels that supplies the brain
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What are the 2 types of sensory pathways in the brain?
Ascending and Descending
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What is the ascending pathway also known as?
Sensory pathway
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What is the descending pathway also known as?
Motor pathway
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Where do the sensory signal neurones synapse?
On the ventral posterior lateral nucleus of the thalamus
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What is the sensory pathway that runs from the head to the rest of the body?
Dorsal column medial lemniscal system
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What is the sensory pathway that runs from the head to the neck?
Trigeminal mechanosensory pathway
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What are the 2 types of major motor pathways?
- Pyramidal tracts - Extrapyramidal tracts
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Are there synapses in the descending pathway, if so where are they?
NO there are NOT synapses on this pathway, the neurones synapse with the LMNs
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What are all the neurones in the descending pathway also known as?
Upper motor neurones
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What is the motor pathway that runs from the head to the neck?
Corticobulbar pathway
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What is the motor pathway that runs from the head to the rest of the body?
Corticospinal pathway
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how much cerebral spinal fluid should we be producing?
0.2-0.7 mum/minute
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How much CSF should be in the CNS at all times?
150-270 mls
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Where are the choroid plexus located?
3rd and 4th ventricle
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What are the choroid plexus'?
They are specialised tissues that secrete CSF
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What do the choroid plexus form?
The blood brain barrier

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