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1
Q

respiratory/cardiac centers

autonomics

A

Medulla

Pons

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2
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Medulla/Pons CN?

A

5-12

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3
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reflexes to light and sound
proximal flexor relay
motoric relay

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Midbrain

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4
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CNs of Midbrain

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3&4

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5
Q

relay station
sensory fibers
Pulvinar region=integration of sensory info

A

Thalamus

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6
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parts of thalamus

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VPM-ventral posterior medial
VPL-ventral posterior lateral
Lateral geniculate
Medial geniculate

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7
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ventral posterior medial of thalamus (VPM)

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sensory of face

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8
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sensory from arms and lets (from thalamus)

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VPL-Ventral posterior lateral

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9
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sesnory from eyes (thalamus)

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lateral geniculate

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10
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sensory from ears (thalamus)

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medial geniculate

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11
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part of brain for intellect and association

A

cerebrum

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12
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hunger, thirst, temperature regulation, sex, rage, fear

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hippocampus

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13
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balance, equilibrium, involuntary corrdination, unconscious proprioception

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cerebellum

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14
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inhibits thalamus by stopping motor response and providing background muscle tone

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Basal Ganglia

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15
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wernicke’s area is destroyed by

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B1/thiamine deficiency (alchoholism-wernike korsakoff syndrome)

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16
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found in the junction of the parietal, occipital and temporal lobe

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wernicke’s area

17
Q

sensory matching (can hear but may not understand) occurs in the

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wernicke’s area

18
Q

what lobes make up the cerebrum?

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occipital
Parietal
temporal
frontal

19
Q

vision

A

Occipital lobe

20
Q

localization “somesthetic cortex”

A

Parietal lobe

21
Q

hearing/superior lobe

A

temporal

22
Q

voluntary motor is part of the _____ in the _____ lobe

A

precentral gyrus

frontal

23
Q

associated with the amygdala. Pleasure or pain? Do I need for survival?

A

limbic system

24
Q

dysfunction in the basal ganglia ::(trivial info illicit a motor response)

A

parkinson’s disease (forms lewy bodies from decreased dopamine levels) “cog wheel deformity”

25
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caudate nucleus (part of bass ganglia) secretes

A

GABA

26
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consists of the putamen + caudate

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striatum (internal capsule separates caudate and putamen)

27
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inclusion bodies aka

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lewy bodies parkinsons

28
Q

motor aphasia is associated with

A

broca’s area

29
Q

broca’s area is found ____ and serves as a function of _____

A

inferior frontal lobe on the LEFT

SPEECH

30
Q

executive function of corticobulbar tracts

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personality

31
Q

sensory aphasia affects the ____

motor aphasia affects the ____

A

wernicke’s

broca’s area

32
Q

can see and read, but cannot understand (20%) of world’s blindness

A

sensory aphasia:wernicke-korsakoff syndrome

33
Q

broca’s speech area receives blood from

A

middle cerebral artery

34
Q

parahippocampal cells in the uncle area are used for

A

smell

35
Q

memory occurs in the ______ and damage results in ______

A

hippocampal cells

anterograde amnesia

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