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Characteristics of Grey Matter

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Unmyelinated dendrites and cell bodies

Where information is integrated

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Characteristics of White Matter

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Myelinated axons (known as tracts)
Connects grey matter
Carries nerve impulses

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Arrangement of Grey and White Matter in Brain

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Outer and Inner layers of Grey that surround white

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Arrangement of Grey and White Matter in Spinal Cord

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Outer layer of white and inner layer of grey

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Function of Cerebral Cortex

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“Thinking”

Site of Reasoning, Judgement, Personality, Memory, Sensory awareness, motor initiation, and Conscious mind

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Functional Areas of Cerebral Cortex

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Motor Area
Sensory Area
Association Areas

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Cerebral Cortex Motor areas function

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Voluntary motion

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Cerebral Cortex Sensory areas function

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Conscious awareness of sensation (pain, touch, temp.)

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Cerebral cortex association areas function

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Integrate information from a variety of sources

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Cerebral cortex motor areas location

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Frontal Lobe

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Cerebral cortex sensory areas location

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parietal, occipital, temporal, insular lobes

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Motor areas of Frontal Lobe

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Primary Motor cortex
Premotor cortex
Motor Speech Area (Brocas Area)
Frontal Eye Feild

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Primary Motor Cortex Location

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Precentral Gyrus

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Primary Motor Cortex Function

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Control of voluntary, skilled, precise movements

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Premotor Cortex Location

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Anterior to Primary Motor Cortex

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Function of Premotor Cortex

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Control of learned, skilled movements (Sports)

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Location of Motor Speech Area (Brocas)

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Present in only one hemisphere (Usually Left)

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Function of Brocas Area

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Movement of the Tongue

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Function of Frontal Eye Field

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Controls voluntary eye movement

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Sensory Areas

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Primary Somatosensory Cortex
Somatosensory association area
Primary visual cortex
Visual association area
Primary auditory Cortex
Auditory association area
Primary olfactory cortex
Primary gustatory cortex
Vestibular cortex
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Function of Primary Somatosensory Cortex

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Receives somatic sensory info (touch, pain, pressure)

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Location of primary somatosensory cortex

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Postcentral gyrus

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Function of somatosensory association area

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Integrates input from primary somatosensory cortex

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Location of somatosensory association area

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Posterior to postcentral gyrus

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Function of Primary visual cortex

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Receives visual information from optic nerve

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Location of Primary visual cortex

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Occipital Lobe

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Function of Visual association area

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Integrate input from primary visual cortex

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Function of Primary Auditory Cortex

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Receives auditory input from Auditory Nerve

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Location of Primary Auditory Cortex

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Temporal Lobe

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Function of Auditory Association Area

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Integrate input from primary auditory cortex

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Function of primary olfactory cortex

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Processes smell information from olfactory nerve

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Location of Olfactory cortex

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Temporal Lobe

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Function of Primary Gustatory cortex

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Processes taste information

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Location of primary gustatory cortex

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Insular Lobe

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Function of vestibular cortex

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Processes balance and equilibrium

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Location of vestibular cortex

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Insular lobe

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Multimodal Association Areas

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Prefrontal Cortex
Wernickes Area
Gnostic Area
Limbic Association Area
Reticular Formation
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Prefrontal Cortex Function

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“Thinking”
Site of judgement, reasoning, personality, complex problem solving

This is still developing in adolescence and is dependent on social interaction

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Function of Wernickes Area

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Site of Language Comprehension

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Location of Wernickes Area

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Usually on Left side of brain

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Gnostic Area Function

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Integrates input from a variety of association areas
Situational Awareness(being aware of whats going on around you)
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Limbic Association Area Function

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Provides emotional impact from memories

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Reticular Formation Function

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Keeps you alert and awake
Sleep/Wake cycle
Regulates dreaming sleep

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Types of Tracts

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Association
Commissural
Projection

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Association Tracts

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Connects regions of cerebral cortex within the SAME hemisphere

46
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Commissural Tracts

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Connect regions in right AND left hemispheres

47
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Projection Tracts

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Connect Cerebral cortex to the lower brain and spinal cord

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Diencephalon Function

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Provides relays and switching centers for sensory, motor and visceral pathways

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What is Diencephalon composed of

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Epithalamus
Hypothalamus
Thalamus

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Functions of Thalamus

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Sorts, edits and relays info from almost all conscious senses

Filters out signals deemed unimportant (background noise)

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Functions of Hypothalamus

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Controls ANS
Regulates body temp.
Regulates pituitary gland activity(hormones)
Regulates food/water intake
Part of limbic system (Emotions)
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Function of Epithalamus

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Regulates sleep/wake cycle

Contains pineal gland (secretes melatonin)

53
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Brainstem consists of

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Pons, Medulla Oblongata, and Midbrain

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Function of Midbrain

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Responsible for very basic aspects of vision and hearing

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Function of Pons

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forms link between cerebrum and cerebellum

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Function of Medulla Oblongata

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Controls HR, blood pressure, swallowing and breathing

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Cardiovascular Center Function

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Controls rate and force of heart contraction

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Respiratory Center Function

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Controls rate and depth of breathing

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Function of Cerebellum

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Controls movement coordination
Stores memories of learned movements (muscle memory)
Proprioceptive input for balance and posture (being able to touch your nose with your eyes closed)

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3 Meningeal layers

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Dura Mater
Arachnoid Mater
Pia Mater

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Dura Mater

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Tough outermost layer formed from fibrous connective tissue

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Arachnoid Mater

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Middle layer with web like projections

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Pia Mater

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Thin innermost layer that clings to brain and spinal cord

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Location of CSP

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Subarachnoid- layer in between arachnoid and pia

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Function of Spinal Cord

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provides communication to and from brain

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Where spinal cord begins and ends

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Begins at foramen magnum and ends at L1 vertebra

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Info carried by ventral root of spinal cord

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Motor information

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Info carried by dorsal root of spinal cord

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Sensory information

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Are spinal nerves motor or sensory

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ALWAYS MIXED

70
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Are cranial nerves motor or sensory

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Can be either or mixed

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