Brain anatomy Flashcards

1
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3 membranes around brain

A

Dura mater, Arachnoid membrane, pia mater

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2
Q

frontal lobe

A

planning & goals

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3
Q

parietal lobe

A

links body to world

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4
Q

occupital lobe

A

decodes messages from eyes to brain

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5
Q

temporal lobe

A

understand meaning

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6
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primary somatosensory cortex

A

Touch/ pain

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7
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optic ataxia

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clumsy motion of limbs under visual guidance (superior parietal lobe lesions)

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8
Q

ideomotor apraxia

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loss of purposeful movements

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9
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inattentional blindness

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temporary blindness when exposed to unexpected Stimuli

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10
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Chabris & Simons 2010

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too much attention to one aspect limits ability for other aspects

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11
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hemispatial neglect

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forgetting one side of space (left usually)

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12
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Kluver-Bucy syndrome 1950

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monkeys & temporal lobe damage - poor memory , no sense of danger

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13
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semantic dementia

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temporal lobe damage anomia

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14
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associative agnosia

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damage to temporal lobe , issues recognising objects

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15
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prospagnosia

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issues with face recognition

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16
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wernickes aphasia

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language comprehension deficit damage in left posterior temporal lobe

17
Q

Phineas Gage

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Pole in frontal lobe only personality changed

18
Q

Primary motor cortex

A

controls body movements

19
Q

premotor cortex

A

action plans

20
Q

dorso lateral PFC

A

executive functions

21
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ventro lateral PFC

A

emotional evaluation

22
Q

shallice 1982

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1-planning 2-spatial frontal patients impaired on 1 , parietal patients opposite

23
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Broca Aphasia

A

speech production issues

24
Q

utilisation behaviour

A

objects elicit response that’s in appropriate

25
Q

Ihermite 1986

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patients home, sees bed and starts getting ready to sleep

26
Q

frontal leucotomy

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severed frontal lobe , sufferers from anxiety , depression , s z

27
Q

Tooth 1961

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frontal lobotomy on 9000 patients 41% improved 28% minimal 25% no change 2% worse

28
Q

Feinstein 2010

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amygdala triggers fear response

29
Q

Phelps 2000

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race faces shown amygdala stronger activation for black faces

30
Q

anterograde amnesia

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after lesions, problem with new into memory

31
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Retrograde amnesia

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prior to lesions

32
Q

H M case study

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hippo campus removed knew prior events but couldn’t remember anything else

33
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Milner 1962

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H M learnt novel task , days later no recollection