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Brain anatomy Flashcards

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Ventricular foramina

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Allows lateral ventricles to communicate with third ventricle

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Cerebral Aqueduct

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Connects third + fourth ventricles

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4 nuclei of cerebellum

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” Dentate nucleus
“ Globose nucleus
“ Emboliform Nucleus
“ Fastigial Nucleus

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4 nuclei of basal ganglia

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” Caudate nucleus +
“ Lentiform nucleus- Putamen, Globus pallidus
“ Subthalamic nucleus
“ Substantia nigra

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5
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Types of fibres in brain

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Association fibres
Commissural fibres
Projection fibres

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4 nuclei of the cerebellum

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Denate nucleus
Globose nucleus
Emboliform nucleus
Fastigial nuclues

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What does the diencephalon contain

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thalamus - epi/hypo + third ventricle

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thalamus

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directs sensory info way cerebral cortex. Motor involvement basal ganglia + cerebellum. Interconnected limbic

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Functional division limbic system

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Eating
Fighting
Sex
Enjoyment
Fear
memory formation recall
Autonomic preparation
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Structural div limbic system

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Amygdala - emotions + drives
Hypothalamus- motivation + hoemostasis
Olfactory cortex -olfaction
Memory formation - hippocampus

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Supraoptic nucleus

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ADH vassopressin

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Paraventricular nucleus

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Oxytocin

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Fornix

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connects hip with mam bodies

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hippocampus

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memory consolidation + learning. Temporal lobe info sensory association areas

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Amgdala

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recognize fear others, emotional compoent fear and memory - connections cortical association areas * intergration perception + emotion. Output hypo via stria terminalis.

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olofactory nerve

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bi-polar neurons, no thalamic relay no ganglion formed

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association cortexs

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Prefrontal, inferior temporal, parietal temporal + occipital

combine different modalities - deal external stim or internal motivation + identify sig.

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Alzeihmers

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degen disease cortex

First affects hippo -> anterograde amnesi

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