Brain And Cranial Nerves Flashcards

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Cerebrospinal fluid

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In the subarachnoid space clear fluid nourishes the brain acts as a shock absorber and physical protection.

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Blood brain barrier

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Isolates the brain from many substances in the body that would normally gain access

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Hydrocephalus

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Water on the brain is damage to the anachmoid mater can be from head injury congenital or meningitis and bleeding in the brain

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Order of cranial meninges

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Dura mater
Anachmoid mater
Pia mater

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Blood supply

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Interanal corotid arteries
Vertebral arteries
Internal arteries

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CSF

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Is found in the lateral ventricles

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CSF Flow

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Through the lateral ventricles out to the meninges

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Midbrain

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Forms the brain stem

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Pons

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Act as a bridge on and off switch to the respiratory system regulates and directs the spinal cord

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Medulla oblongata

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Contains ascending and descending tracks organize, directs and run the diaphragm

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Cerebellum

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In the back of the brain second largest part of the brain

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Glands attached to the hypothalamus

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Epithalmus

Thalamus

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Thalamus

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Gets things to the proper part of the brain

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Epithalamus

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Secretes melatonin response to oder consist of the pineal gland

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Decussation

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Where the pyramids cross in the brain stem

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Respiratory rhythmic center

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Controls the rate and rhythm of breathing

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Reticular activating system

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Arranging sensory neurons to proper parts of the brain it’s inactive while sleep filtering out information

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Convolutions /gyri

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Groves and sulci on the brain going down ward

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Cerebrum

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Regulates posture equilibrium and balance

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Frontal lobe

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Behind the frontal bone executive functions self control planning reasoning abstract thoughts

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Parietal lobe

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Upper sides of the brain controls taste

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Temporal lobe

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Lower sides of the brain controls smell

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Occipital lobe

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Back of the head controls vision

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Gray matter

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Outside of the brain

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White matter

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Inside of the brain

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Basal ganglia nuclei

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Help regulate and protect muscle preventing unwanted movements

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Limbic system

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Emotion brain runs the emotions apart of the corpse collosum and cerebrum

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Dopamine

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Is a nuero transmitter

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Parkinson’s disease

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Lack of dopamine

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Corpus collosum

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Connects the left hemisphere to the right hemisphere

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Right hemisphere

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Is specialized for musical and artistic

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Left hemisphere

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Reasoning numerical and scientific skills sign language

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Electroencephalogram

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EEG electrical activities of the brain brain waves

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Cranial nerve 1

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Factor nerve

Controls smell

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Cranial nerve 2

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Optic nerve

Sense of sight

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Cranial nerve 3

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Ocular motor

Controls eyelid pupil ocular muscles

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Cranial nerve 8

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Vestibular cochlear

Controls hearing and balance

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Cranial nerve 10

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Vagus nerve

Controls automatic nervous system

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Cranial nerve 12

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Hypoglossal nerve

Controls the tongue

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3 parts of the peripheral system

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Somatic
Automatic
Eccentric