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Brain Regions Flashcards

1
Q
  • relays info to cerebrum
  • processes sensory info
  • memory and learning
A

thalamus

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2
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Most voluntary commands are initiated in the ____.

A

cerebral cortex

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3
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  • relays information to the thalamus and the brain stem

- regulates visceral function

A

medulla oblongata

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4
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process auditory and visual stimuli

A

corpora quadrigemina

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5
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What part of the brain maintains alertness?

A

reticular formation

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6
Q

Where is the pineal gland?

-Roof of 3rd ventricle

A

epithalamus

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7
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What does the pineal gland produce?

A

melatonin

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8
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  • coordinates somatic motor function (vestibuloocular reflexes)
  • adjust OUTPUT of somatic motor centers for SMOOTH operation
  • cognitive function in language & attn, memory
A

cerebellum

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9
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  • conscious thought process and sensory info
  • intelligence
  • memory storage and processing
  • conscious/subconscious regulation of skeletal m.
A

cerebrum

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10
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What regions make up the diencephalon?

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thalamus, epithalamus, and hypothalamus

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  • emotions
  • autonomic functions
  • thirst
  • thermoreg
  • control of visceral function
  • habitual activity
  • hormone production
  • BP
  • subconscious control skeletal m.
A

hypothalamus

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12
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  • process vision and auditory stimuli
  • generate reflexive somatic motor responses (movement)
  • maintain consciousness, alertness
A

mesencephalon (midbrain)

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13
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  • relay sensory info to cerebellum and thalamus

- subconscious somatic and visceral motor centers

A

pons

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14
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  • relay sensory info to thalamus and brain stem

- regulate visceral func.

A

medulla oblongata

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15
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What is the medulla oblongata also known as?

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myelencephalon

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16
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What makes up the meTencephalon?

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pons and cerebellum

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17
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what is another name for the midbrain?

A

mesencephalon

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18
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what does the forebrain consist of?

A

diencephalon and cerebrum

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19
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What do the midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata make up?

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brainstem

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20
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The midbrain has 2 pairs of nuclei called the _____ that processes auditory and visual stimuli.

A

corpora quadrigemina

21
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  • ascending fibers that synapse in thalamus

- descending fibers of corticospinal pathway

A

cerebral peduncles

22
Q

What forms the walls of the 3rd ventricle

A

right and left thalamus

23
Q

The thalamus processes/relays sensory info to the?

A

telencephalon (cerebrum)

24
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The telencephalon relays info from cerebellar and basal nuclei to ____ in cortex

A

motor areas

25
Q

Involved in memory and arousal

A

thalamus

26
Q

What forms the floor of the third ventricle?

A

hypothalamus

27
Q

How does the hypothalamus connect to the pituitary gland?

A

infundibulum

28
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What folds support the cerebellum?

A

faux cerebella and tentorium cerebelli

29
Q

What separates the 2 hemispheres of the cerebellum?

A

vermis

30
Q

white matter in cerebellum that connects cerebellar cortex to peduncles

A

arbor vitae

31
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What kind of cells are found in the cerebellar cortex?

A

purkinje cells

32
Q

subconscious coordination of movements (specific)

A

cerebellar cortex

33
Q

what is another name for the cerebrum?

A

telencephalon

34
Q

separates frontal and parietal lobes

A

central sulcus

35
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defines temporal lobe

A

lateral sulcus

36
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defines occipital lobe

A

parieto-occipital sulcus

37
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Lobe for conscious (motor) control of skeletal muscles, intellectual abilities (prefrontal cortex)

A

frontal lobe

38
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perception of visual stimuli (lobe)

A

occipital lobe

39
Q

conscious perception of touch, pressure, vibration, pain, temp (lobe)

A

parietal lobe

40
Q

conscious perception of auditory and olfactory stimuli (lobe)

A

temporal lobe

41
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balance, gustatory cortex, viscerosensory cortex

A

insula

42
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eye movements in cortex

A

Frontal eye fields

43
Q

In charge of gustatory, visceral, and vestibular cortices

A

insula

44
Q

Orients attention (closely interconnected with prefrontal cortex)

A

Parietal association

45
Q

Make link b/t visual stimulus of face and identity

A

Temporal association

46
Q

Tracts that interconnect areas of neural cortex w/in a hemisphere

A

Association fibers

47
Q

Tracts that connect the two hemispheres

A

Commissural fibers

48
Q

Tracts that link cerebrum with other regions in the brain and spinal cord

A

Projection fibers

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