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What are the 4 regions of the brain?

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  1. Cerebrum
  2. Cerebellum
  3. Brain Stem
  4. Diencephalon
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What is the largest region of the brain?

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Cerebrum

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Right cerebral hemisphere caters to what abilities? Left cerebral hemisphere caters to what abilities?

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Right cerebral hemisphere: Artistic abilities

Left cerebral hemisphere: Logical/reasoning abilities

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What links the two cerebral hemispheres?

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Corpus callosum

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What kind of tract is corpus callosum?

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Commissural tract

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What are the 3 fissures that divide the cerebrum?

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  1. longitudinal fissure
  2. lateral fissure
  3. transverse fissure
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Is the cerebrum contoured?

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Yes it is, with sulcus (deep) and gyrus (superficial) layers

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What is the central sulcus?

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One sulcus that’s constant in all brains

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What are the two gyri?

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Precentral and postcentral gyrus that’s anterior and posterior the central sulcus

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What are the 5 lobes of the cerebral hemisphere?

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  1. Frontal lobe
  2. Parietal lobe
  3. Temporal lobe
  4. Insular lobe
  5. Occipital lobe
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What are the 4 processing centers of the CNS?

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  1. Sensory
  2. Thinking
  3. Memory
  4. Motor
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What does the frontal lobe do? What are its 4 areas?

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  • Localizes movement
  1. primary motor cortex
  2. premotor area
  3. prefrontal area
  4. Broca’s area (motor speech area)
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What is the function of the primary motor cortex?

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Controls skeletal muscles

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What is the function of the premotor area?

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learns muscular skills

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What is the function of the prefrontal area?

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processes psychological movement

Examples:
- motivation
- aggression
- use of knowledge
- initiates decisions and personality

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What is the function of the Broca’s/motor speech area?

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Performing speech skills
- use of grammar
- coordinate muscles to create speech

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Which lobes focus on sensory interpretation?

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  • parietal lobe
  • occipital lobe
  • temporal lobe (3)
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What are the 2 areas of the parietal lobe?

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  1. primary somatic sensory cortex
  2. somatic sensory/ association area
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What does the primary somatic sensory cortex function in?

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Interprets body surface/skin/skin feelings

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What does the somatic sensory/association area function in?

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Interprets sensation/tastes based off memory

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What are the 2 areas of the occipital lobe?

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  1. Visual cortex
  2. Visual association cortex
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What does the visual cortex function in?

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makes you be able to see

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What does the visual association cortex function in?

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Makes you be able to recognize what you are seeing

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What are the 2 areas of the temporal lobe?

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  1. Auditory cortex
  2. Auditory Association Area
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What does the auditory cortex function in?
Make you be able to hear
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What does the auditory association area function in?
Stores memory of sounds
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What does the insula/ar lobe function in?
Visceral center of internal/unconscious understanding
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What area is in the interlobar part?
Wernicke's area
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What does the Wernicke's area function in?
Understands and formulate coherent speech; Sensory speech found only in the left hemisphere
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What are the two areas of the cerebellum?
1. Cerebellar cortex 2. Arbor vitae
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What does the cerebellum function in?
Has to do with balance, equilibrium, and coordination
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What kind of matter is cerebellar cortex and arbor vitae?
Cerebellar cortex --> Grey matter Arbor vitae --> White matter
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What are the 3 parts of the brainstem?
1. Medulla oblongata 2. Pons 3. Midbrain
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What are the 2 areas of the medulla oblongata?
1. Pyramids 2. Olives
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What is the function of the pyramid area?
motor pathways to body
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What is the function of the olive area?
Auditory center
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What area is in the pons lobe?
Cerebellar peduncle
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What function does the cerebellar peduncle have?
It acts as a bridge that connects the traffic from brain stem to cerebellum
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What does the pons and medulla oblongata have in common?
Has mechanical autonomic control
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What are the 4 areas of the midbrain?
1. cerebral peduncles 2. corpora quadrigemina 3. superior colliculi 4. inferior colliculi
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What is the function of the cerebral peduncles?
Routes traffic to right and left hemisphere
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What is the function of the corpora quadrigemina?
posterior midbrain; reflex area
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What is the function of the superior colliculi?
twins that has to do with visual pathways and reflexes
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What is the function of the inferior colliculi?
twins that has to do with auditory pathways
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What is the function of th midbrain?
Routes traffic to right and left hemisphere
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Where is the diencephalon located?
Located deep within the cerebrum
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What are the 3 parts of the diencephalon?
1. Thalamus (largest part) 2. Hypothalamus 3. Epithalamus (posterior roof of thalamus)
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What is the area of the thalamus?
Intermediate mass
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What is the function of the intermediate mass?
Commissural tract that connects two thalami
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What does the thalamus have a role in?
Relay station for all sensory information except for smell
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What is the 4 areas of the hypothalamus?
1. infundibulum 2. pituitary gland 3. Mammillary body 4. Optic chiasm
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What is the function of the infundibulum?
Stalk of nerve tissues that holds the pituitary
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What is the function of the pituitary gland?
Master gland
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What is the function of the mammillary body?
Olfactory reflexes
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What is the function of the optic chiasm?
Routes optic data to both hemispheres
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What is the function of the hypothalamus?
Manages chemical autonomic functions Example: - temperature - thirst - growth - menstrual cycle
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What area is found in the epithalamus?
Pineal gland
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What is the function of the pineal gland?
produces melatonin
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What are the 2 language centers located in the left cerebral hemisphere?
1. Broca's Area 2. Wernicke's Area
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What is the tract that connects these two language centers?
Arcuate fasciculus
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What falls under the corpora quadrigemina?
- superior colliculi - inferior colliculi
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Where is the Broca's area found? Where is the Wernicke's area found?
1. Frontal lobe 2. Interlobar lobe
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What is RAS?
Reticular activating system that is the consciousness and sensory filter
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What 3 brain regions carry RAS fibers?
1. brainstem 2. thalamus 3. Cerebrum
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Is the smell carrying tract included in the RAS?
No it is not
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What brain structure could be linked to left side hemiplegia (paralysis of one side of body)?
Primary somatic motor cortex
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What brain structure could be linked to phantom limb syndrome?
primary somatic sensory cortex
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What brain structure could be linked to mechanical speech impairment?
motor speech area/ Broca's Area (only left side)
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What brain structure could be linked to word salad?
Wernicke's Area (sensory speech area)
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What brain structure could be linked to personality disorder (involve decision making and motivation)?
prefrontal area
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What brain structure could be linked to blindness?
visual cortex
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What brain structure could be linked to deafness?
auditory cortex
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What brain structure could be linked to sleep apnea?
brain stem
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What brain structure could be linked to excessive hunger?
hypothalamus
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What brain structure could be linked to circadian cycle disorder?
epithalamus
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What brain structure could be linked to coma?
reticular activating system (RAS)
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What brain structure could be linked to ataxia (loss of muscle coordination)?
cerebellum
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Compare between the sizes of the spinal cord in fetus vs adults
Fetus: Extended only to the sacrum (s5) Adult: Extends b/w L1-L2. Doesnt touch the sacrum
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In adult, at what level of vertebra does most common epidural anesthesia take place? Does the injection penetrate the meninges?
- Epidural takes place in the subarachnoid space of the CSF - Doesn't penetrate the meninges
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What is the most inferior layer of the spinal cord?
- conus medularis
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Is the cauda equina, PNS or CNS?
PNS
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Where does descending nerve tracts go?
From the brain (motor) to the spinal cord
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Where does the ascending nerve tracts go?
From spinal cord (sensory) to the brain
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What is cauda equina?
Spinal nerves that is at the tail end; part of PNS
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What is filum terminale?
Nerve roots/band that connects to the spinal cord to the coccyx.

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