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Brain structure = NS Flashcards

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Cerebellum

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involved in movement and coordination + posture

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Diencenphalon

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involved in regulation of the autonomic and endocrine

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Brainstem

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Involved in sensory-motor relays and vital autonomic function

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Spinal cord

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Relays information from the body to the brain

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Cerebral hemispheres

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Responsible for processing and memory

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Cerebrum structure

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bulk of the brain, divided into two hemispheres

separate: connected by white matter tract called corpus colosseum

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Corpus colossum

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large bundle of neuronal axons that pass between L + R hemispheres (allows communication)

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Grey matter

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outer layer of brain

cell bodies of neurones

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White matter

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Axons of these neurones

signals conducted from one area of grey matter to another

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Myelin

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insulates, surrounds neurone axons

fatty - white colour

Increases speed + distance at which signal can transverse along nerve

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Cerebral cortex

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motor area in 1 hemisphere controls movements

On which side of the body?
Opposite side

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How many lobes is the hemisphere split into?

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4 hempispheres

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Name the 4 lobes in the hemisphere:

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  1. Frontal
  2. Parietal
  3. Occipital
  4. Temporal
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Role of the frontal lobe:

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-planning movements
-generates nerve impulses that imitate movements
-working memory

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Role of parietal lobe:

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-Generates sensory info e.g. auditory/ visual/ somatosensory/ proprioceptive info

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Role of occipital lobe:

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-visual cortex located
-primary visual cortex
-well defined map of visual - info received from outside world

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Role of temporal lobe:

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-auditory cortex
- receives auditory info

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Cerebella lesion/ injuries, symptoms?

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Difficulty performing rapid alternations movements

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Dienccephalon

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Receives sensory inputs from every part of the bod (except for a-factory inputs - sense of smell)

regulating the endocrine and autonomic systems

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Diencephalon sits on top of brain stem and compromises the following parts:

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-thalamus
-sub-thalamus
-hypothalamus
-epithalamus

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Thalamus position

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More SUPERIOR (above) portion of diencephalon

sensory info ascending cerebral cortex

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Composition of thalamus

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numerous thalamic nuclei - functional speciality

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Thalamus respoinsibilities

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  1. medication sensation
  2. motor activities
  3. cortical crucial learning
  4. memory
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Hypothalamus position

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extends INTERFERIORLY + ANTERIORLY (below/infront) the thalamus

INFERIOR to the hypothalamus

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Hypothalamus function

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facilitate homeostasis =
nervous + endocrine organ, numerous functions

  • automatic contact centre
    -regulation of body temp
  • reg of food intake
  • reg of water balance + thirst
  • reg of sleep-wake cycles
  • control of endocrine system
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Sub-thalamus position

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INFERIOR to the thalamus and lateral (to the side) of the hypothalamus

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Sub-thalamus MAIN strutcure

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Sub-thalamus > subthalamatic nucleus
- processing that occurs in basal ganglia

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Epiothalamus

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-relay station between sense + cerebral cortex
- pineal gland is part of epithalamus

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Brainstem (3 parts)

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  • Medulla oblongata (elongated)
  • Midbrain
  • Pons (bridge)
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Midbrain position

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Most SUPERIOR, located INFERIOR to thalamus

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Midbrain compositions

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Fibres linking different components of the motor systems

Cerebellum, basal, ganglia

Contains nuclei involved in voluntary moments, motor junctions, coordination of visual + auditory reflexes
-regulation of rhythms, thermoregulation

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Pons

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  • contains storage bulge
  • inferior to midbrain
  • SUPERIOR to medula oblongata + ANTERIOR to cerebellum
  • white matter tracts + nuclei, relay signals from forebrain to cerebullum
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Medulla

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oblongata; most INFERIOR of brainstem + is continuous with spinal cord

  • white matter structures in the medulla (PYRAMIDS) contains motor fibres of the cortiopinal and curticebullar tracts = descending signals from brain to medulla and spinal cord
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Medulla contains nuclei - functions

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  • regulate cardiovascular system
  • respiratory rhythm + digestion
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Spinal cord position

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  • connects brain to rest of body
  • two way conduction system; provides neuronal pathways to form brain
  • spinal cord extents from medulla in brainstem to LOWER SPINE
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Spinal cord synapse occur between….

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CNS + PNS

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Whats is a synapse?

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Junction (conjunction) between the nerve cells across the junction that signals are sent from are nerve cell to another through chemical transmission.

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Sensory neurones:

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-enter spinal cord from the periphery through the dorsal horns
-incoming neurones synapse with grey matter of either the spinal cord on the medulla
-axons of ascending neurones extend into the white matter tracts to accord to brain

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Motor neurones:

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-cell bodies of lower motor neurones muscle within the ventral horn
-axons exit spinal cord through these horns
- upper motor neurones that descend from brain in the white mater tracts
- axons extend with grey matter where their axons terminals synapse their axon terminals synapse with fewer motor neurones in ventral horns

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Interneurone; crucial role to spinal cord and reflexes =

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small, unmylinated interneurones may synapse between sensory neurones that enter dorsal horn + motor neurones that exit ventral horn

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White matter -

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Tracts contain axons of ascending or descending neurones which carry signals to or from brain

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Ascending tracts -

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  • axons of sensory neurones which relay sensory inputs from the PNS to thalamus
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Ascending tracts - orginisation

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Organised by type of info - sensory info - touch, small, sound, being relayed + body location that it e.g axons that carry touch info - from upper limb travel in dame area of same ascending tract

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Descending tracts

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Contains axons of upper motor neurones replaying motor commands from motor cortex or automatic centre in brain the PNS

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Descending tracts organised:

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Ascending / descending tracts organised according to type of info the carry and the ultimate their commands

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Spinal nerves

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Dorsal + ventral roots
- dorsal roots + ventral roots connect the nerve fibres from PNS to CNS

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Dorsal

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afferent (carry sensory into the CNA from PNS)

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Ventral

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Efferent (carry motor info from the CNS to PNS)

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Dorsal root ganglion; part of dorsal root contains….

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call bodies of sensory nerve fibres

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Spinal nerve - dorsal and ventral roots join to form spinal nerve

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Spinal nerve is a wired nerve, carries both sensory + motor neurones

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How many pairs of spinal cords do humans have?

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31 pairs

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