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basic functions of nervous system?

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motor (control of skeletal muscle), sensory (senses), and automatic (reflexes)

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higher basic funct of the nervous system?

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cognition, emotions, consciousness

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afferent

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= towards brain

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efferent

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= away from brain –> to neuromuscular junction

aka lower motor neurons (LMN)

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fasciculation

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involuntary twitches of skel muscle

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hypotonia

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decrease in tone (contraction) of skel muscle

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hyporeflexia

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decrease in muscle stretch reflex

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mechanoreceptor

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position/vibration/touch = fast

stimuli: mechanical stress, baroreceptors, sound waves, gravity

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thick myelin sheath = fast/slow?

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fast

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temporal lobe

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on the sides of temples!!

“tempo” = think auditory

& wernicke’s area (speech interpretation…)

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frontal lobe

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motor cortex,

prefrontal cortex (complex thinking =executive funct, surprises/direct other areas of brain),

Broca’s area (speech production)

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parietal lobe

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“piranha” bite you on TOP of your head, you FEEL pain.

somatosensory cortex - receiving sensory signals from skin,

& spatial manipulation

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occipital lobe

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picture octopus with eyes on its tentacles.

vision
“striated cortex”

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which sense does not cross over? (R to L, L to R)

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smell!! ipsilateral same side

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left hemisphere (= R hand dominate) includes what features?

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language

math

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how does 2 hemisphere communicate?

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corpus collosum

17
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old brain consists of

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brain stem
reticular formation
thalamus
cerebellum

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reTICULar formation

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is part of brains stem, structure runs up

send info from brain stem to other parts of the brain

filter and send info str8 to thalamus

alertness & motivation

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cerebellum

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“ballerina bella”
must have BALANCE!!
balance voluntary movements

alcohol makes you lose balance bc of it affect this.

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brain stem

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cross over point for nerves

medulla and pons -> control HR, breathing,

consists of : pon, medulla, reticular formation (pavlov’s really freaking mad)

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thalamus

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above brain stem

relay station of eyes and ears info
no smell go thru!!

22
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position sense info

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= info such as how much muscle is stressed

this info get send into the cerebellum and thru feedback infos, cerebellum adjust muscle movements accordingly

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pons

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looking at “ponds” are relaxing = pons

regulate waking & relaxing

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basal ganglia

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major role of motor functions for proper movement, cognition, emotion

deep inside brain, = a group of subcortical nuclei

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dopamine

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small dopey PARKs the car while tall dopey SKI!!

low level = parkisons’s
high level = schizophrenia

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serotonin

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“sex is messy from everywhere down low”

release from lots of nuclei in brain stem to all over brain!!

“sir rotten is in a rotten mood”
low level of serotonin = depression

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GABA (cns) Glycine (pns)

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inhibitory

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glutamate

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most common excitatory NT.

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endorphin

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“running door with fin looking happy”

runner high
block pain

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limbic system includes:

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hippo wearing HAT

  • hippocampus
  • hypothalamus
  • amygdala
  • thalamus

regulating emotion!! storage/retrieval of mem, esp if ties to emotion

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hippocampus key role?

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“you need a COMPASS when you cant RECALL how to get home”

forming new mem. convert STM –>LTM

if destroyed cant make new mem = anterograde amnesia

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anterograde amnesia

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cant make new mem! old ones remained

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hypothalamus funct?

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of limbic sys
regulates ANS (fight/flight vs. rest/digest) 
endocrine stuff 
hunger
sleep
thirst 
sex
body temp

(metabolic processes)

“hippo spaying 2 llamas with water to quench thirst and cool them down”

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