Central Nervous System Flashcards

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Brain imaging

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Ct scan, cat, mri, used for abnormal masses. Use radioactive dye

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Electrical recording

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Electrodes put on scalp. Can use to monitor seizure activity and sleep. Can be put into brain because the brain has no pain sensors

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Accidents

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Phineas Gage and the head injury and how it affected him

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Neuropsychological test

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Tests tension and memory. Woodcock Johnson (wj3) looks at reading/writing, memory, processing and attention in relation to accidents

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Reticular formation

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Runs through core. Attention arouses, filters out

Ex: keeps you on task

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Thalamus

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Relay stations. Takes information and redirects it for processing
Ex: tree to the left

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Cerebellum

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Memory, functions, time

Ex:remembering how to drive

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Brain stem

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Central core of the brain. Beginning where spinal cord swells. Responsible for automatic survival functions

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Medulla

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Heart rate, respiration

Ex: breathing

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Pons

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Breathing, sleeping

Ex: remembering to breathe while driving

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Hypothalamus

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Linked to emotion and reward. Directs activities such as eating drinking and body temperature
Ex:turn on air conditioning

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Amygdala

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Linked to emotion mostly negative

Ex: road rage

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Hippocampus

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Memory. Short term to long term

Ex: remembers where to go while driving

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Corpus callosum

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Fibers connecting hemispheres

Ex: communicates what you see and do to the corresponding side of the brain

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Frontal lobe

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Personality, executive functions, planning , judging, impulse control
Ex: gambling

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Motor strip ( cortex)

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Allows movement on opposite side of the body. Fibers crossing over
Ex: right hand for gear shift

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Broca’s area

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Speech. Damage to it will influence articulation and small grammatical words

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Parietal lobes

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Behind the frontal receives sensory input for touch and body position
Ex: feel pressure of brakes or gas

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Occipital lobes

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At the back. Primary visual cortex

Ex: seeing the road and hazards

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Temporal lobes

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On the side. Primary auditory cortex

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Wernickes area

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Comprehension of speech on the left side