cerebellum Flashcards
1
Q
cerebellum attached to brainstem at
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posterior pons
2
Q
nuclei located in
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deep inferior white medulla center
3
Q
gray cortex has _______ than whole cerebral cortex
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more neurons
4
Q
folia
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ridges of cortex
5
Q
artbor vitae
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pattern of white medulla that resembles a tree
6
Q
follculondar lobe
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small inferior
balance and eye movements
7
Q
vermis
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narrow and central
posture, locomotion, fine motor–smooth and flowing movements
8
Q
lateral hemispheres
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function with frontal lobes of cerebral cortex
planning, practicing and learning complex movements–ie mathematics
9
Q
purkinjee cells
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largest neurons of CNS
inhibitory
only neurons that send axons to cerebellar nuclei
10
Q
cerebellar pundicles
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tracts that connect cerebellum to other parts of CNS
