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[OS 202] Lecture Exam A > Cerebrum > Flashcards

Cerebrum Flashcards

1
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Origin of the Cerebrum

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Telencephalon

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Fate of the basal portion of the Telencephalon?

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Become enveloped becoming islands of grey matter in the subcortex (basal ganglia)

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Why is the outer and inner layer of different colors?

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Gray matter is unmyelinated

White matter is myelinated

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4
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Neuronal organization is described as being?

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Columnar

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5
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Asymmetry in fiber size exists, which hemisphere has thicker fibers?

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Left Cerebral Hemisphere, dealing with language

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External Surface of the Cerebrum is broken up into?

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Convolutions/Gyri and Grooves/Fissures/Sulci

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What separates the frontal and parietal lobes?

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Central Sulcus (Fissure of Rolando)

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Precentral gyrus is bounded inferiorly by?

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Sylvian Fissure

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What separates the frontal and parietal lobes from the temporal lobe?

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Sylvian Fissure

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3 Components of the Inferior Frontal Gyrus

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Pars Opercularis
Pars Triangularis
Pars Orbicularis

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Two parts of the inferior parietal gyrus?

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Angular Gyrus

Supramarginal Gyrus

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Boundaries of the Superior Temporal Gyrus?

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Anteriorly: Sylvian Fissure
Posteriorly: Superior Temporal Sulcus

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Cingulate gyrus is bounded above by? Below by?

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Above: Cingulate Sulcus
Below: Corpus Callosum

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Name of the Inner Surface of the Superior Temporal Lobule?

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Transverse Temporal Gyri of Heschl

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15
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Types of Connecting Fibers in the Cerebrum

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  1. Projection
  2. Commissural
  3. Association
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16
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Function: Projection Fibers

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Connect brain with rest of CNS

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Function: Commissural Fibers

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Connect the two cerebral hemispheres

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Function: Association Fibers

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Connect different parts within the same cerebral hemisphere

19
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Anterior fibers of the Anterior Commissure connect?

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Olfactory Bulb and Nuclei

20
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Posterior fibers of the Anterior Commissure connect?

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Middle and Inferior Temporal Gyri

21
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Where is the Posterior Commissure found?

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Diencephalon/Brainstem

22
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Function: Posterior Commissure

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Interconnects the pretectal nuclei

23
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Function: Basal Optic Nucleus of Meynert

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Contains cholinergic neurons that project to the neocortex

[OS 202] Lecture Exam A (14 decks)

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