Chap 14 Flashcards
Cardiac center
adjust the rate and flow of heart
Vasomotor center
adjust blood vessel diameter
respiratory center
controls the rate and depth of breathing
The reflex center
controls coughing, sneezing gagging swallowing, vomiting, salivation, sweating, movements of the tongue and head.
Pyamids
Carries motor signal from brain to the cerebral cortex to the spine, activating muscles, Baseball Bat Shaped
Olive
considered part of the pons and part of the auditory system, aiding the perception of sound.
Right and left hemispheres are connected by the
vermis
Cerebellum is connected to the brain stem by the
cerebellar peduncles
The gray matter folds in the cerebellun
folia
Large single cell layer in the cortex
Purkenje synapse
Cerebral peduncles hold the
Corticospinal tract
Helps control fine movement through red nucleus
Tegmentum
Sends inhibitory signals to the basal nuclei and thalamus
Substantia nigra
the sensory relay station that receives emotion and sensation is
deicephalon
hypothalamus controls these 7 fuction
Hormone autonomic nerve system thermoregulation water and food intake sleep and circulation rhythms memory emotional behavior
Roof-like aqueduct in midbrain
Tecum
tegmentum is dominated by
red nuclei
Most of the volume of the cerebrum is
white mater
tract of white mater extending from gyrus to gyrus
Association tract