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Chap 8: Nervous System - CNS I: Brain Regions & Organizations Flashcards

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THE FOUR ADULT BRAIN REGIONS:

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  1. Cerebral Hemispheres
  2. Diencephalon
  3. Brainstem
  4. Cerebellum
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outer layer or “bank” of gray matter

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cortex

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  • Cushions the brain and spinal cord from injury
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CEREBROSPINAL FLUID

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CSF appearance

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clear, colorless

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CSF Pressure:

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70-180mm water

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CSF Volume

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contains approximately 125 to 150 ml

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CSF FLOW

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  1. Choroid plexus
  2. Lateral ventricle
  3. Foramen of monroe
  4. Third ventricle
  5. Sylvian aqueduct
  6. Fourth ventricle
  7. Foramen of Luschka
  8. Foramen of Magendie
  9. Subarachnoid space
  10. Arachnoid villi
  11. Superior sagittal sinus
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  • Are continuous with one another and with the central canal of the spinal cord
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VENTRICLES

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  • Hollow ventricular chambers are filled with
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CSF and lined by ependymal cells

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  • Deep within each cerebral hemisphere
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LATERAL VENTRICLE

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  • Large C-shaped chamber
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LATERAL VENTRICLE

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thin membrane separating the lateral ventricles

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o Septum pellucidum

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  • narrow ventricle
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3RD VENTRICLE

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ventricle: dorsal to pons and superior to medulla

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4TH VENTRICLE

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Blood supply of ACA

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Medial aspect of the frontal and parietal lobes

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Blood supply of MCA

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Most of the lateral surfaces of frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes

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Blood supply of PCA

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Inferior Occipital and temporal lobes

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drains the upper part of the cerebral cortex, subarachnoid space via the arachnoid granulation

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Superior sagittal sinus

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drains the deeper parts of the cerebrum

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Inferior sagittal sinus

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collects blood from the deeper side of the brain

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Straight sinus

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goes to sigmoid sinus (R and L)

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Transverse sinus

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final collecting point before going to SVC thru interjugular vein then right atrium

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Sigmoid sinus

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elevates ridges

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  • Gyri
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  • 83% of total brain mass
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CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES

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shallow grooves

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  • Sulci
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deeper grooves separating large regions of brain

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  • Fissures
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separate cerebral hemispheres from each other

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Median longitudinal fissure

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separates hemispheres from cerebellum below

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Transverse cerebral fissure

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5 LOBES

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  1. Frontal
  2. Parietal
  3. Temporal
  4. Occipital
  5. Insula
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SULCUS

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  1. Central sulcus
  2. Parieto-occipital sulcus
  3. Lateral sulcus
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  • executive suite
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CEREBRAL CORTEX

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cerebral cortex contains three kinds of functional areas

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o motor areas
o sensory areas
o association areas

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  • all neurons in the cortex are
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interneurons

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33
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consciously control the precise or skilled voluntary movements of our skeletal muscles

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Primary (Somatic) Motor Cortex
BA 4

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  • Control voluntary movement
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MOTOR AREAS

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A mapping of the body in CNS structures is called

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somatotopic organization

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controls learned motor skills of repeated or pattern nature

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Pre-motor Cortex
BA 6

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responsible for directing the muscles involved in speech production

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Broca’s area
BA 44, 45

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controls voluntary movement of the eyes

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Frontal-Eye-Field
BA 8

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concerned with the individual’s personality

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Pre-frontal cortex
BA 9, 10, 11, 12

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Integrate sensory inputs

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Primary Somatosensory Area
BA 3, 1, 2

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To relate information received by the primary visual area to past visual experiences, thus enabling the individual to recognize and appreciate what he or she is seeing

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Secondary visual area
BA 18, 19

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To receive and integrate different sensory modalities

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Somesthetic Association Area
BA 5,7

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Receives visual information

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Primary visual cortex
BA 17

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Receiving auditory

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Primary Auditory cortex (Heschl’s gyrus)
BA 41-42

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  • receiving inputs from multiple senses and sending outputs to multiple areas
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ASSOCIATION AREAS

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  • It is involved with intellect, complex learning, abilities (cognition), recall, ambition, sense of purpose, insight, foresight and personality
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ANTERIOR ASSOCIATION AREA

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  • Contains working memory
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ANTERIOR ASSOCIATION AREA

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  • Abstract ideas, reasoning, persistence and planning
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ANTERIOR ASSOCIATION AREA

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  • Recognizing patterns and faces
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POSTERIOR ASSOCIATION AREA

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o Area for naming objects

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POSTERIOR ASSOCIATION AREA

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  • Provides emotional impact
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LIMBIC ASSOCIATION AREA

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  • Provides the sense of “danger”
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LIMBIC ASSOCIATION AREA

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  • About 90% has greater control over language abilities, math, and logic
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LEFT HEMISPHERE

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  • More free-spirited, involved in visual-spatial skills, intuition, emotion, and artistic and musical skills
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RIGHT HEMISPHERE

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a disruption of the patterning and execution of learned motor movement

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o inability to recognize objects by touch

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Astereognosia

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a. Involving the ears and eyes

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  1. Sensory aspect (language input)
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a. Involving vocalization

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  1. Motor aspect (language output)
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inability to understand the spoken word

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receptive aphasia

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inability to understand the written word

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to visual receptive aphasia/dyslexia

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  • Inability to interpret the thought heard via spoken word AND written word that was read
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WERNICKE’S APHASIA

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  • Capable of deciding what he or she wants to say but cannot make the vocal system emit words instead of noises
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BROCA’S APHASIA

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  • Total dement for language understanding or communication
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GLOBAL APHASIA

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Paleocerebellum

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Anterior
Spino
Posture & tone

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Archi

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Flocculonodular
Vestibulo
Balance

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Neocerebellum

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Posterior
Fine movement
Coordination

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  • Is the region of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the base of the rest of the brain
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  • Also known as the “mesencephalon”
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  • It is the smallest region of the brainstem, located just superior to the pons
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o Is a collection of four nuclei located on the dorsal surface of the midbrain

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Corpora Quadrigemina

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  • Contains ascending and descending tracts and several nuclei
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initiates rapid movement sleep

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pontine sleep center

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works with the respiratory centers in the medulla oblongata to help control respiratory movement

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pontine respiratory center

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  • Is the most inferior part of the brainstem
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MEDULLA OBLONGATA

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o Are two prominent enlargements on the anterior surface

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  • Contains sensory and motor tracts, cranial nerve nuclei, and related nuclei
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MEDULLA OBLONGATA

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o Are two rounded, oval structures, protrude from the anterior surface of the medulla oblongata just lateral to the superior ends of the pyramids

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  • Is attached to the brainstem posteriorly via pons
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CEREBELLUM

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the white matter of the medulla that resembles a branching tree

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  • ARBOR VITAE
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o Ridges found on the cerebellum cortex that are contained in the cerebellar lobules

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Cerebellum 3 parts

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o Flocculonodular lobe
o Vermis
o Lateral Hemispheres

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o Divides the lateral cerebellar hemispheres into anterior and posterior lobes

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  • PRIMARY FISSURE
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  • “Sensory relay station/center for information” coming into cerebral cortex
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o Divides the cerebellum and interior surfaces

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  • HORIZONTAL FISSURE
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  • Forms a central core of brain tissue superior to the midbrain
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DIENCEPHALON

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o Connects the two thalamic mass

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  • INTERTHALAMIC ADHESION (INTERMEDIATE MASS)
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  • The “central controller of endocrine system” and “major coordinating center of the ANS”
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HYPOTHALAMUS

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  • Small area immediately inferior to thalamus
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SUBTHALAMUS

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Nuclei: Involved in controlling motor function

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o Subthalamic nuclei

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  • Small area superior and posterior to thalamus
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EPITHALAMUS

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Involved in motivational control or behavior

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o Habenula/habenular nucleus

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